Bi-vocational ministers for new ways of belonging: the Korean church in 2023

In his article for Ecclesial Futures, An-Wei Tan explores the declining Korean church population. In particular, he considers two phenomena: “believing without belonging” and the emergence of bi-vocational ministers. In his article, Tan argues an ‘ecclesial future’ for the church in Korea is small churches led by bi-vocational ministers. Tan’s article proposes the adoption of …

The Nasom Community: new models of church in multicultural Korea

Seon-Yi Lee’s article explores the Nasom Community for Mongolian Migrants as a potential model for missional church in Korea. Lee teaches Missional Ecclesiology at Honam Theological University and Seminary and uses the Nasom Community as a case study for her students. This motivated her to study the community and the way it engages in mission. …