Advent of the Post-Corona Era and Renewal of the Korean Church: From the Perspective of Missional Ecclesiology

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 430-458
Author(s):  
Byungbae Hwang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Korean Church ◽  
Missional Ecclesiology

scholarly journals From proto-missional to mega-church: A critique of ecclesial ‘growth’ in Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongsoo Lee ◽  
Wim A. Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Korean Church ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Korean Churches ◽  
Missional Ecclesiology ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Mega Church ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Missional Churches

In the last couple of decades, the Korean church experienced a loss of credibility as well as a decrease in membership. The premise of this contribution is that the mega-church phenomenon in Korea contributed to this state of affairs. Many Korean churches, influenced by dramatic sociopolitical and economic changes, developed a distorted understanding of its nature and mission. Korean churches began to compete against each other to grow bigger. An institutional ecclesiology and ecclesiocentric understanding of mission formed the basis of this endeavour. To counter this tendency, some churches turned to missional ecclesiology to facilitate the reformation of the Korean church. According to empirical data, Korean society rates mega-churches negatively while they evaluate missional churches positively. This provided further impetus for the current emerging missional movement in Korea.

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