Blended Worship Services, An Effective Tool of Reconciliation Between The Korean And English Congregations In Joy Korean-American Church

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun C. KIM
Author(s):  
Hyemin Na

Korean megachurches use digital media to distribute religious content across transnational boundaries. Megachurches upload sermons, livestream worship services and publicise events on websites, mobile apps and social media platforms. Studying the reception side reveals a fuller picture of how religious content circulates and how it is interpreted, curated and used. This chapter provides insights into how Korean- American Christian women in the U.S. incorporate religious digital media produced in South Korea into their everyday lives. The study finds that Korean-American women 1) gather knowledge of popular pastors and develop expertise on their preaching styles, 2) diagnose their own spiritual needs as well as those of others, and access religious digital media content in order to address these needs, and 3) use online religious content to curate daily routines that adhere to their conceptions of a faithful life. The women exercise a form of spiritual authority as curates of digital media content.


2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Y. Kim ◽  
Sharon Kim

Much research has been conducted on the various functions that Korean Protestant churches provide for Korean immigrants and the centrality of the church for the community. Most of this research, however, focuses on the Korean American church as an immigrant enclave. Korean American churches are studied essentially as ethno-religious enclaves, detached and secluded from the larger society. Counterbalancing this tendency, this paper examines the multidimensional ways that Korean American Protestants and their churches are extending beyond their ethnic borders. Korean immigrant churches are civically and religiously moving beyond the enclave while also catering to the needs of co-immigrants. Second-generation Korean American congregations are also engaging the broader society even as they create unique hybrid spaces for themselves. Finally, there are Koreans who enter the United States specifically as missionaries to evangelise individuals in and outside of the Korean Diaspora, including white Americans. In their varied ways, Korean American evangelicals are taking part in efforts to bring spiritual revival and renewal in America and beyond.


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