Worship in the Presbyterian Church in Korea
Worship in the Presbyterian Church in Korea

Author: Seong-Won Park

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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The Korean Protestant church has made an astonishing growth in the relatively short period for over a hundred years of mission history. No doubt, worship has made a major contribution to this increase. To what extent and in what sense can the worship of the Korean Presbyterian church be called Reformed? To what extent was it deformed or reformed? What kind of continuity or discontinuity has the Korean Presbyterian worship with the 16th century Geneva worship and with the historical development of Reformed worship? What would all these developments mean in terms of Reformed ethos of worship? The author tried to answer these questions through a study on history of worship in the Presbyterian Church in Korea. The answer the author found is that the Korean Presbyterian becomes more Korean by becoming more Reformed and more Reformed by becoming more Korean.

찬송과예배
찬송과예배

Author: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation

Publisher: Geneva Press

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 904

ISBN-13: 9780664502157

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Recognizing the need for bilingual hymnal and service materials within Korean Presbyterian congregations, the 207th General Assembly (1995) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mandated the creation of a resource to meet the needs of local congregations and to promote authentic Korean compositions and traditional Korean tunes. This new Korean-English hymnal is now available as a worship resource for intergenerational, bilingual, and ecumenical use.

Building a Eucharistic Pedagogy for the Presbyterian Church of Korea
Building a Eucharistic Pedagogy for the Presbyterian Church of Korea

Author: Hyoung Seop Shin

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2013-04-29

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1620323931

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Based on the critical conversations between education, liturgy, sociology, and theology, this book suggests an alternative eucharistic pedagogy for the Presbyterian Church of Korea by reforming eucharistic and curricular practices with attention to students' specific local contexts. This process includes the formulation of the definition of the new eucharistic pedagogy, the reconceptualization of concepts regarding the eucharistic pedagogy, and five steps as pedagogical strategies for a new eucharistic pedagogy for the Presbyterian Church of Korea including pedagogical guidelines for teachers and students. This book will open the door for further educational and liturgical discussions of the work of contextualization in churches around the world. Even though this study investigates a contextual pedagogy limited to the PCK, this task needs attention and study in a larger context beyond the PCK. The gospel is the worldwide truth that cannot be limited to a certain culture but becomes incarnated into each local culture. Therefore, this kind of contextual investigation between the gospel and culture will not be optional, but imperative to all churches.

Christ-centered Worship
Christ-centered Worship

Author: Hallellu Choi

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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The Protestant church of South Korea witnessed remarkable growth since the Gospel was first preached in Korea in the nineteenth century; growth in the second half of the twentieth century was particularly strong. The Presbyterian church in South Korea, however, experienced decline since 1995: this was mainly due to Christians’ lack of good influence toward the non-Christians in their lives. Their good influence on non-Christians in the world can be restored first by re-educating them with biblical principles of worship and by encouraging them to live out those principles. The purpose of this thesis is to suggest five principles of Christ-centered worship for Christians in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea in Seoul to apply to their Sunday services and private life. This study will introduce principles of Christ-centered worship in the New Testament based on historical and theological evidence in the Scripture by examining worship in both Old and New Testaments. This study will then survey fifty pastors and fifty lay people in the Presbyterian denomination, especially in Seoul, to understand their perceptions of worship and life to support the necessity of the five biblical principles. Moreover, this project will provide the five principles and their applications in public and private worship as a solution to the problem of church decline. Hopefully the five principles established from this thesis can also serve as an important guide to help Christians in South Korea and beyond embody a true lifestyle of worship.