Challenges and opportunities for Korean missionaries in Southern Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Challenges and opportunities for Korean missionaries in Southern Africa
 
Creator Oh, Kyung H. Meiring, Piet G.J.
 
Subject — Korean missionaries; missionaries in Southern Africa; missiology; history of missions in Korea; missionary Church
Description This article describes the history of missions in Korea as well as the challenges and opportunities for Korean missionaries in Southern Africa. The most significant problems encountered by Korean missionaries include understanding local context, language and culture acquisition, and meeting the expectations of local people and local churches as well as those of sending churches in Korea. On a personal level, missionaries have to cope with family concerns, maintaining their spiritual life, health problems, financial concerns, frustrations and unfulfilled ideals. Korean missionaries in Southern Africa do, however, have a unique opportunity to serve the Church in its mission and, above all, to serve the Lord of the Church in his mission, although there are indeed difficulties to overcome and challenges to face.
 
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Date 2009-05-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v65i1.153
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 65, No 1 (2009); 6 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/153/215
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2009 Kyung H. Oh, Piet G.J. Meiring https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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