Korean Missionaries in Southern Africa

In the thesis, Korean Missionaries in Southern Africa: A discussion and evaluation of Korean Missionary activity in Southern Africa (1980-2006), the researcher discusses the coming of missionaries from Korea to Southern Africa during the period 1980-2006. He evaluates their endeavours, activities, the specific challenges they had to face, various problems that they had to overcome, as well as opportunities and challenges beckoning from the future. The evangelization of Korea was planned by God s providential work. By almost any measurement, the growth of Christianity in Korea during the last century is one of the most amazing stories of our time. The Korean church has rapidly changed significantly from being a mission field to a sending field, over a period of 100 years. This development of the Korean churches is not only the fruit of the ministry of Western missions but also a result of the passionate commitment of Korean pastors, mission leaders, and church members. This was one of the consequences of the co-operation between the Western missionaries and the Korean Churches as well as the sharing of their rich experience of world missions.

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1963 - Born in Seoul Korea, 1986 - Kangwon National University (B.A) in Korea, 1994 - Chongshin University (Equ.M.Div) in Korea, 1996 - The Missionary Training Institute (Dip) in Korea, 2005 (M.A) and 2008 (Ph.D)-University of Pretoria in South Africa, 1997 - present,Member of the Global Mission Society (GMS) and Serving In Mission (SIM).