7 suggestions for English ministry in ethnic churches
February 18, 2008
Pastor Joshua Kang of Lakeview Church (Chicago) presented 7 suggestions for a fruitful English ministry in a workshop to Korean pastors at the Evangelical Covenant denomination’s Midwinter conference. Here are his 7 suggestions:
- View English Ministry as a church-plant in the mission field, rather than considering it as just another department within the first generation church.
- Treat the 2nd generations with the expectation that God will use them greatly in the future, rather than looking down on them for their present immaturity.
- Invite a full-time pastor for the EM, and invest in his/her growth as a leader/pastor first before expecting immediate growth of the EM.
- Create an ideal situation for the growth of EM, while challenging them to grow in their sense of ownership and responsibilities.
- Put spiritual goals before cultural goals.
- Allow EM to establish their own ministry goals and strategies, and encourage them to grow toward independence.
- Launch EM as an independent church in due time, and have both churches commit to the vision of planting more churches.
You may read his entire workshop notes in Korean - view on-screen or download PDF (Korean font needed). Posted with permission.
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February 18th, 2008
Thanks DJ for posting this…
I’m interested in reading the rationale behind each point. I’ll let you know if I find anything!
February 18th, 2008
Well, unfortunately, I don’t read Korean, so I couldn’t quite make out the rationale / explanation with each point. Maybe someone who does read Korean can translate it into a language that we all can read here, and then we all will know.