An effective model of church ministry for divorced young adults in Korea

Won Seok Sim

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An effective model of church ministry for divorced young adults in Korea

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Won Seok Sim. An Effective Model of Church Ministry for Divorced Young Adults In Korea. Claremont School of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/581fa46b-b7c0-4871-a79b-9a6d84d6c696.

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W. S. Sim. An effective model of church ministry for divorced young adults in Korea. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/581fa46b-b7c0-4871-a79b-9a6d84d6c696

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Won Seok Sim. An Effective Model of Church Ministry for Divorced Young Adults In Korea. Claremont School of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/581fa46b-b7c0-4871-a79b-9a6d84d6c696.

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Most Korean churches and pastors recognize that they need a church ministry model for divorced young adults in Korea. Many Korean scholars and pastors are prone to prohibit divorced people from actively participating in the life of the church because scholars and pastors perceive this as God's will. One of the major obstacles to ministering to divorced young adults in Korea is the secular view of the world. Most Korean adults grew up in the Confucian culture, a patriarchal system. This means that women are marginalized and are powerless people in Korean society. In this system, divorce does not exist because women do not have rights as humans, the constituting members of society. However, contemporary young adults grow up in a culture influenced by the western lifestyle, which has a system that believes that men and women are equal. Divorce is a common thing for young adults as a choice for a better life. The Korean churches and their pastors should work on overcoming the generation gap in the conception of divorce. In ancient times women did not have the same rights as they have now. Moses put the law in the book of Deuteronomy to protect women's rights. St. Paul in his letters shows that men and women have equal rights as human beings because God makes us as equal creatures, and that men and women are both children of God. Current Korean congregations, in order to prepare for God's work, must face two conflicting problems in Korean society: the cultural values held by its older members, and the reality of a rapid increase in the annual divorce rate. The Korean church needs to provide a social-spiritual shelter for divorced young adults who, otherwise, would not associate with Korean congregations. If provided shelter, the divorced young adults will stay as vital members of the church, which then will make a brighter future for the Korean church.

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