From Reading To Preaching: Training First-Generation Korean-American Catholic Lay Ministers as Preachers through Online Sessions

DONG UK KANG

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From Reading To Preaching: Training First-Generation Korean-American Catholic Lay Ministers as Preachers through Online Sessions

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DONG UK KANG. From Reading To Preaching: Training First-generation Korean-american Catholic Lay Ministers As Preachers Through Online Sessions. Aquinas Institute of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a87c798b-8edc-4eab-bc11-028b9de2c03b.

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D. U. Kang. From Reading To Preaching: Training First-Generation Korean-American Catholic Lay Ministers as Preachers through Online Sessions. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a87c798b-8edc-4eab-bc11-028b9de2c03b

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DONG UK KANG. From Reading To Preaching: Training First-Generation Korean-American Catholic Lay Ministers As Preachers Through Online Sessions. Aquinas Institute of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/a87c798b-8edc-4eab-bc11-028b9de2c03b.

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DONG UK KANG

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The Catholic Church had a conflicting stance towards lay preaching in the past. However, lay preaching is feasible nowadays outside of Mass since the Code of Canon Law does not prevent the laity from preaching, and the Baptismal grace leads all the baptized to witness their faith. However, the laypeople still hesitated to practice the ministry. The researcher wondered if the lack of preaching education caused hesitation and decided to train laypeople to be preachers.Six lay ministers and a layperson from a Korean Catholic church in Boston participated in the six-week online sessions. The researcher made fifteen instructional videos on focus and function statements and delivery of the sermons. Watching them, each participant submitted two drafts of their sermons and two preaching videos, and had two or three individual review sessions with the researcher, depending on his/her needs. The researcher measured each participant’s progress using the grading table of St. Meinrad seminary. The changes between the two grades from the first and the second preachings showed that the participants improved their preaching skills over the course of the training. The researcher found that preaching ministry was a teachable subject for the laity through online training.To triangulate and assess the research outcome both qualitatively and quantitatively, the researcher also provided each participant with pre-training and post-training Likert-scale questionnaires and interviewed each participate using Watson’s five categories. In general, the participants appreciated the direction, convenience, and productiveness of the online teaching program. However, some participants pointed out cultural factors that would make the Korean and Korean-American congregation feel uncomfortable with the ministry. The researcher learned that he needs to study further and to strategize carefully in order to ease the cultural barrier when training future participants.

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