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Korean-American Ministry

National Plan for Korean-American Ministry

The United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Ministries has worked with the Korean United Methodist Council to establish the Korean-American National Plan for ministry. The council agreed on three vision areas for the Korean American National Plan for 2005-08:

  • Servant-leadership formation for clergy, laity and youth.
  • Next-generation ministries to develop English ministries and campus ministries for English-speaking 1.5 and 2nd generations.
  • Congregational development, nurture and redevelopment focusing on new Korean-language ministries, existing Korean United Methodist churches and Korean mission congregations.

The council also set six goals:

  1. Implement an effective servant-leadership formation strategy and program for clergy, professional staff and lay leaders for first and next generations. Emphasis will be on spiritual servant-leadership formation, the United Methodist connection, community outreach and justice ministry, mission interpretation, intergenerational partnership and cross-cultural communication.
  2. Emphasize a leadership formation program and integration plan for Korean-American clergywomen, focusing on ministry in Korean congregations as well as the overall United Methodist Church.
  3. Strengthen existing next-generation congregations and campus ministries, and establish 15 new ones.
  4. Implement a strategy to recruit next-generation men and women for training and ordination through United Methodist-related seminaries.
  5. Help existing Korean-American mission congregations become self-sufficient, strengthen chartered Korean United Methodist churches and establish 15 new Korean congregations.
  6. Expand culturally relevant resource materials and national data on Korean-American United Methodist churches and mission.

Resources

Through the national Igniting Ministry welcoming and invitation ministry, four television commercials have been produced for use by Korean-American congregations along with supporting newspaper advertisign . View the commercials and newspaper ads at the Igniting Ministry Media Warehouse.

To learn more about the United Methodist Global Ministries Korean-American National Plan, CLICK HERE.