Development of a Twelve-step procedure for church planting in North Korea

Abstract

This project is designed to help the Korean Union Conference (KUC) prepare and implement a church planting strategy for North Korea (NK). Chapter 1 contains the introduction. Chapter 2 explores the procedures and methods of church planting based on biblical and missiological principles. This chapter serves as the theoretical basis for the strategies that are proposed in Chapter 4.

Chapter 3 is an analysis of NK in three areas. First, the analysis of the general environment indicates the demographic, ideological, socio-economic and educational factors to be considererd in a church planting strategy. Second, the analysis of the religious situation shows an increasing openness to religion. Third, the analysis of the political situation explores the possible scenario for the opening of NK.

Chaprer 4 is the twelve-step church planting procedure that is designed to fit the conditions of the KUC and North Korea. The procedure is divided into four phases: vision, preparation, evangelism, and reproduction. In the evangelism phase, all churches and church members in KUC are mobilized for the vision of planting churches in North Korea. In the preparation phase, all mother churches select members and train them for church planting teams. In the evangeiism phase, church planting teams piant new churches through various evangelism activities in NK. In the reproduction phase, the planted churches reproduce themselves. Finally, there is a four-step program for training church planters which is needed in most of the steps suggested.