| dc.description.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. | en_US |
