Category Archives: Korea
Nevius Methods and Church Planting Movements – An Article
If you have read much of my blog in the past, I have posted on various revivals that have occurred in nonWestern lands, such as in Korea, China, and East Africa. I’ve also mentioned a guy named John Nevius quite … Continue reading
Filed under History of Missions, Korea
Missions in Asia: 1500 and After — a summary
Moffett, Samuel Hugh. A History of Christianity in Asia: Volume II 1500–1900. American Society of Missiology Series 36. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2005. Samuel Hugh Moffett was born in Pyongyang, Korea (current capital of North Korea) to one of the pioneer protestant … Continue reading
Filed under Books, History of Missions, Korea, Missionary Methods
Korean Revivals and Missions
At the first meeting of the National Presbyterian Church on September 17, 1907, the Presbytery formed the Foreign Mission Board of the Korean Church and immediately set aside one of its seven graduating pastors as the first missionary.[1] Pastor Yi … Continue reading
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Spiritual Factors Influencing the Korean Revival–Expanded Version
Protestant missionaries had an eye on Korea since the early nineteenth century. Charles Gutzlaff, a Pietist missionary, attempted to enter Korea in 1832 to distribute Bibles. Though he passed out some scriptures, the king refused him entry. A similar foray into Korea … Continue reading
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Understanding Korean Revival(s)
So, if the revivals were more than just meetings, what did it mean to say that there was revival in Korea? Was this revival of the same order of revival as being experienced in the west? Regarding the first … Continue reading
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Defining Terms: Revival and the Revivals of Korea
Primary to any discussion on revival, one must define what the term means, how it is used and what it refers to. In other words, is the way that scholars have used the term commensurate with its use in the … Continue reading
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God’s Providence and the Non-spiritual Influences on Korean Revivals
[Read the introductory post here.] Any revival movement faces the danger of being spiritualized. Though a revival is a movement of the Spirit of God, the work of God in a revival is not limited to the spiritual realm. Other … Continue reading
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Is it too late for Nevius? Taking a look at the Korean Revival–Part 1
You can see my previous posts on the Great Revival in Korea here and here. As I have researched, I have grown in my understanding and characterization of the revivals, so you will see development from my original posts. Beginning … Continue reading
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Revival in Korea: The Nevius Method and Self-Support
Korea, for the most part of the 19th century, thwarted Western imperialistic encroachment. Charles Gutzlaff, a Pietist missionary, attempted to enter Korea in 1932 to distribute Bibles. Though he passed out some scriptures, he was not allowed permanent entry by the King … Continue reading
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Revival and Missions–Loss of a Sense of Superiority
In the first 4 decades of the 20th century, revival fires blazed across the face of the globe. And the difference between the global revivals and the revivals in America and Europe during the same time period was that, in … Continue reading
Filed under China, History of Missions, Korea, Missionary Methods, Revival
