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Developing a Purpose Driven Model for Todayâ•Žs Korea Evangelical LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY DEVELOPING A PURPOSE DRIVEN MODEL FOR TODAY'S KOREA EVANGELICAL HOLINESS CHURCH PASTORS-TEACHERS A Thesis Project Submitted to Libeliy Theological Seminary in paliial fulfillment of the requirements for the defo,rree DOCTOR OF MINISTRY By Seung Min Chang Lynchburg, Virginia May, 2006 Copyright 2006 Seung Min Chang All Rights Reserved 11 LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY THESIS PROJECT APPROVAL SHEET GRADE 111 ABSTRACT DEVELOPING A PURPOSE DRIVEN MODEL FOR TODAY'S KOREA EVANGELICAL HOLINESS CHURCH P ASTORS-TEACHERS Seung Min Chang Libeliy Theological Seminary, 2006 Mentor: Dr. Frank Schmitt This thesis is to develop a pUl1)()se driven model for the pastors-teachers of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church. This project explains that being a pUl1)ose driven education ministry means following the biblical principles behind the movement rather than copying specific characteristics that are unique to the Saddleback Church. In that view, this paper discusses how to implement Rick Warren's paradigm in the educational setting of the KEHC that has its own theological and culhlral distinctives. Two kinds of surveys show that the denominational educat.ional needs can be effectively covered through the results of the implementation. Abstract length: 97 words. IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sincere gratitude is extcnded to Dr. Frank Schmitt, director of the Doctor of Ministry program and Dr. Rod Dempsey, director of the Master of Religious Education. They read drafts of my manuscript and gave me valuable insight into better communicating this thesis. I wish to acknowledge with gratitude Danielle Gains for her assistance in the completion of this project by reading through version after version of these chapters and making innumerable comments in margins. [ want to thank the pastors-teachers at JEHC who had inspired and challenged me during the four years we had been together. Special thaLlk goes to Rev. Chong Hoon Yoon, who believed enough in me as an education pastor to give me a platfonn to test my gifts. I thank the Euson Scholarship Foundation, the scholarship committee of the DEHC, of the SEHC, and of the BEHC for their loving financial supports. I want to express my sincere thanks to my parents, Rev. Hak Jun Chang and Kwang]a Chung, and my parents-in-law, Yoon Hwan Chul1 and lung Cho Kim, for modeling for me what it means to build God's Kingdom in a private and public world. I want to thank to my wife, Chang Hee, and my sons, Se Myeong and Chi Myeong, who are a constant source of rejuvenation in my heart that can come from . nowhere else. I want you to know how much I love you. Finally, my heartfelt appreciation goes to God. I do not know how to thank Him enough. He knows why. He is always more than enough for me. Seung Min Chang May 2006 v TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THESIS APPROVAL SHEET III ABSTRACT IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V TABLE OF CONTENTS VI TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS IX CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION A. Background for Choice of Topic B. The Statement of Purpose 4 C. The Statement of Limitations 5 D. The Statement of Methodology 5 E. The Review of Selected Literature 7 F Questionnaire 10 G Summary 10 CHAPTER TWO: THE BIBLICAL! THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATI ON --------------------------------------------------------------- 12 A. The Definition of Christian Education 12 B. The Word of God 14 C. The Life of Jesus Christ 17 D. The Practice of the First Christians 24 E. The Power of the Holy Spirit 28 F Summary 31 CHAPTER THREE: THE PURPOSE DRIVEN MODEL ---------------------------- 32 A. Definition of Purpose Driven Model ------------------------------------- 32 B. Impact of Purpose Driven Model ------------------------------------- 36 C. Characteristics of Purpose Driven Model ------------------------------------- 40 D. Two Considerations for Implementation of the Purpose Dliven Model to Educational Setting of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church -------------------- 46 Theo logical P erspectives ------------------------------------------------------------ 47 Cui tural P erspec ti v es ---------------------------------------------------------------- 49 E. S urrunary --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 vi CHAPTER FOUR: EDUCATIONAL SETTING OF THE KOREA EVANGELICAL HOLINESS CHURCH ----------------------------------------------- 52 A. The Origin of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church ------------------------- 53 B. The Four-Fold Gospel As Theological Guiding Principles of the Korea E vange 1i cal HoI i ness Churc h ------------------------------------------------------------- 57 Regeneration ------------------------------------------------------------- 61 Sanctification ------------------------------------------------------------- 61 Divine Healing ------------------------------------------------------------- 62 The Second Coming ------------------------------------------------------------- 62 C. The Four Educational Needs, Reported by the Education Committee of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church ----------------------------------------------------­ 63 Distorted Educational Mind-Set of Pastors-Teachers ---------------------------­ 65 Unavailability of Denominational Cuniculum ----------------------------------­ 69 Lack of Educational Space ---------------------------------------------------------­ 72 Need to Cultivate Educational Experts -------------------------------------------- 73 D. Surnn1ary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 CHAPTER FIVE: APPLICATION OF A PURPOSE DRIVEN MODEL IN EDUCATION MINISTRY OF A LOCAL CHURCH OF THE DENOMINATION 78 A. Rediscovering Purpose 79 B. Redefining Potential Leamers --------------------------------------------------- 85 C. RestnLctming Programs --------------------------------------------------- 93 D. Re-plaIming Process --------------------------------------------------- 107 E. Retraining Pastors-Teachers --------------------------------------------------- 113 F. Summary --------------------------------------------------- 116 CHAPTER SIX: CRITICAL EVALUATION BY THE PARTICIPANTS ---------- 118 A. Results of the Surveys ---------------------------------------------------------- 119 Findings of the Survey A -----------------.---------------------------------------- 119 Findings of the Survey B ---------------------------------------------------------- 123 B. Analysis of the Results ---------------------------------------------------------- 125 Positive Benefits ---------------------------------------------------------- 125 Negative Results 133 C. Summary ---------------------------------------------------------- 137 CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSION 138 vii APPENDIX 147 A. SURVEY OF PASTORS-TEACHERS OF THE LOCAL CHURCH -------- 147 B. SURVEY OF CHURCH LEADERS OF THE LOCAL CHURCH ----------- 152 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ---------------------------------------------------------- 156 VITA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 161 viii TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS KEHC Korea Evangelical Holiness Church JEHC Jangchungdan Evangelical Holiness Church OMS Oriental Missionary Society NHA National Holiness Association ix CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background for Choice of Topic One day, when the author served as education pastor, an ex-classmate visited him and talked about a problem within his church. The friend said, "My church seems to be enough extemally. My church has nice buildings, abundant programs, large membership, and even a church graveyard. Despite all of the positi ve factors, I still feel something is missing. My staff and I still feel nothing is happening." That comment passed through the author's mind like a shock wave and since that day, he has often asked the questions, "Is something happening in the congregation now'? Is the congregation changing into God's Kingdom-builders in all areas of their lives?" Chlistianity is not buildings, religious meetings, or programs. Jesus did not come to set up an organization. He did not come to force people to confo1111 to outward mles. He came with a radically different approach; He offered people escape from selfishness, pettiness, and sin so that they could live free in Christ. He is life. He came to give people life. When people encounter Him, they are pulled into His message and His life like water that flows toward the center of a whirlpool. Furthermore, people have a new desire to "seek first His Kingdom and His lighteousness." I That is the Pliority of all Christians. 1 Matt. 6:33 All Scripture references taken from the New American Standard Bible, unless otherwise noted. 1977. The Lockman Foundation. 2 Unfortunately, as Elmer Towns says, "The revolution of Jesus Cluist against the dead fom1alism of His day has forgotten its revolutionary roots. The movement that was to become Christianity has become outwardly a monument.,,2 Buildings, religious meetings, and programs are not wrong. However, these are not Cluistianity itself. Christianity is the way people live that counts before God. Jesus is "the Way.,,3 We must make the Way the central core of who we are and what we do. How would we follow the Way? How would we live like Jesus? Such are the crucial questions of Christian education. At the same time, this is the reason why this project should be wlitten. The author received Christ and served as senior pastor and education pastor in the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church (KEHC below). The denomination was founded in the very year when Korea experienced the strong wave of revival at the dawn of the twentieth
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