Journal of Korean American Ministries & Theology No. 1 on WORSHIP

It is with my greatest joy to begin a new journey on publishing Journal of Korean American Ministries & Theology. Columbia Theological Seminary offered me the most ideal position that I could ask for: doing both ministries and theology, teaching both worship and music, speak both Korean and English.

Being an immigrant child and raised in U.S. from 8^th grade in middle school, I was brought up in both worlds of Korea and America. These two cultures often pull me apart in different directions, and at the same time they provide a creative tension in developing a new identity. We live in two worlds at once, the one always informing the other. The followers of Jesus Christ are to be truly in the world and at the same time live in the world of the Bible preparing the ways for others to follow.

My personal as well as academic experiences have led me to be the bridge and resource person in the language and cultural world of Korea and North America. I am thankful to the contributing writers who responded with eagerness in spite of the short notice. Until we would have an ample number of writers contributing to the journal, our assistant editor, Hyun Ho Park, and I plan to introduce the readers selected dissertations as we have initiated on this issue.

I am most grateful to Hyun Ho for his initiative in starting this project upon his graduation from Emory’s Candler School of Theology. In the beginning, both of us did not fully comprehended the amount of work it was going to be involved; however, we are grateful to finish the first issue with additional editorial helps from Ralph G. Clingan, Enoch Chang, and Rosemary Raynal.

We now hope that the PDF and limited printed version will eventually help us to produce and circulate the journal in printed and mailed version in the near future. May the work bring a tangible networking among the scholars teaching and students researching in ATS affiliated schools and those who are engaged in doing Korean theology and ministries.

Paul Junggap Huh, editor

Part 1

Articles

The Great Table of Grace: Eucharist and the Korean Churches ————————————- 6

Paul Junggap Huh

The Great River of Grace: Baptism and the Christian Life —————————————— 18

David Gambrell

Worship Design and Liturgical Leadership as Primary Pastoral Responsibility: —————- 29

A Practical Preliminary Consideration

Charles Young-Chul Ryu

Constructing a Liturgical Theology of the General Assembly ————————————— 38

of Presbyterian Churches in Korea (GAPCK: Hapdong)

Jong Hun Joo

“Chang Preaching”: Seeking a Korean Folk Sermon ———————————————— 50

Seung-Nam Kim

Part 2

Dissertation Reviews

The Formation of Presbyterian Worship in Korea, 1879-1934 ————————————– 61

Kyeong Jin Kim/Editorial

Understandings of the Lord’s Supper in the Methodist Churches in Korea: 1885-1935 ——— 71

Hae Jung Park/Editorial

Worship as a Cosmic Event of Communion and Union: ———————————————- 81

Christian Worship from an East Asian Perspective

Kee-Yeon Cho/Editorial

The Symbolic Dimension in the Korean Protestant Worship and its ——————————– 90

Relationship with the Inculturation of the Eucharistic Elements

Soonwhan Kim/Editorial

Liturgical Inculturation in the Marriage and Funeral Rites of Korean Protestants ———— 100

Ho Nam/Editorial

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