The Korean missionary movement : dynamics and trends, 1988-2013 / Steve Sang-Cheol Moon. [print]

"Some of the chapters are stand-alone studies and previously written essays."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part 1. A record of the progress -- The Korean missionary movement: dynamics and trends, 1988-2013 -- Missions from Korea: minitrends and issues (2006-2013) -- Missions from Korea 2013: microtrends and finance -- The Korean missionary movement in a global age (2000) -- The recent Korean missionary movement: a record of growth, and more growth needed -- The Protestant missionary movement in Korea: current growth and development -- The Korean missionary movement and leadership issues (2008) -- Missions from Korea 2012: slowdown and maturation -- Missions from Korea 2014: missionary children -- Part 2. Developmental issues -- Missionary attrition in Korea: opinions of agency executives -- Glocalizing Korean missions (2007) -- The performance level of Korean missionaries in Turkey (2007) -- The leadership styles of Korean missionaries -- Partnership in Korean missions (2010) -- Multifaceted global partnership: the case of the Korea Research Institute for Mission -- Missional accountability in Korean contexts -- The promise, limitation, and future of empirical research in missions -- Missionary families and Korean mission finance: realities and concerns -- The Korean hostage incident: seven lessons learned / David Tai Woong Lee and Steve Sang-Cheol Moon -- The place and function of research in contexts of suffering, persecution, and martyrdom -- Korean missionary children and their educational needs -- Korea and the Middle East: religious encounters -- The educational ministries of Korean missionaries.

This book provides the most thorough, penetrating analysis of trends in Korean missions to date. Seasoned researcher Steve Sang-Cheol Moon maps the relatively recent rise and explosive growth of the Korean missionary movement, studying the mission force and significant themes in its experience over a twenty-five-year period. These articles and papers supply data on every facet: mission fields and ministry foci; finances; age, marriage, family, and general demographics; training and credentials; burnout and attrition; education of missionary children; leadership trends; and global partnership. These chapters do not merely catalogue statistics--they probe beneath the surface to ask hard questions and set priorities for Korean missions. Moon explores painful subjects such as the 2007 hostage incident involving short-term workers in Afghanistan, and chronic concerns like workaholism and missionaries' retirement. Ultimately, however, he finds much to commend and celebrate, tracing God's providence in making Korea, within the span of a few decades, a dynamic leader in global missions. -- Back Cover

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