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by In-Gyeong Kim Lundell (Author)
This book makes a major contribution to the comparative study of American and Korean worldview themes, leading toward a bridging of the gaps between the two cultures. Using the case of the Church of the Nazarene, it examines historical-contextual roots of cultures and their worldviews. The book goes on to compare and contrast how the two cultures understand the concepts of space and time, self and other, relationships, and causality. The study explores the acculturation process and culminates by presenting hermeneutical tools for contextualizing the biblical concepts of holiness, conversion, and ecclesiology among Korean immigrants.
Author Biography
In-Gyeong Kim Lundell is Co-Pastor of Walnut Blessing Church of the Nazarene in Walnut, CA. She was born and raised in Korea, emigrated to Paraguay to work as a lay missionary, then came to the United States. Since then she has also served as a missionary to Japan. She studied Journalism at Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea, and holds a B.A. from Southern Nazarene University, and an M.A. and D. Miss. from Fuller Theological Seminary. She works nationwide among Korean immigrant churches to plant new Korean churches, redeem struggling churches, raise up leadership among Korean immigrant churches, and establish contextually effective ministry between Korean and American church leaders. She is also deeply involved in intercession, prophetic, and power ministry. And she is a revival, retreat workshop, and conference speaker. Her passion and vision is to plant churches and to raise up a new generation of disciples and apostles for Christ.
