The Identity and Mission of the Korean American Church

Enoch J. Kim joined the School of Mission and Theology in 2014 after sixteen years of ministry in China. He is the chair of the Doctor of Global Leadership Program and leads the Korean PhD in Intercultural Theology Program at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is a board member of the American Society of Missiology and president of the Institute of Asian Mission. He teaches courses in urban ministry, intercultural communication, and ministry strategy. His research and publications explore urban ministry, urban anthropology, and Chinese Muslims. Sebastian Kim is Robert Wiley Professor of Renewal in Public Life and academic dean for the Korean Studies Center at Fuller Theological Seminary. Kim is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and former editor of the International Journal of Public Theology. Kim's research interests include public theology, world Christianity, Asian theologies, and peace building. He has authored five books: A History of Korean Christianity (CUP, 2015), Theology in the Public Sphere (SCM, 2011), In Search of Identity: Debates on Religious Conversion in India (OUP, 2005), Christianity as a World Religion (2008 & 2016), and Public Theology and the Church (CLSK, 2021). Kim has edited fifteen books, including A Companion to Public Theology (Brill, 2017); Cosmopolitanism, Religion, and the Public Sphere (Routledge, 2014); and Christian Theology in Asia (CUP, 2008).

Introduction In-between Korean Immigrant Identity Formation and the Positionality of Asian Immigrants: Reconstructing Leadership of the Korean Immigrant Church Cooking Bahb and Missional Christian Education in the Korean North American Churches Korean Christianity and the Korean War Ascetic Spiritual Formation for the Mission of Korean Immigrant Churches in the Post-pandemic Era The Situational Role of Korean American Church in the History of the Korean American Society: From Community Centers to Bridges The Paradigm of Diaspora Missiology and Missiological Implications for Korean Immigrant Churches in the USA Race and the Korean American Church Immigration and US Congregation: Contemporary Trends and Issues A Todas las Naciones (To All the Nations): The Latin American Mission to North America and the Second Generation Concluding Remarks: Identity and Mission of the Korean American Churches