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Publication
Mysore City, India: The Wesley Press and Publishing House, 1938.
Physical description
36 p.; 22 cm
Notes
From the Foreword, by J. Merle Davis:
What are the reasons for the extraordinary growth of the Church in Korea? How has it been possible for a Christian community of half a million people to grow up in the space of fifty years? By virtue of what methods, inner urge or organization does a community largely made up of poor peasants achieve a per capita member average of fifteen yen to the Church, and attain self-support for more than two thousand churches?
This booklet deals with these questions, and at the request of the Department of Social and Industrial Research has been prepared as a document for the Tambaram Meeting. The writer, Rev. Herbert E. Blair, of the Northern Presbyterian Mission of Taikyu, in addition the duties of his own evangelistic field has devoted many years to the task of systematizing the giving of the Korean Church and for the last eight years served the Korean Presbyterian Assembly as secretary of its Committee on Stewardship and Systematic Giving. He speaks with authority upon the problem of the growth of an indigenous Eastern Church.
The Church of Korea is notable as a product of the 'Nevius System,' used through nearly two generations. It has the distinction of being a Bible-centered Church to a degree that can scarcely be found in any other part of the world.
The dominant impression with which I left Korea after three months of study of the churches was the prominence of the Bible in the program of Missions and Church and the extraordinary degree with which the truths of Scripture had become a part of the daily life and practice of the Christians.
Though impressed with the unusual methods of organization and the regularizing of benevolences of the Church, deeper sources of power than these became evident. It was clear to me that these issued primarily from the familiarity of the rank and file of Korean Christians with the Scriptures and their devotion to them as the authoritative guide of their daily life.
CONTENTS:
I. The Timeliness of Stewardship Promotion.
II. Stewardship Systematic Giving.
III. Bible Study and Stewardship Conviction.
IV. Stewardship and Self-Support.
V. Beginnings of Stewardship in Korea.
VI. Dr. David McConaughy's Visit to Korea.
VII. Organization of the Systematic Benevolence Committee of the General Assembly.
VIII. Seven Years of Stewardship Promotion.
IX. Stewardship and General Assembly Benevolences.
X. The Stewardship Covenant.
What are the reasons for the extraordinary growth of the Church in Korea? How has it been possible for a Christian community of half a million people to grow up in the space of fifty years? By virtue of what methods, inner urge or organization does a community largely made up of poor peasants achieve a per capita member average of fifteen yen to the Church, and attain self-support for more than two thousand churches?
This booklet deals with these questions, and at the request of the Department of Social and Industrial Research has been prepared as a document for the Tambaram Meeting. The writer, Rev. Herbert E. Blair, of the Northern Presbyterian Mission of Taikyu, in addition the duties of his own evangelistic field has devoted many years to the task of systematizing the giving of the Korean Church and for the last eight years served the Korean Presbyterian Assembly as secretary of its Committee on Stewardship and Systematic Giving. He speaks with authority upon the problem of the growth of an indigenous Eastern Church.
The Church of Korea is notable as a product of the 'Nevius System,' used through nearly two generations. It has the distinction of being a Bible-centered Church to a degree that can scarcely be found in any other part of the world.
The dominant impression with which I left Korea after three months of study of the churches was the prominence of the Bible in the program of Missions and Church and the extraordinary degree with which the truths of Scripture had become a part of the daily life and practice of the Christians.
Though impressed with the unusual methods of organization and the regularizing of benevolences of the Church, deeper sources of power than these became evident. It was clear to me that these issued primarily from the familiarity of the rank and file of Korean Christians with the Scriptures and their devotion to them as the authoritative guide of their daily life.
CONTENTS:
I. The Timeliness of Stewardship Promotion.
II. Stewardship Systematic Giving.
III. Bible Study and Stewardship Conviction.
IV. Stewardship and Self-Support.
V. Beginnings of Stewardship in Korea.
VI. Dr. David McConaughy's Visit to Korea.
VII. Organization of the Systematic Benevolence Committee of the General Assembly.
VIII. Seven Years of Stewardship Promotion.
IX. Stewardship and General Assembly Benevolences.
X. The Stewardship Covenant.