World Of Witness - South Korea

Ministry

Mennonite Church Canada Witness works with Anabaptist partners in South Korea to nurture individuals and churches who are seeking an Anabaptist/Mennonite approach to Christian peacemaking, discipleship, and community. MC Canada Witness supports the Korea Anabaptist Center (KAC) with personnel and financial support to provide Korean churches with resources for peacemaking, discipleship, and Christian community. Through peace education, translation and publishing of Anabaptist books, and speaking engagements, KAC staff provides a variety of Anabaptist resources to churches and individuals in South Korea. Witness personnel support the Jesus Village Church, an Anabaptist church in Chun Cheon, participating in the church’s leadership team and teaching at the alternative “V-School”. In partnership with Korean Anabaptist Christians, Mennonite Church Canada Witness is supporting the emergence of the Grace and Peace Mennonite Church, another Anabaptist church in Seoul. A number of individuals and congregations interested in Anabaptism are organizing into a network called the Korea Anabaptist Mission Fellowship.

Mennonite Church Canada Witness also supports Connexus, an English language institute that is associated with KAC. Korean students are attracted to Connexus, not only to learn English, but also because of the depth of relationships that teachers have with students and the opportunities to discuss matters of faith, peace, and justice.

Celebrations

• The Grace and Peace Mennonite Church continues to meet at the KAC building. This is the first Anabaptist/Mennonite church in Seoul.
• The Connexus English language institute ministers to many students in downtown Seoul.
• KAC hosted recent guest speakers: Hun Lee, Nelson Kraybill, and Mark and Mary Hurst.
• KAC has translated and published numerous Anabaptist resource books through the Korea Anabaptist Press (KAP).
• Marvin Marcial writes: “I am blessed with an amazing Korean family, an amazing teaching staff at Connexus, and a country where I am free to celebrate my own beliefs. Please pray for more Korean cultural learning experiences, more experience and competency in my English teaching, and that my teaching may help the greater Christian witness of Connexus.”
• A Return to Korea – a Mini Learning Tour
• Baseball Brings People to Church
• Peace and Games
• Growing popularity of Connexus language school
• Who Is Your Family?
• Discovering Anabaptism in Solidarity
• Prayer that Flows Like a Mountain Stream

Challenges

• Connexus language institute is in need of English teachers. Pray that teachers will be found, and encourage potential teachers to consider this opportunity for employment and service. (connexus.co.kr/english)
• The Korea Anabaptist Mission Fellowship is a new network that connects several congregations that are interested in Anabaptist outreach. Pray for the strengthening of this network.

Partners

• Mennonite Mission Network (MMN)
• Korea Anabaptist Center, Seoul (KAC); www.kac.or.kr
• Connexus, Seoul; connexus.co.kr/english/
• Jesus Village Church/V-School, Chun Cheon (JVC)

Workers

• Blackwell, Sarah
• Lee, Hun & Sunny
• Quartel, Sarah
• Wiens, Erwin & Marian

Celebration Stories

• A Return to Korea – a Mini Learning Tour
• Baseball Brings People to Church
• Peace and Games
• Growing popularity of Connexus language school
• Who Is Your Family?
• Discovering Anabaptism in Solidarity
• Prayer that Flows Like a Mountain Stream

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