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Korean students prepare for ministry via ''travelling theology''
Gyoung Ho Jeong: ''process of learning from life settings''
Gyoung Ho Jeong who teaches Christian social ethics at
Jeong described his novel approach to teaching theology in a review of initiatives by Reformed church institutions in response to economic and environmental concerns. In
“The herders showed us that they could gather all their garbage for six months in one small plastic bag,” Jeong marvels.
Jeong laughs as he reports that students learned about caring for God’s creation by literally getting their hands dirty. “When the local people realized that we could not ride horses and would be of no use for herding, they assigned us to collect horse dung to enrich the soil!”
The Korean group observed that, despite the herders’ care for the environment, their drinking water is polluted by other sources and is causing high rates of kidney problems. The students left vowing to return with a kidney specialist.
A second group of students travelled to Ho Chi Min City on a peace mission to bring apologies to local churches for
“This involvement in the war effort helped
The students were invited by the church in
Seeing the poverty in the communities they visited, the students chose to eat frugally and to save their food money to contribute to a project which is building houses for the poor. The savings of USD $1500 will cover the costs of building three new homes.
“My job is to train seminarians who will work in the future world,” says Jeong. “These experiences will affect how their theology develops for years to come.”
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