{"id":3828,"date":"2018-01-06T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T05:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubfriends.net\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2018-01-05T20:08:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T01:08:24","slug":"korea-ubf-what-ever-happened-to-the-1976-reformers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/korea-ubf-what-ever-happened-to-the-1976-reformers\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea UBF&#8211; What ever happened to the 1976 reformers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bodyhacks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/maxresdefault-13.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is what actually happened to the 1976 UBF reformers. Before proceeding check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/exubf.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/korean-staff-letter-to-lee-1976.html\">1976 letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"dis-inblock article-header\">\n<h1 class=\"dis-inblock article-title\">A small but imposing pace of the Christian University Council (ESF) [Evangelical Student Fellowship]<\/h1>\n<div class=\"dis-inblock article-header\"><strong class=\"dis-inblock article-sub\">Compared to the scale of human and material scale,<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"dis-inblock border-box body-wrap-full byline\">\n<div class=\"byline-text\"><strong>Kim Jong Hee reporter<\/strong>\u00a0newsnjoy@newsnjoy.or.kr |\u00a02000.10.04 18:18:57<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"CmAdContent\" class=\"articleBody\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/n405.ndsoftnews.com\/picNfile\/200111\/1101esf1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"top\">The ESF was created by the first reformers of the UBF in 1976.\u00a0Let&#8217;s take a look at the direction and contents of the UBF reform through these 25 years of action.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The first reform movement in UBF took place in 1976 by Son Seok-tae, Ahn Byung-ho, Lee Seung-jang, and Chang-shik Chang.\u00a0After this incident, as Missionary Samuel [Lee] left to the United States, things like impersonal training gradually disappeared.\u00a0But these four people had to leave the UBF.<\/p>\n<p>The ESF is a Christian missionary organization that they created in 1977.\u00a0Pastor Lee said, &#8220;At first, the ESF did not deviate much from the UBF style. The biggest challenge at the time was &#8220;our own reform. &#8221;\u00a0He said, &#8220;I learn while swearing,&#8221; but I asked for reform, but the bitter roots that remained inside me popped out without even knowing.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/n405.ndsoftnews.com\/picNfile\/200111\/1101esf2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"286\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"top\">\u25b2 Pastor Lee said, &#8220;At first, ESF did not deviate much from UBF style. The biggest challenge at the time was&#8221; our own reform. &#8220;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Those who have gone through a thorough self-reflection and a tunnel of repentance have begun to build models of new communities.\u00a0UBF&#8217;s superior merit, as well as the themes of the reforms, were implemented one by one.\u00a0The most urgent task was to study theology properly.\u00a0I had to study the ecclesiology and the spiritual theory as well as overcoming the fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible.\u00a0So they all returned home after studying theology after finishing their studies in Korea.\u00a0I also encouraged my younger students to study theology.\u00a0Now the ESF has a systematic guarantee that those who have been working for six years will be sent to a seminary or overseas seminary.<\/p>\n<p>The second sent all the bachelors and students to the local church without worshiping on their own.\u00a0It is to make the identity clear as a pure mission organization.\u00a0The early members of the ESF are ministering to local churches and serving as a support group to ensure that ESF maintains a healthy identity as a school mission organization.\u00a0So, the problem of leadership is solved naturally.\u00a0It is institutionally impossible for a person to have long-term power or to monopolize power.\u00a0The ESF has a steering committee and a responsible society under the General Assembly and the Board of Directors, and the following two institutions are responsible for policies and practices, and the above two agencies are responsible for ratification and checking.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/n405.ndsoftnews.com\/picNfile\/200111\/1101esf3.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"271\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"top\">\u25b2 ESF stands out in the middle of Korean churches and school mission organizations without showing any sadness to anyone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>It is also active in the bachelor&#8217;s movement, one of the reform tasks.\u00a0Graduates from colleges and universities are engaged in a variety of activities by job category or area of \u200b\u200binterest.\u00a0It is the most prominent place that Bachelor&#8217;s Degrees in Special Education have been working at Bethany School in Seoul, Jeonju and Cheongju.\u00a0In addition to the Bible Education Society, which is a group of teachers, and the Medical Mission Society, which is a group of bachelor&#8217;s college graduates, there are small groups for each area of \u200b\u200binterest.\u00a0In addition, the Association of Evangelical School Mission Organizations, the Association for the Evangelization of the Academy, and the Missionary Korea have been actively participating since the founding, and have been working together with the &#8216;Kyunsoil&#8217; and &#8216;North-South Sharing Movement&#8217;.\u00a0It is implementing the reform task of &#8216;opening and cooperation&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to places such as UBF and CCC, the numbers are not compared.\u00a0The small headquarters building in Kuro-dong has only recently been purchased, and the finances are also inferior.\u00a0Nonetheless, the ESF stands out in the midst of Korean churches and school mission agencies without showing up to anyone.\u00a0That is why UBF reformers often meet with the ESF and are concerned about their future direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/n405.ndsoftnews.com\/news\/articleView.html?idxno=2562\">http:\/\/n405.ndsoftnews.com\/news\/articleView.html?idxno=2562<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"dis-inblock article-header\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is what actually happened to the 1976 UBF reformers. 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