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| author | Yangsup Shim |
| title |
A Study of the Lord's Supper as a Solution to the [schisma] Situation in the Church Community:
With a Focus on the Case of the Heavenly Community Church of the Korean Methodist Church, Gangneung, Korea
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| abstract | This study aims to demonstrate how a program of an alternative "Lord's Supper" based on the New Testament, when it is
implemented in a local church, can change the dynamics of the church community. For this purpose, I first do the work of carefully generating my own
translations and exegeses of the original Greek texts of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 and John 6:51-59 and, in so doing, show the process of acquiring positive
visions of the Lord's Supper that are likely to help resolve divisions or conflicts ([schisma]) within a church community. Then I proceed to describe (1)
in what process a proper "Lord's Supper" program is prepared that integrates these visions, and (2) how this program has exercised positive influences on
resolving the [schisma] of a local church called the Heavenly Community Church. My work in these steps as a whole is expected to present an insight for the
contemporary local churches that seek an alternative church educational program for resolving the [schisma] in their midst. To be more specific about the
methodology, regarding the five passages in the New Testament that bear on "the Lord's Supper," I note that the contexts for the texts from 1 Corinthians and
John concern situations of community [schisma], and draw 20 learning points through exegesis of both texts. Then these points are integrated to create a new
program of the Lord's Supper. Next, I describe the process of applying to a local church this program, which follows the order of the "Lord's Supper" as
manifested in the "earliest churches": "(1) Sharing of the Bread, (2) Love Feast, and (3) Sharing of the Cup." Through this undertaking, the thesis presents
a new model of "the Lord's Supper" that enables a local church suffering [schisma] within its community for various unexpected reasons to effectively and
efficiently resolve or reduce them. |
| school | The Theological School, Drew University |
| degree | D.Min. (2017) |
| advisors | Byoungho Zho
Younglae Kim |
| committee | Leonard Sweet |
| full text | YShim.pdf |
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