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The church has continued to change with the times and cultures. When the gospel, the essence of the church, was altered, a religious reform took place. However, the change in the non-essential form was necessary for missionary work and was always accepted within the church. Korean churches are moving beyond emerging churches in the era of digital convergence to new churches again. The church is a church where every place of worship becomes a place of faith, anytime, anywhere, and somehow. The so-called ubiquitous church is that. This study studied the pastoral methodology necessary to convert the current church into a ubiquitous church, the standard of this new church.
Through the emergence and development of 5G and IOT, the ubiquitous revolution in which electronic and physical spaces become one space and objects, spaces, systems, and people are organically connected has already begun. Just as new churches emerge whenever social changes such as the urban revolution, industrial revolution, and Internet revolution occur, ubiquitous societies will demand the emergence of new churches accordingly. The COVID-19 pandemic strongly pushed the Korean church into the demands of such period change. However, there are not only advantages to ubiquitous society and churches. Therefore, theological basis and specific pastoral methodology of the ubiquitous church should be further studied and proposed.
In this study, the case of Hansomang Church was selected as the pastoral methodology of the ubiquitous church. Since Hansomang Church advocates a "two-winged church" called "worship" and "small group," it focused on how worship and small group meetings were converted online.
A survey was conducted on believers who experienced online worship and online small group meetings, and it was found that there was a change in the perception of the church's religious activities. It was also found that the change in perception was thought to be a religious positive change.
I hope that this thesis will contribute as one of the ways to help churches and pastors preparing for the transition to ubiquitous churches.
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