A language barrier to missions education in Korean Baptist churches is being tackled by national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) and Texas WMU.
Leaders of these two groups have signed a three-year agreement to develop Korean-English missions education materials, following the success of a pilot project in 2007.
“Most Korean churches are very much interested in missions today,” said Angela Kim, Korean consultant for both WMU organizations and editorial coordinator of the Korean curriculum project, “but they have not had the framework for ongoing missions education or materials where the children can grow [by] learning about missions.”
Kim, explaining the initiative, said, “Most adults in cultural churches in North America speak their own languages; however, they are limited in English-speaking teachers, and usually the first-generation adults with limited English comprehension have to prepare the lessons using English curriculum.
“WMU has been sensitive to this need and responded with materials for the first-generation teachers [who are] teaching the second generation using both their own language and English,” she said.
The agreement to develop the Korean-English missions education materials, signed Aug. 28, calls for Texas WMU to handle logistics, including layout and design, printing and distribution, while national WMU will lend its expertise in curriculum development and help fund the project with a $10,000 grant paid annually for the next three years. (BP)
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