Mission and Ecumenism from the Margins: Vestiges of Transformative Spirituality in the Korean Ecumenical Movement

This essay is to talk about the Christian mission and ecumenism from the perspective of Korean minjung theology that hopes to galvanize church and society into transforming communities. Minjung theology acknowledges the ontological importance of the marginalized people and finds ecclesial and spiritual objectives that churches do meet with and witness to the agony of suffering creations. This paper focuses on ecumenical endeavors of churches in the Korean society to live with biblical dynamism: First, it states basic ideas of minjung theology to read the Bible and the heritage of the Christian mission. Then, applying the ideas, this paper examines the vestiges of transformative spirituality in the ecumenism of Korean churches and propose mission from the margins in which Asian contextual theologies could share common stories and move together.