Ambiguities in the Search for Christian Unity: The General Council of Protestant Evangelical Missions in Korea, 1905–1912

The formation of the General Council of Protestant Evangelical Missions in Korea in 1905 with the ultimate objective of achieving church union beyond denominational boundaries is a significant but neglected episode in the twentieth-century ecumenical movement. The council was reorganised in 1912 as...

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Main Author: Seo, Dongjun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2022, Volume: 73, Issue: 2, Pages: 348-367
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B General Council of Protestant Evangelical Missions in Korea / Ecumene / History 1905-1912
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBM Asia
KCC Councils
KDD Protestant Church
KDJ Ecumenism
RJ Mission; missiology
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Summary:The formation of the General Council of Protestant Evangelical Missions in Korea in 1905 with the ultimate objective of achieving church union beyond denominational boundaries is a significant but neglected episode in the twentieth-century ecumenical movement. The council was reorganised in 1912 as the Federal Council of Protestant Evangelical Missions in Korea, which marked a significant shift of ecumenical objectives from institutional union to missionary cooperation. This article examines why and how this change happened and its implications for interpretations of the wider ecumenical movement in the twentieth century.
ISSN:1469-7637
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0022046921002207