This book is a collection of things

[PACE]

This book is a

collection of things that I have felt and realized while working for the past few years.

In fact, the motivation for writing this was to get a clue that I should write something about the ministry while looking at Rev. Melvin's resources, and I organized it under the title "100 INSIGHTS of the Lay Pastors Ministry". After this was completed to some extent over the past three years, I decided to write a book based on it in a practical way, and I filled and supplemented it more while organizing it over the past two years.

In the end, the book came out in five years, and last year, PACE Graduate School began and proceeded in Iksan, and this time, I came to Cambridge University to conclude the final work, which is also meaningful.

The INSIGHTS of "Lay Pastors Ministry" was for myself first. In fact, my focus was on how the church growth through theLay Pastors Ministry, that is, how the Lay Pastors Ministry would affect the growth of the church.

Next, I want to see a variety of books. It would be better to look at several different books rather than one or two. While writing this, I came to buy various books in this fields. Not only the growth of the church, but also the books around it were purchased. Among the books I have bought so far are Good to Great, The Fifth Discipline, Future Edge, Emerging Church, etc., and I would not have thought or felt the need to read such a book if I hadn't written insights. I found out whether I needed it while reading these books. I didn't see it because I needed it, but as I saw it, I felt the necessity. Due to the habit of this time, I still buy three or four books regularly every few months.

After that, it was to enrich myself when I lectured. This is a very practiceal issue. Usually, when I was giving a lecture and sometimes listening to what others are doing, they cannot overcome the manuscript, and even if they deviate from the manuscript, we will see something too ordinary. This, after all, is poor resources, that is, not looking at various books. It is also the instructor's duty and responsibility to provide a variety of materials for lectures.

For example, I once gave a lecture on leadership to local pastors in Thailand. At that time, I finished the first volume of Insight and digested a lot of various materials, so I felt the richness of the lecture. The reaction of the listeners was not the same as before. Something was special.

So, in the end, I felt the need for resources development and study in this way more and more. I still feel more and more. Anyway, I think the project to make Insight was really good. How happy I am to have endless resource waiting for me! And it was reorganized, revised, complemented, and it was turned into a book called [Practice of Lay Pastors Ministry] and published, so I personally feel rewarded.

This book is made up of four parts. The entire INSIGHTS is unfolded and distributed according to the ministry's [starting. managing. performing. growing].

Thank you everyone who remembers me, researching and gaining experience at different schools, and now coming all the way to Oxford University and having new experiences, it's such a miracle for me personally.

There are still many shortcomings, but I hope that this will make my role in the Lay Pastors Ministry of Korea, especially in the PACE Graduate School, more clearly, and become a species that contributes more to the world's Lay Pastors Ministry. I am grateful for everything.

Ps)
I originally wrote this book in Korean first, and now I have translated it into English.

August 2011

Byeongchea Seo

at Wyciffe Hall

Oxford University