Comments on: Azia Kim: justification by Stanford alone

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:04:26 +0000

This has not been a good year for KAs.

By: Stanford-bound

Stanford-bound — Wed, 30 May 2007 22:54:28 +0000

But the fact remains: Today 11 of the world’s 12 largest churches are located in Seoul. Behind the U.S., South Korea is the second largest missionary sending country. It can’t be just by coincidence that this is happening to and through one country in particular.

By: LLS

LLS — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:38:56 +0000

Let’s give this young sister in Christ a break. She’s in need of our prayers more than any condemnation on our part. I can’t even begin to imagine the humiliation her family must be experiencing now, especially in such a tight knit korean community as Fullerton.

By: A. P.

A. P. — Wed, 30 May 2007 06:07:17 +0000

I think the main point of concern is all the “thank God” talk that Azia wrote and that is being quoted by all the major news outlets . . . what a tragic witness.

By: A. Chan

A. Chan — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:00:59 +0000

Apparently there’s more to this now. http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/29/aziaUsedStanfordToGetRotcSpot She also posed as a cadet for Santa Clara University ROTC. I think it’s more like the movie “Catch me if you can” than anything else.

By: Edward Kim

Edward Kim — Wed, 30 May 2007 04:20:18 +0000

1.5gen, yes, great things have been done through the 1st gen KAs. But it was not because of anything innate to their culture, but solely by God’s grace. Otherwise, the values of one’s culture become confusedly intermixed with those of the Bible. Even more importantly, the entire notion of grace would become lost. To some extent, 2d gen ministries have become watered down (e.g., daily early morning service has been lost). But it has still been tainted by some of the unbiblical cultural values of 1st gen ministries (e.g., obsession with socially based hierarchical status).

By: JS

JS — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:11:42 +0000

Academic idolatry is definitely something that 1st or 2d gen KA ministries do not touch lest they incur the wrath of their adult congregations who have extremely high aspirations for their children to get justified by Stanford, Harvard, and other KA gods of the 21st century.

By: 1.5gen

1.5gen — Tue, 29 May 2007 05:28:47 +0000

Your points are well taken, but I take exception to your conclusion that the “silent exodus” may be a hopeful phenomenon. For all their faults, the first generation KAs have done remarkable things for God’s kingdom. And it is truly a tragedy that the second generation has lost much of their ancestors’ commitment to the church. If anything, Azia Kim is a testimony of how watered-down the 2d generation ministries have become.