Biblical Womanhood in South Korea

I've been out of the blog world for several weeks in preparation for a trip, then actually on the trip, and then recovering from jet lag (and getting caught up on work). It is good to be back home!

One of the places I went was Seoul, South Korea. I had a wonderful time with Songwhan and Miran Kang, who have just started the first Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) Church in South Korea. Songwhan attended the SGM Pastor's College last year and is a humble man. It was wonderful seeing his gifts and how God is using this man to build establish a local church in a city of 10 million people.

It was also very interesting to me how Miran Kang is getting a lot of questions from ladies about biblical womanhood. South Korea is a country that is probably more "Christianized" than the United States and yet, biblical womanhood is not as understood as I had expected. The South Korean society places pressure on the women to put carriers first and family second. Miran has ladies calling her all of the time wanting her to explain how she and Songwhan came to the conclusion of her staying home with her boys and homeschooling them. It is a rarity in South Korea. Miran speaks first to these ladies about the gospel, but then explains how biblical womanhood is seeking to live out specific passages in the Bible. Obviously, a lady does not have to quit her job or start homeschooling to be positioned toward her home and Miran does not teach that. However, in a society where men (and women) work about 14 hours per day (sometimes even on weekends...because I learned "weekend" is a Western idea) and job status is often the equivalent to social status, the pressure of a women to focus on everywhere but her home is tremendous.

Miran said that biblical womanhood has been a breath of fresh air to many Christian ladies. She gets random phone calls from ladies seeking to learn more. She also gets lots of questions from the young moms who spent their lives seeking to build a resume and make good grades to benefit a career, but have never learned how to be a good wife or care for children. Miran is not on a crusade to turn every lady to biblical womanhood, she is on a mission to love the people of her country and point them to the gospel. She trusts that as the bible is taught, biblical womanhood will follow.