Joon-Sik Park
Professor in the E. Stanley Jones Chair of World Evangelism
Director, Course of Study School of Ohio
Curriculum vitae
Education
Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1991
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary, 1993
B.A., Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, 1980
Areas of expertise
Integral evangelism; missional ecclesiology; mission in global context; multicultural ministry; spirituality for ministry.
Selected published works
“The Worldwide Nature of The United Methodist Church: A Historical and Missiological Reflection.” In Methodism and American Empire: Reflections on Decolonizing the Church, ed. David W. Scott and Filipe Maia. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2023.
“The Missional Implications of the Theology of H. Richard Niebuhr.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 47, no. 3 (2023): 380–393.
“The Missionary Theology of D. T. Niles.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 44, no. 3 (July 2020): 233–47.
“Victory Through Surrender: E. Stanley Jones’s Understanding of Conversion.” In E. Stanley Jones and Sharing the Good News in a Pluralistic Society, ed. Jack Jackson and Doug Powe. Nashville: Wesley’s Foundery Books/GBHEM, 2018.
“The Legacy of R. Archer Torrey.” International Bulletin of Mission Research 41, no. 3 (July 2017): 261–71.
“The Church as Embodiment of Transformative Trinitarian Faith.” In As if Jesus Mattered: Essays Presented to Glen Harold Stassen, ed. Rick Axtell et al. Macon, GA: Smyth and Helwys, 2014.
“Korean Protestant Christianity: A Missiological Reflection.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 36, no. 2 (2012): 59–64.
Missional Ecclesiologies in Creative Tension: H. Richard Niebuhr and John H. Yoder. New York: Peter Lang, 2007.
“Evangelism and the Practice of Hospitality.” In Considering the Great Commission: Evangelism and Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit, ed. Stephen Gunter and Elaine Robinson. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005.