A Non-Practicing Christians’ Story

An Article of Recommendation / 5
Preface / 7

PART ONE ｜Non-Practicing Christians’ Story

I. Twelve Non-Practicing Christians 15

II. Religious Life when I Belonged to a Church 27
1. Various motivations for religious life 27
2. Not for my inner mind but for others 31
3. Guidance, prayer, and the Word as the foundation of faith 34
4. Filling in content through format vs. If the format contains content 38
5. Difficult to find God in relations 42
6. Was that the Word of God? 47
7. The family is united with God as the central figure 53

III. Religious Life when I Don’t Belong to a Church 57
1. Personal worship 57
2. Seeking peace through the practice of looking at myself 66
3. To me, God is this being 73
4. The reason why I don’t belong to a church 78
5. This is salvation to me 81
6. Calling to me is this 86

PART TWO ｜Non-Practicing Christians and God Image

I. Non-Practicing Christians and the Korean Church 95
1. Definition of Non-Practicing Christians 98
2. Study on Non-Practicing Christians 100
3. Non-Practicing Christians and Cyber Worship 104
4. Non-Practicing Christians and Communities 106

II. God Image and Counseling 109
1. God Images and God Concepts 111
2. Study on God Image 113

III. God Image Experience of Non-Practicing Christians 115
1. Personal image of God 115
2. Image of God and childhood 118
3. God image and the present life 125

PART THREE ｜Care and Counseling for Non?Practicing Christians

I. Understanding of Non-Practicing Christians: Pastoral Theological Reflection 135
1. Five Dimensional Analysis of Non-Practicing Christians 136
1) Vision-based and Metaphorical Dimension: Believing alone
2) Mandatory Dimension
3) Dimension of Inclination and Desire
4) Contextual Dimension
5) Dimension of Discipline and Roles

II. Care and Counseling based on an Understanding of NPCs 175

1. Worship and educational support: time with grace, community, and mutual respect 181
2. Support for small meetings: horizontal leadership and improving relationships by serving 184
3. Counseling support: visiting counseling, counseling while practicing ‘respect’ 186
4. Missionary support: through respecting, participating in society, and restoring trust 194

References / 197