University Bible Fellowship
- 3.1 Mission Model
Origins and history
As a founding date of UBF is valid April 22 and 23 April 1961 as Sara Barry ( born 1930 ), an American missionary from the U.S. Southern Presbyterian Church, in the city of Gwangju in South Korea began with the Bible work among the students. Her first name was CSC ( Christian Student Center ). (< / ref > Sara Barry's letter of April 23, 1961 at Presbyterian mission. ) in Daejeon began in July 1962, the Student Mission of seven students of Daejeon College and from September 1962, the Student Mission by Melicent Huneycutt, an American missionary of the U.S. Southern Presbyterian Church. The above two groups in Daejeon were soon united. After a few years, the two groups were combined in both cities. The group was renamed in UBF and they expanded to other Korean university cities. In 1969, three Korean nurses called Inkyung Seo, Hwaja Lee and Dongran Sul as UBF Missionaries to Germany. Since UBF Korea sent continuously lay missionaries from, first to Germany and the USA, and later in other countries. 1,463 missionaries were sent out to 2006, with the missionaries in the meantime emerged from the UBF Campus Mission International ( CMI) were counted separately. Among the non-denominational churches in Korea UBF had thus sent out the most missionaries. To mark its 50th anniversary held at the UBF 29.Mai.2011 in Seoul a world mission report, have participated in the approximately 5,000 people worldwide. Ref: Sara Barry's letter of April 23, 1961 at Presbyterian Mission
Organization and dissemination
UBF has sent about 1,500 missionaries by its own account and is represented worldwide in approximately 88 countries with independent communities. The communities from each hold their own services. The size of non- Korean communities varies from one family to 200 worshipers in the larger communities. In Germany and Europe about 400 missionaries are active.
Germany
In Germany, at least five teams under the name " University Bible friendship" active. External information about the members strength or number of German communities there are currently not, by its own account, the organization in Germany 18 municipalities.
The communities of UBF work financially independent. Close ties to the missionaries are each emitting home center (especially in Korea). These exist, the coordinating functions of the Director General of the International Advisory Board and the continental coordinators. Existing Directors-General were the founders Dr. Samuel Lee (until 2002) and Sarah Barry (until 2005 ) and Dr. John Jun (until 2011 ) and Dr. Abraham Kim (since 2011).
Local, regional and national level keep the UBF communities regularly conferences. The UBF is in Germany no public corporation and is funded by donations. Most UBF Missionaries fund their own business. Dr. Wonsuk Ma, Director of OCMS, has called it in his " UBF Case Study" as " UBF Professional Self -supporting Lay Missionaries ". In Germany, the churches in Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt and Mannheim each registered associations (eV ).
Teaching
The teaching of UBF is based on the Bible. She is committed to the triune God (Christianity), to the Bible as the inspired Word of God, the atonement through the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus Christ, to the resurrection of Jesus Christ and Second Coming of Christ and consisting of all the faithful body of Christ. The organization describes itself on its website even as evangelical. The UBF communities in Germany use in worship and Bible study primarily the Luther Bible. For the study of the Bible are the UBF questionnaires out, plus a booklet for daily Bible reading, the " Daily Bread ".
Mission Model
The mission model of UBF is forming and sending lay missionaries. Laiemissionare have responsibilities both as professionals and as missionaries.
Activities
Main activities of the UBF Bible study are for two (English: one-to -one Bible study ), writing and exchanging of opinions, communities, Head of Training and prayer in the early morning. UBF holds regular regional, national and international Bible conferences. UBF provides students and youth opportunities, theater, orchestra, sports and Sing Along participate. UBF supports Midical Missions. In Uganda, Bethesda Mission Hospital was founded.
Ecumenism / Memberships
In the U.S., UBF member of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE ), the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability ( ECFA ) and Cross Global Link.
In Korea UBF is a member of The Korea World Missions Association ( KWMA ) and Korean Inter- Missions Network ( KIMNET ).
In Germany some UBF communities working locally together with German Evangelical Alliance. Across Germany UBF has increasingly opened the interdenominational cooperation in recent years. At a youth conference in the summer of 2011 took speakers from the Bible Seminary Bonn, from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and Mission-Net part.
The UBF was an exhibitor at the MissionNet Congress of December 28, 2011 to January 2, 2012 in Erfurt.
UBF collaborates with Open Doors and Germany took part in the Shockwave 2011 and 2012.
Criticism
In 2000 there was an internal debate on the future direction of UBF, which meant that some of the communities who separated from the UBF and under the name "Campus Mission International " ( CMI) was active.
While UBF is recognized in their country of origin South Korea as a Christian community, it is even banned in other countries, such as Germany, Canada or the USA controversial and at some universities. UBF is despite internal criticism and spin-offs still active, especially in Bonn. UBF, it is forbidden to proselytize at some German universities. Pastor Andrew Shepherd from the Department champagne issues of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland manifests itself in a " lexicon new religious groups, scenes and worldviews " critical to the practice of the faith of UBF.