Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to present empirical research to reveal the reality of the New
Homiletic in South Korea. This research was conducted by means of semistructured interviews
with seven pastors and eight laypeople of the evangelical faith, residing in Seoul and its
metropolitan areas, within the age limits of 20–59 years. The aim was to uncover the experience
of the sermons by both the preachers and the hearers of the sermons. The researcher chose
Pieterse’s methodology of analysing the data, which is an inductive analysis called open
coding. Six main categories from the pastor’s group and five categories from the laypeople
emerged from the data. The categories were rearranged into four themes, which is a valuable
finding for current-day Korean preaching in order to enhance the homiletical praxis.
INTRDISCIPLINARY AND/ OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : This article presents empirical
research on the reality of the New Homiletic in South Korea. The results indicate similarity
between South Korea and the USA. The conclusion is that traditional discourse should give
way to the New Homiletic. This research can become the basis for finding new strategies for
evangelical preaching.
