A Crazy Time of Joy: How the AGST-EAST DMin Programme Shapes Ministry Leaders

 

How one ministry leader discovered growth, resilience and renewed joy in pursuing the Great Commission

When Luke Park Dae-Yeun began his Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in Leadership studies at EAST, life was already moving at full speed.

A staff member of Korea Campus Crusade for Christ (KCCC) with 28 years of ministry experience, Luke had just returned home from overseas missions. His teenage son was adjusting to school, and the family had adopted twin baby girls that same year.

“Yes, my life was crazy busy,” he recalls.
Balancing family responsibilities, demanding ministry commitments and doctoral studies was no easy task. There were many moments when Luke considered giving up. Yet, through the encouragement of his faculty and mentoring group leader, Dr Raymond Go, he persevered.

“Of course, many times,” Luke says with a laugh when asked whether he had wanted to quit. “You can say they owned my journey.”
That sense of ownership would become central to both his doctoral research and his ministry.

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