In Korean Protestantism, what is the position of Kwonsa?
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From Buddhist and Protestant Korean Immigrants: Religious Beliefs and Socioeconomic Aspects of Life by Okyun Kwon (LFP Scholarly Publishing LLC, New York 2003):
Congregational Structure & Female Leadership Positions
... An elder takes care of one or two parishes, but he situates himself as a nominal lay leader in the parishes he takes charge of by exercising a minimal authority in the parish's religious activities. The head pastor appoints usually a female deacon to each parish as a practical leader who actually takes charge of the parish's religious activity. The appointed practical leader is named as ku-yok-jang in Korean, which means a district leader. This lay leadership position has been recently invented by the Pentecostal-line Korean churches. The role of the practical parish leader has been recognized by church officials in expansion of Christianity in Korea. Recognizing the importance of the role of the practical parish leaders, who are mostly female, in recruiting new members, many Korean churches put an increasing emphasis on the position.
Between male elders and female practical parish leaders, another female lay leadership position is situated. This lay leadership position is called kwon-sa in Korean, the highest lay position given to female members in the majority of Korean Protestant churches. The kwon-sa is expected to mediate, support, and encourage parish members to participate in religious activities at both the parish and congregational levels, but like the male elder position in many cases it is nominally given to the devout female elderly members. They are expected to be female spiritual leaders in the congregation. In these three layers of parish leadership hierarchy, another intermediate level female lay leader, called a kwon-chal, is situated. The kwon-chal, which literally means both supervision and encouragement, has become the second-highest lay leadership position given to female members. as the name of the position implies, the kwon-chal's major role is to encourage and support the parish members' religious activity participation.
All these women's lay leadership positions have first been created by Korean Pentecostal churches not only to give special recognition to women's roles in church formation, but also to provide a leeway for women's lay leadership positions in churches as against the already existing male-centered church hierarchy. Soon after these Pentecostal churches achieved a high level of success in church growth by developing women's leadership roles, many conservative mainline churches began to confer female members the same leadership positions for the same reason. ...
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