Inevitably, there has to be something like this to bridge the gap. In June, the North Brookhurst Street church added the English service, which draws just over 200 worshipers. But it's an ironic twist when a church for immigrants adds English, says Benjamin Hubbard, a California State University, Fullerton, professor and chair of the department of comparative religion. As people come here from different cultures, they do tend to adopt English rather rapidly. At Sa-Rang, the Korean and English ministries have their own identities but also share things in common.
Bilingual Bibles are common.
In both the English and Korean services, worshipers individually pray aloud, a characteristic of Korean churches. Martin said that at first she wondered what her husband, who is Caucasian, would think of the church. I thought he would feel a little left out, but he's basically here for the purpose of hearing a good message, and he enjoys how warm and friendly the people are. As for Kim, once discouraged by his prospects for feeling at home in church, he now spends his Sundays in two services. First he attends the Korean service with his wife, who is a more recent immigrant and prefers a Korean message.