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This article is to explain the formative process of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria(PCV) and her motive to carry out the Korean Mission. The PCV was established in 1859, through a union of three Presbyterian Churches―the Synod of Victoria, the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, and the Synod of the United Presbyterian Church of Victoria―which were formed as a result of the immigration of Scottish and Irish Presbyterians, many of whom were Evangelicals. The formation of the PCV was the first ecumenical experience of Presbyterian Evangelicals in Victoria. This experience brought together the foreign mission enterprise for Victorian Chinese, Aborigines, and the New Hebrides. The Korean mission was initiated by the individual resolution of Henry Davies. However it was also made possible by the support of Presbyterian Evangelical leaders and the Young Men's Presbyterian Union. Three elements, of the urgency of the Korean mission, the matter of his health, and the place where no Gospel was preached, influenced his decision for Korea. Davies' evangelical passion for mission work and the ecumenical environment, which Victorian Evangelicals formed, enabled him to move from the Anglican Church to the Presbyterian Church. The Presbyterian leaders who supported the Korean mission held both a “civilisation theory” and a “world evangelisation theory.” The Korean mission was considered as a sphere of the PCV. They had no imperialistic motive, except in the sense that they believed that they were spreading Christian civilisation and showing the benefits of Christian unity and co-operation.
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The Presbyterian Church in Victoria, the Korean Mission, Joseph Henry Davies, Mission Motive, Christianity in South Kyungsang Province, Church Division in Scotland, Evangelicalism, Ecumenism, Orientalism, New Hebrides Mission
