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This article attempts to explore the issue of religion teacher training in Christian education of Korea. In order to delineate the issue of religion teacher training, this writing firstly searches Christian institutes which offer the religion teacher certificate of secondary schools. Five departments of Christian education and four graduate schools of education among 25 Christian universities in Korea manage the teacher education program. They offer religion teacher certificate to all students majoring in Christian education. The institutes which are offering the religion teacher certificate in Christian education are expected to follow the guideline given by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology. The system requires students to take courses in liberal arts, major subjects related to religion and teaching profession curriculum. Students who are enrolled in the department of Christian education are required to take above 50 credits in major. Pre-teacher should take at least 7 courses among religion courses. In this article, I shall discuss the curriculum of department of Christian education, A University as a case of religion teacher training. This article discusses three core directions of religion teacher teaching: improving religion teacher qualifications, clarifying the definition of teaching religion, and continuing religion teacher training. This study is concluded with ideas of inter-relationship college or university with Christian mission schools, the Bible class or Christianity class in Christian mission schools, teaching Christian faith and lives, and authentic and power teaching religion in Christian mission schools.