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The Korean church has neglected to respond to cultural changes of the young generation in the Korean society. This implies that communications between other groups and the young people’s group in the Korean church are broken. The Korean church needs a local curriculum to be able to respond to the Korean young adults’ needs and interests, and let them actively form and transform local church traditions and cultures.Therefore, this study explores the relationship between curriculum and culture, and defines curriculum as an educational process for a particular congregation surrounded by a particular culture. This study analyzes three interactions of three cultures: Korean culture, local church culture, and young adults’ culture. Through these interactions, the young adults’ needs, the church tradition, and the cultural environments encompassing the local church can be integrated into the local church curriculum.On the basis of these interactions, this study introduces an alternative curriculum model for the Korean young adults. The model is build upon Groome’s “shared praxis model” that integrates students’ life and church tradition. This curriculum model tries to integrate local church culture, vision as Christians, the unique culture of young adult groups, and the Korean culture.