The importance of third-world missions has been emphasized in the 20th century. The Holy Spirit uses third-world churches and their rnissionaries to evangelize many unreached people of the world. At this point, we need to study the roles of women leadership from a rnission-historical and field need-oriented perspective. Along the way, we may find the meaning of women leadership development that serves third-world rnissions. God called female leadership as well as male leadership to serve the world and to accomplish the Great CommImission. Women leadership in the history of modern missions showed outstanding comrnitment and excellence in serving the people in the rnission fields. Their main role in rninistry prevailed in educational, medical, translation, benevolent, and evangelical works. In this article, some outstanding women leadership cases are included, such as Lottie Moon’s story and three women leaders who are working in Islam mission fields. As a result of the ministries of these women leadership, many women in the third- world not only receive spiri tual salvation, but also get their social status be upgraded. Suggestions regarding contemporary mission strategies for the third-world missions are sumrnarized according to geographical, religious, and urban mission perspectives. Many women leaders are needed to serve Africa, Asia, and Central and South America in educational, medical and praise ministries, and many kinds of social works. Women in Confucianism, Hinduism, and Islam have been suffering according to their traditional customs and cultures. They need helping hands from Christian women leadership in order to be freed and receive emancipation from the darkness. In a post-modem world, the urban discipling mission strategies also demand women leadership to meet its various and holistic needs In conclusion, women leadership are crucially needed in the thirdworld missions. Female leadership, combined with male leadership, can complement their callings to accomplish the Great Comrnission. Therefore, women leadership development in Christian churches should be encouraged to go and make disciples in the third- world mission fields. Actually, women are consisted of two-thirds of the Christian congregations in the world. The women who are called by God should be developed to save and help women in non-Christian worlds. It is very important and urgent task before us today.

Korean churches and mssions have been influenced by their cultural regulations on women issues. Women were treated as inferior beings, who is destined to take role in less irnportant positions in Korean traditional society. In response, a protestant missionary established the fìrst school for Korean women and girls in 1886, as she preached the Gospel. As a result, socio-political leadership opporturlÌties were given to women in contemporary Korean society. However, the churches were reluaant to change their hierarchical concept on women and women leadership, which influenced rrusslOnaries’ lives, works and their rnission fìelds. This concept of women inferiority suppressed female church members and missionaries; it not only belittled thernselves but also affected the relationship with their male partners in ministry. To cope with these difficulties and to help Korean ffilSslOnaries, here we need to do critical contextualization. For the missiological process, we will study God's intentions for the status of women and their leadership through exarrurung the discussions between the complementarians and the full participationists on the issues. In the first and second Genesis, God created Man as male and female in his image and blessed them to rule over all creatures in the earth. Both in the cultural command in Gen.1:27,28 and the creation story in Gen.2: 18-24, we can see the equality of women in their human dignity, status and leadership role. It is dear that Jesus, the Son of God in the Gospels, also demonstrated his view on women in equal status and equal in discipleship and leadersþip for the kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit also affirmed the equality of women both in status and ministty through pouring out Himself according to his promise in Joel 2:28,29. Apostle Paul in his new creation theology, through Gal.3:28, prodaimed the equality of women both in spiritual and sκial bases. Even in the two difficult passages, 1Cor.14:34,35 and 1Tim.2:11,12, we found that Paul was not to teach universal truth but to exhorr them to apply in their special contexts. Moreover, Paul also showed his view on women in equality both in dignity of personality and ministty, by induding many women as his coworkers for his missionart works. As we learned above, to treat women in equal status and leadership role is right in the sight of God who is love and justice. Therefore, the hierarchical concept of Korean Church and missions should be transformed in the light of the biblical foundations of women in equal status and leadership, as a missiological prαess of critical contextualization. As we know, two• thirds of the Korean Church are consisted of women. The Korean Church should recover the equal status of their woman members in their hurnan dignity created in the image of God, and their leadership roles based on being outpoured by the Holy Spirit. I suggest that this biblical knowledge should be taught at seminaries and Bible study groups in the Korean Church--from children to the elders, from women to men, and from laymen to pastors. As a result, women in the Korean Church and ffilSSlon will develop thernselves to contribute for the kingdom of God. Healthy relationships and improved teamwork with their male partners are also expected. My hopes are that the synergy effect thus created in Shalom will help accelerate His kingdom come in the whole eanh.

Purpose ‒ This study aims to analyze changes in attitudes towards women's political leadership and the social factors related to such changes. The study reviews the field of women's political leadership, specifically the political and economic participation of women in the world, and the impact of variables such as the changes in attitude on such participation. Research design, data, and methodology ‒ The population for this study comprises 99 countries that are members of the United Nations and have participated in the third and fifth waves of the World Values S urveys. The sample consists of 31 such countries selected for sampling. Results ‒ This study is a secondary analysis to examine the hypotheses regression and the LISREL model are used. The findings of the study indicate that the correlation between two variables, namely women's political participation and leadership of women, is statistically significant. Conclusions ‒ The changing rate of women's economic participation is also significant. The significance of these coefficients indicates that the results, with a 95% confidence level, can be extended to all member states.