White-Hot Faith

• According to Addison, the most powerful missionary movements in history have been accomplished by people with a radical dedication to the mission of Jesus' as recorded in the Bible. White-hot faith is reflected in a radical shift in the values of the missionaries. Often they sacrifice their own comfort and safety for the sake of the cause. For example, in 2006, 34 percent of Protestant Korean missionaries voluntarily served in the "red zone," hostile missions fields such as war zones and areas that feature violent religious fundamentalism.
  
  

Commitment to a Cause

• Movers and shakers have deeply held beliefs and they live lives consistent with their beliefs. Addison says this brings both a connection and a distinction from the world around them. On one hand, they are trying to change the world, but on the other hand, where others might retreat from the indigenous culture, successful missionaries invest in the culture they are trying to reach by building "environments" that will sustain positive change. Korean missionaries find an affinity to majority-world mission fields since they themselves are part of the majority-world community, holding in tension their commitment to their message and their compassion for the people.
  
  

Contagious Relationships

• Addison has noted that the most important element of successful missions movements is a relational connection with the people that the missionaries are trying to reach, and therefore must exhibit an openness to outsiders. The movements spread quickly through relational networks, but then must expand to outsiders in order to sustain the momentum. The Protestant Korean missionary movement first spread through pockets of the Korean Diaspora, but has since turned outward to reach other cultures.
  
  

Rapid Mobilization

• The most successful missionary movements are not led by professionals, but are instead grass-roots, where even the newest adherents of the faith share in the missionary work at some level. If, in its inchoate beginnings, a movement is restricted by funding or a controlling structure, the process slows down the movement and it consequently dwindles. Missionaries from the Protestant Korean missionary movement have experimented with many models of mobilization, from joining global missionary organizations, to sending missionaries from solitary churches, and have successfully been able to find creative ways to resource missionaries outside of the traditional channels of missionary efforts.
  
  

Adaptive Methods

• The secret to successful missionary movements throughout history, as Addison understands them, is that they demonstrate remarkable flexibility. When necessary, they abandon traditions and former modes of operation in order to most effectively communicate the core message.
  
  During its lifespan, a missionary movement will usually begin with a spark of innovation, but then revert to less-flexible stages of standardization, setting the stage for the next innovative movement to emerge. Korean missionary leaders are developing models that play on the strengths of majority-world missionary efforts, during a time when Western-style models are encumbered with entrenched policies and outcomes analysis.