Meanings
nounJDSN (plural JDSNs)
plural JDSNs
- Korean ProtestantismA title for a lay leader who has not been ordained as a pastor, particularly a youth group leader.
Through Pyon JDSN, whose love for the young souls is ardent, our youths' souls will be revived.
2003, Manwoo A. Kim, New Morning of the Pasture: Poetic Reflections of a Korean American Pastor, Hermit Kingdom Press, published 2003, page 141 more example
I think of their ongoing struggles to create innovative ministries all while the first-generation Korean pastor can't figure out why the Jdsn doesn't show up to 6:00 AM morning prayer every day.
2010, Jonathan Tran, "Why Asian-American Christianity is the Future", SANACS Journal (1), page 51
Origin
Initialism of Korean 전도사(傳道師) (jeondosa, “lay leader”) + 님 (nim, honorific suffix).
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