선교적 교회론에서 본 한국 민중교회

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to suggest some main points of the missional church of the North America and to apply them to the Minjung church in South Korea so that the merits of both churches, the missional church and the Minjung church could complement each other. It is not easy for us to understand the missional church, for the missional church is produced by the results of the theological trialogue among Gospel, culture and church in depth. Even though we agree with the theological assumptions and new orientations such as the Trinity, the reign of God and the missio Dei, it is almost impossible for us to be liberated from the attractional church. In other words, unless the mind-set of the attractional church is dead the missional church cannot be born. That is the reason why so many pastors looking for the missional church turn out to be satisfied with new mission strategies rather than to keep those theological orientation in mind. As the local church is the focal point of the missional church doing theology of the local church is necessary for the missional church. There are three types of doing theology, community theology, prophetic theology and outsider theology. The local church should participate in the missio Dei for the sake of the reign of God through identifying the boundary-breaking activities of the Holy Spirit, becoming a witness to the reign of God and challenging to the current unjust systems of politics, economy and society.Foundations of the missional leadership are Jesus Christ who confronts the current power of the world, the Holy Spirit who leads the people of God toward the reign of God, and the recovered eschatology. The Minjung church aims at the reign of God through participating in the missio Dei, the democratization movement, and the peaceful reunification of Korea. As the Minjung church wrestles with the signs of the times the Minjung church is beyond the trialogue among Gospel, culture and church. From the beginning of the Minjung church on its theological orientation was radical enough to accept those theological assumptions and orientation of the missional church. The Minjung mission became diversified from the mid-nineties for Minjung pastors who participated in the boundary-breaking mission of the Holy Spirit. This resulted in the change in the identity of the Minjung church. Doing theology of the Minjung church, however, is limited to Minjung pastors so laity and women of the Minjung church must involve in doing theology in the near future.