선교적 교단을 향하여 - 선교적 교회론의 관점에서 본 한국의 교단

Abstract

This paper tries to provide an answer to the question of whether the Korean Church is missional. This quest needs a tool for the evaluation. This paper believes that the evaluation of denominations from the perspective of missional ecclesiology is appropriate. Therefore, the chapter two examined the North American churches based on Craig Van Gelder research. The evaluation of the North American church is crucial because most of Korean churches have their roots in the North American churches, and their rise and falls are quite similar to them. The research tells that the North American churches have developed and changed in accordance to their contemporary situations. It also tells that each denomination should have its basis on the Bible, be sensitive to its contemporary situations, be a community that is formed with various social classes, and grow to be a holistic missional denomination. Being a missional denomination, however, does not mean to disorganize church.In chapter three, we examined the Korean church on the basis of the standard previously mentioned, and we pointed out that the Korean church has a problem with the control system, predicting the future, and the use of mission resources. Therefore, this chapter made a few suggestions in order to solve this problem: the church should be biblical mission oriented church; each denomination should respect each other; various approach to the mission targets in accordance to the social change should be made; and each denomination should be missional networked. It especially suggested that a system to produce many pastors with missional leadership and mission minded lay persons. It also suggested that the church should try to find ways to overcome the crisis of the contemporary churches that have lost their social influence and accordingly encounter the minus growth.