디아스포라 선교이해와 전략: 글로벌 디아스포라 네트워크(Global Diaspora Network, GDN)를 중심으로

Abstract

A lots of studies about Diaspora which is one of the mission issues have been made concerning the need and significance of Diaspora with migrants mission. So far the migrants mission was meant for foreigners or foreign workers who come to the country and has been addressed by a special part in the field of mission strategy. Now, however, it is necessary to renew a mission perspective of migrants according to the flow of global Diaspora. In this paper, understanding of ‘Diaspora mission’ which is being discussed today will be examined by applying biblical, theological and missiological foundations based on Scattered to Gather: Embracing the Global Trend of Diaspora published by Global Diaspora Network (GDN). To do this, I will describe biblical understanding of the Diaspora and the diaspora phenomenon then describe mission understanding and strategy centered by GDN.Diaspora can be seen as a term of a ‘stranger,’ ‘heathen,’ ‘stranger,’ ‘foreign’ through Old and New Testaments of the Bible history and Jews lived in the diaspora life. Migrants are referred to in the Bible that those who come from other areas or who moved to go to another place to live. After the Babylonian captivity, they are referred to “the Jews have lived scattered, leaving the promised land” (Acts 8:01), it means the Jews were scattered to live outside of Palestine. Diaspora in the Bible is full of God’s sovereignty and God used the Diaspora to achieve His purposes and to bless the nations through them. Unequal structure of the economy took place due to the development of neo-liberal economic order was triggered by the global phenomenon of relative poverty, which grew into the IT development and movement of migrants with globalization. In this influence, ‘immigrants’ in Korea and ‘Diaspora,’ both terms are begun to be used. ‘Immigrants’ refers to the foreign workers and marriage immigrants in Korea, comparing this, ‘Diaspora’ refers to people living in different parts of the world. Korean diaspora is usually moved to live in many parts of the world, it can be seen that in use the leading term in Han dispersion. But now the migrants missions in Korea and the diaspora world mission is to be understood as one, like two sides of the same coin. Dedication of Cape Town, GDN and rapidly increasing immigrant status in South Korea suggest to preach the Gospel.Finally, in this paper in November 2009, GDN, ‘Seoul Declaration of diaspora missiology’ are three kinds of declarations; Diaspora mission is God’s mission(Missio Dei). This means that the subject of mission is trinity of God and the Church is the mission activity’ instruments, as well as show an understanding of the holistic mission that met their needs with gospel. Diaspora mission of GDN appears the 21st Christian mission strategy, ‘Mission to Diaspora,’ ‘Mission through Diaspora,’ ‘Mission beyond Diaspora’ to apply globalization, urbanization, socio-cultural changes in order to fulfill the Great Commission. Therefore, we are called for the mission of God, and we need to make effort world evangelism, not doing overlook this contemporary requests do.