As the realm of missiology got extended and the subjects of missiological research differs varies, the understanding of culture in mission field is crucial before doing mission there. In terms of definition of mission as crossing over the cultural boundary, I investigate the system of the Chinese government and power structure in relation to religious laws and regulations. I argue that if the Korean Christianity do mission for China and cooperate with Chinese church in official ways, this step is necessary. According to the Chinese Constitution, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is organized of political party, government, and military authority. The people’s democratic dictatorship and socialism are the basic Chinese system, which cannot be inflicted by any individual person and group. The Chinese government widely accomplishes religious freedom, but this is on the base of socialistic perspectives. The United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) Central Committee, which is a substructure organization of CCP, forms the basic direction of the religious policy. Then the State Administration for Religious Affairs of PRC overall controls the policy of religion. In this kind of structure, China not only allows religious freedom, but also seeks to gradually dissolve religion through anti-religious propaganda. Religion is just one of tools, which formulates firm foundation of socialism in China. With this type of limitation, the Chinese Christianity has been existed until now under the control of National Committee of Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant churches in China, National TSPM. In fact, this agrees with United Front Strategy(UFS) and then becomes a ‘Socialization of Christianity.’ The Chinese government always emphasizes that only legal interchanges of Chinese Christianity can be allowed, which means the government wants to get absolute control. In this situation, I seek the appropriate models of religious interchanges between Chinese and Korean church. Most of all, I claim that the Korean Christianity should understand a system of Government and Power Structure in China before doing mission there. The friendly foreign interchanges, which are stressed by the Chinese government, can be promoted through China Religious Culture Communication Association (CRCCA). Secondly, based on ecumenical principles, Korean churches should develop official relationship with Chinese churches. Regarding to the organization of National TSPM and China Christian Council (CCC), Korean churches should find the subject of religious interchanges. In final, both positive and negative part of Chinese UFS should be acknowledged and then establish strategies. UFS interchanges with foreign religions based on dissolving them, but we should take advantage of their policy and use it for spread the gospel.

• 김광성(주안대학원대학교, 선교학) | Kim Kwang Seong