복음과의 만남은 영적 회심과 더불어 지적 전향을 유발시킨다. 회심이전의 한 개인의 생애이든, 혹은 그가 속한 민족이나 국가의 역사, 문화적 전통이든, 기독교도래 이전의 역사가 그리스도인으로서 어떠한 의미를 지니는지, 어떻게 재조명되어야 하는지를 묻는 역사인식의 전환을 이룬다는 것이다. 함석헌(1901-1989)은 그의 저서 『뜻으로 본 한국역사』에서 성서가 제공하는 하나님의 속성, 역사적 사관이 무엇인지를 규명하려고 하였다. 하나님의 속성은 아가페이며, 그러한 속성이 역사의 원동력을 이룬다고 보았다. 특히, 성서가 제공하는 사관은 바로 고난사관으로써 고난은 하나님의 계획이며 그를 발견케 하도록 이끄는 신의 의지임을 말해준다. 고난의 과정은 인류를 향한 하나님의 교육이라는 것이다. 그러한 바탕위에 함석헌은 기독교가 도래하기 전 한국의 전(全)역사를 그가 깨달은 성서적 시각에서 재조명하려고 시도하였다. 고난으로 점철된 한국의 역사, 종교, 지정학적 위치도 바로 ‘복음을 위한 준비’ (praeparatio evangelica)였다고 본 것이다. 역사의 본질은 정신적이며 영적인 역사라고 본 함석헌은 엄밀한 의미에서 역사가라기 보단 기독교 역사 철학자에 가깝다고 볼 수 있다. 함석헌의 저술은 선교학적 시각에서 볼 때 복음의 전파과정, 수용과정에서 나타나는 복음과 문화와의 상관성, 상황화, 토착화와 같은 이슈들을 반영하고 있다. 이러한 역사이해는 기독교역사 전반에 걸쳐 나타나는 역사서술의 한 국면으로 세대적인 추이와 그 특성을 반영하고 있다. 기독교역사서술은 복음을 전하는 선교사적 시각에서(제1세대), 복음을 수용하는 현지인적 시각으로(제2세대), 그리고 이 모두를 양방향에서 통합하려는 재조명의 시각으로(제3세대) 발전되어 왔다. 그 추이를 보면 더 넓고 깊은 범주의 역사를 향하여 그 맥락이 확장된 것을 알 수 있다. 함석헌은 그가 속한 전통과 그가 처한 상황 속에서 복음을 이해하려고 하였을 뿐 아니라 복음의 빛 아래서 그가 속한 전통과 처한 상황을 다시 재조명하려는 3세대적 시도를 하고 있음을 본다. 선교적 시도가 한 영혼의 회심인 것처럼, 역사가 자신의 회심뿐 아니라 역사 자체도 다시 회심된(converted) 역사로 전환시키려는 그의 시도는 충분히 선교적이라 할 수 있다.

본 연구는 장기간 타문화권에서 살다가 다시 한국사회에 돌아온 기독교 선교사들이 한국사회에 재정착하는 과정과 그들의 타문화 경험이 어떻게 평생학습을 통해 한국사회에서 개인의 경력으로 개발할 수 있는지에 대한 탐구를 목적으로 한 질적 연구이다. 본 연구에서 차용한 근거이론 방법론에 따라 분석된 정착과정은 다음과 같다. 타문화권에서 돌아온 이들은 한국사회에 정착하는 과정으로서 변화인식기(평생학습 필요단계), 불안정함 표출기(경력개발 추구단계), 문제상황 인식과 돌파기(평생학습 시작과 경력개발 초기단계), 구체적 행동실행기(평생학습을 통한 경력개발 단계)를 거쳐 자신과 타인, 사회 속에서 편안함을 느끼는 환경 속 적응과 정착기에 도달하는 과정을 보여주었다. 본 연구는 선교사 개인의 관점에서 선교지와 한국에서의 삶을 연결하며 스스로 정체성을 분명히 하는 무경계 경력과 프로티언 경력 개발을 위한 적극적 행동과 방법을 제시하였다. 또 이들을 파송했던 교회와 선교단체에게는 돌아온 이들의 심리적 적응을 도울 수 있는 프로그램과 사역의 플랫홈 제공이 필요함을, 사회적으로는 다문화 사회의 사회통합 및 인적자원관리 측면에서 이들의 정착을 도울 것을 제시하였다.

이 글은 한국교회에서도 유행처럼 번지고 있는 선교적 교회에 대해 북미 교회 위기의 상황에서 복음과 문화와 교회 사이의 삼자 대화를 통해 신학적으로 깊이 있게 제기된 문제와 대안을 배우고, 그런 관점에서 한국의 민중교회를 살핌으로써 양쪽의 장단점을 비교하여 상호보완하는 것을 목표로 하고 있다. 한국교회 뿐 아니라 북미 교회에서도 선교적 교회를 이해하기 어려운 점은 신학적으로 깊이 있는 논의이기 때문이어서 이해가 쉽지 않은 측면이 있고, 목회자들이 결국은 교회중심적 선교관을 포기하기 어렵기 때문이다. 그렇기 때문에 이 글은 선교적 교회론이 태동된 배경과 신학적 전제와 정의, 신학적 회심과 신학적 방향을 비교적 자세히 다루고 있다. 그리고 선교적 교회가 지역교회를 강조하기 때문에 선교적 지역교회에서 신학함을 다루고, 지역교회로서의 선교활동이 갖고 있는 내용이 앞에서 언급했던 신학적 방향과 어떻게 연결되는지를 밝히려 한다. 그리고 선교적 공동체를 육성하는 방안에 대해 제시하고자 한다. 또 선교적 리더십이 선교적 공동체를 만들어내기 때문에 선교적 리더십의 기초와 형태를 다룬다. 그리고 선교적 교회론의 장점과 한계를 지적한다. 이런 선교적 교회론을 민중교회에 적용해 보면 우선 신학적 회심과 방향에 대해 논의해 볼 수 있다. 북미교회가 복음과 문화와 교회 사이의 대화를 한다면, 민중교회는 시대적 과제와 씨름하려 했기 때문에 삼자 대화가 큰 의미를 갖기보다는 민중교회에 대한 민중의 반응이 초래한 민중에 대한 부정적 이해가 민중교회와 목회자의 정체성을 변화시키고, 이전보다 더 확대된 민중선교를 하게 됨을 본다. 그리고 민중교회에서 선교적 교회의 구성요소와 신학함, 그리고 선교활동을 살펴본다. 이런 과정을 거쳐 선교적 교회론에서 본 민중교회의 장점과 한계를 제시하고자 한다.

현재 한국의 선교학자들에 의하여 활발하게 논의되고 있는 선교적 교회론은 지역사회에서 지역교회들의 선교적 과제를 새롭게 인식하고 실천하는 내용을 담고 있다. 기존의 선교적 관점은 선교를 주로 해외지역에서의 활동으로 이해하여 왔으나 선교적 교회론은 세계선교의 차원을 소홀히 하지 않으면서 현재 교회가 속한 지역도 선교현장으로 인식하고 접근하는 길을 연구하고 있다.현재 한국의 지역교회는 지역사회에서 저성장, 전도활동의 어려움, 사회로부터의 불신과 같은 지역사회에서의 선교활동에 심각한 어려움을 겪고 있다. 그러나 더욱 심각한 문제는 지역교회들이 그것을 해결할 수 있는 이론적 지원을 받지 못하고 있다. 그러므로 선교학자들이 이러한 지역교회에 가깝게 접근하여 현실적인 문제를 함께 해결할 수 있는 길을 찾도록 공동의 노력을 아끼지 않아야 한다. 그런 점에서 선교는 이제 지역선교와 해외선교를 이중적으로 구분하는 옛 패러다임을 넘어가야 한다. 지역사회 선교에서 시급히 요구되는 것은 사회적 신뢰이다. 현재 한국교회가 사회로부터 신뢰를 회복하며 인정받는 길은 전체 한국교회 차원이 아니라 지역교회 차원에서 지역사회로부터 신뢰를 얻는 것이다. 필자가 사례연구를 통해서 지역교회가 지역사회로부터 신뢰를 회복하고 인정을 받을 뿐만 아니라 지역사회 변화에 긍정적인 영향을 미치고 있는 가능성을 발견한 것은 큰 수확이었다.본 글의 초점은 한국상황에서 현장에서 발견하는 실천적 모델을 통해 선교적 교회의 다양한 유형들을 찾아보고 지역교회의 목회자들과 소통하며 적용할 수 있는 실제적인 선교적 교회의 실천적 원리들을 제시하는데 있다. 실천원리는 필자가 오랫동안 국내의 교회들을 연구한 결과로부터 도출해낸 것이다. 물론 이 원리들이 절대적이 아니기 때문에 앞으로 보완이 필요할 것이다. 그러한 발전적 과정을 전망하면서 지역교회에 적용할 수 있는 선교적 교회의 실천원리들을 제시하고자 한다.

오늘날 한국 교회가 처한 문화적 상황은 서구교회 못지않게 선교지화하고 있다. 이런 상황에서 선교적 교회 논의는 한국의 문화적 상황에 대해서 시사하는 바가 크다. 특히 전통 문화와 근대 그리고 탈근대 문화가 혼재한 한국사회는 세계화와 정보화의 급류 속에서 더욱 다문화 사회로 그리고 다원사회로 변모하고 있다. 특히 젊은 층 가운데 두드러지게 나타나는 기독교에 대한 높은 반감과 무관심은 그들에 대한 전도를 힘들게 하고 있다. 이러한 한국상황 속에서 전도와 사회봉사의 사역을 효과적으로 감당하기 위해서는 단순한 전도적 접근법을 넘어서서 선교적(missional) 접근법을 취해야 한다. 선교적 접근법은 먼저 성육신적인 방법으로 지역사회에 거주하는 불신자들에게 다가가며 그들과 관계를 맺는 데서부터 출발한다. 선교적 회중들은 자신의 교회문화보다도 불신자들의 문화를 존중하고 그들이 알아들을 수 있는 언어와 개념으로 복음을 소통하고자 노력한다. 그들은 먼저 불신자들과 편안한 만남이 가능한 근접공간을 만들고자 노력한다. 또한 민간, 정부, 복지기관, 기업 등 지역사회의 다양한 주체들과 공동 프로젝트를 추진함으로 지역사회의 복지와 유익을 추구하며 협력관계를 개발한다. 더욱이 지역사회에 긴요한 영리사업을 추구함으로 해당 사회의 유익을 구하는 한편, 불신자들과의 접촉점을 개발하는 가운데 선교적 목적을 이루고자 한다. 이처럼 선교적 접근법은 다양하게 불신자들과 접촉하며 관계를 개발하는 가운데 자생적 신앙 공동체를 이루고자 한다. 선교적 공동체는 복음과 지역사회 문화와의 선교적 대면을 추구한다. 선교적 회중들은 먼저 지역사회 문화 속에 함께 거주하는 자로서 복음을 접하게 된다. 그들은 자신의 내면에서 복음과 문화의 내면적 대화를 통해서 문화에 의해서 형성된 가정들과 전제들을 복음의 관점으로 전환하는 작업을 수행한다. 이러한 내면적 대화는 교회 밖의 불신자들과 외적인 대화를 나누기 위한 전제이며 선결조건이다. 선교적 회중의 내면에서 일어난 복음과 문화의 내적인 대화는 그들로 하여금 교회 밖에 있는 불신자들이 동일하게 복음을 붙잡고 또 복음에 의해서 붙잡힐 수 있도록 해석학적 렌즈를 제공하거나 불신자들에게 친숙한 용어로 복음을 전달할 수 있게 해준다. 복음과 문화의 대면에서 중요한 부분은 상호간에 공통점을 찾는 일이다. 그러한 공통점은 복음을 전하는 데에 있어서 중요한 접촉점을 제공하기 때문이다. 이미 지역사회 속에는 개인주의로 허물어가는 공동체를 살리기 위한 다양한 노력들이 시도되고 있다. 그리고 대가족중심의 복지체계에서 정부중심의 복지 시스템으로 변화하는 가운데에서 많은 복지적 욕구가 분출되는 상황이다. 이러한 지역사회 상황은 “네 이웃을 네 몸과 같이 사랑하라”는 명령을 받는 선교적 회중들이 그 명령을 따르기에 좋은 토양이다. 지역사회 속에서 봉사와 섬김의 사역을 실천함으로써 공신력을 회복시키며 지역사회로부터 좋은 호응을 받고 있는 많은 교회들이 있다는 점은 매우 고무적인 일이다.하지만 복음과 문화의 대면에서 간과해선 안 되는 점은 양자 간의 차이점이 분명하게 나타날 경우이다. 그럴 때 돌이키고 회개해서 문화적인 관점과 가치관을 복음적인 것으로 바꾸어 나아가는 작업이 지속적으로 필요하다. 교회는 대조사회로서 초월의 세계로부터 오는 주님의 음성을 듣고 응답하는 공동체이다.

이 글은 ‘한국의 교단들이 복음적인가?’라는 근본적인 질문에 대한 대답을 추적한다. 이 질문에 대답하기 위해서는 일단의 평가기준을 마련할 필요가 있었다. 여기에 적절한 것이 선교적 교회론의 관점에서 교단주의 혹은 교단들에 대한 평가들이었다. 그래서 먼저 2장에서 밴 겔더의 연구 성과물을 중심으로 북미 교단들의 현실과 나아가야 할 방향을 살펴보았다. 북미교단들의 평가가 중요한 것은 한국의 교단들 대부분이 북미로부터 수입되었고, 그 성쇠 패턴이 유사하기 때문이다. 그 평가들에 따르면 북미교단들은 역사적으로 시대적인 상황 속에서 변화, 발전되었다는 사실이 드러났다. 그리고 현재 각 교단들은 철저히 성서적인 기반 위에 성립되어야 하고, 역사적으로 상황을 중시해야 하며, 사회적으로 다양한 계층들이 복합적으로 모이는 공동체가 되어야 하고, 조직적으로는 통전적인 선교적 교단으로 발전되어야 함을 강조하고 있다. 이때 선교적 교단은 교회를 해체하자는 운동이 아니다. 3장에서 우리는 앞서 추출된 기준과 방향성을 잣대로 삼아 한국 교단을 평가해 보았다. 그 결과 한국 교단들의 통제시스템, 미래예측, 선교자원 활용이 상당히 부족함을 지적하였다. 이것을 극복하기 위해 성경적인 선교적 교단들을 추구해야 하고, 여전히 각 교단들의 상호예의가 필요하며, 사회변화에 따른 다양한 선교대상들을 접근해야 하고, 각 교단들의 선교적 연계성이 필요하다는 점을 제시하였다. 특히 사회적 영향력을 상실하여 교단들의 교세가 감소되는 위기적 상황에서 복음 속에서 그 극복의 단서를 찾고 교회의 본질을 회복하는 교단의 모습과 선교적 리더십을 가진 목회자, 선교적 교회 마인드로 무장된 교인들이 많이 양육되어 배출되도록 하는 시스템이 갖추어져야 할 것을 제시하였다.

This study aims to study factors affecting level of Korean language proficiency for North Korean Refugee Adolescents dwelling in Korea. 30 North Korean Refugee Adolescents were asked to answer three different questionnaires designated to investigate Korean language proficiency, Acculturative Stress and demographic background. This study adopts altered TOPIK for the evaluation of Korean language proficiency, and focuses on finding out the relationship of Korean language proficiency with sexuality, age, years of Korean study, and duration of dwelling in China. The SPSS for windows 15 was used for the statistical analysis. Acculturative Stress Scale was measured with the ASIS that was developed by Sandhuand Asrabadi(1994) and Proficiency Test that was selected by TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korea) session 22, 23. Cronbach for Acculturative Stress Scale was 0.898. Internal consistency reliability for Korean proficiency test was 0.897. The result shows that learning methods(Korean friends or books), duration of stay in China, Korean use, learning period, age, and gender have significant relationship with level of Korean proficiency, especially periods living in China has more significant relationship with the proficiency. The result from this study helps to recognize factors affecting level of Korean language proficiency. Specifically, the Korean proficiency of North Korean Refugee Adolescents who live in Korea has a close relationship with Acculturative Stress Scale. These facts indicate that not only the Korean education are required to effectively increase the Korean education itself, but also developing the competency of Cultural Acculturation are needed to be followed up as well for North Korean Mission.

The aim of this thesis is to outline the history of the mission of the Korean Church in Thailand and its characteristics, tasks and mission theological issues so that the thesis searches for the way of the mission of the Korean Church to contributing to the unity and empowerment of the Church of Thailand. To achieve this aim, the thesis deals with the social characteristics and value systems of Thai society and the history of the mission of Roman Catholics and of Protestants. Through suggesting the contour of the history of the mission of the Korean Church in Thailand, some characteristics of the mission of Korean Church are church plant, church-centered passion, project-centered and materialistic mission, and independent seminaries. Tasks of the mission of Korean Church in Thailand are acceptance of Thai Christians' critiques on Korean missionaries, Korean missionaries' understanding of Thai culture in depth, meagerness and lack of mission strategies, halt in mission, missionary kids' education, partnership in mission, acceptance of difference of Thai church culture, understanding of the missionary tasks from the socio-cultural and religious situation of Thai church, and theological issues. The main results of the research are as follows: first of all, there are two kinds of church in Thailand: one belongs to the Church of Christ in Thailand, the other to the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand. Some Korean missionaries, however, established independent denominations and ran seminaries so that those denominations and seminaries obstructed the unity of Church in Thailand. These activities of Korean Church cannot be regarded as mission. Secondly, Korean missionaries to Thailand should not transplant the culture of the Korean Church to Thailand. Rather with Thai Church leaders, their missionary tasks are looking for the ways of how to communicate and share the Gospel with Buddhist Thais and identifying the appropriate ecclesiology in Buddhist society. Thirdly, the future of the mission of Korean Church to Thailand depends on whether Korean missionaries could expand the model of the partnership in mission done by the missionaries belonged to the Presbyterian Church of Korea to the relation between the Church of Thailand and Korean missionaries. Lastly, such an expansion of the model of the partnership in mission will be possible only when the ecumenical churches and the evangelical churches can reach a common conclusion through coming to an agreement on the theological issues such as human-centered theology, religious pluralism and mission methods and mission theology in the Buddhist country.

This study aims to study factors affecting level of Korean language proficiency for Korean Missionaries' Kids (MK) dwelling in Turkey. 45 Korean MKs were asked to answer three different questionnaires designated to investigate Korean language proficiency, cultural identity and demographic background. This study adopts altered TOPIK for the evaluation of Korean language proficiency, and focuses on finding out the relationship of Korean proficiency with sexuality, age, age at immigration to Turkey, years of Korean study, self-recognition of cultural identity, cultural identity of Korea, and cultural identity of Turkey. The SPSS for windows 17was used for the statistical analysis.Ethnic Identity Scale was measured with the KAEIS that was developed by Ahn(1999) and Proficiency Test that was selected by TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korea) session 19, 20. Cronbach  for cultural identity of Korea was 0.823 and Cronbach  for cultural identity of Turkey was 0.691. Internal consistency reliability for Korean proficiency test was 0.891. The result shows that cultural identity of Korea and age at immigration to Turkey have significant relationship with level of Korean proficiency, especially age at immigration to Turkey has more significant relationship with the proficiency. The result from this study helps to recognize factors affecting level of Korean language proficiency. Especially, the Korean proficiency of MKs who live in Turkey has a close relationship with Korean cultural identity.These facts indicate that not only the Korean education are required to effectively increase the korean education itself, but also developing the pride of being Korean are needed to be followed up as well.

The researcher in this paper tries to suggest proper indicators of the missional church based on his critical evaluation to Dr. Kookil Han’s study of missional churches in Korea. The researcher describes ‘Missio Dei,’ ‘the Bible-centered evangelicalism,’ ‘the emphasis of indigenous culture,’ ‘practicalism,’ ‘the focus on the essence of the church,’ ‘dynamics of the Holy Spirit,’ ‘ministry of lay people,’ and ‘the pursuit of the dispersive church’ as the main characteristics of the missional church. The researcher highly evaluates Dr. Kookil Han’s endeavor to study emerging missional churches in Korea. However, the researcher points out that some cases which Dr. Han introduced, do not reach to the criterion of the missional church in terms of the main characteristics of the missional church. In this paper, Songahk church, Hannam first church, Sungkwang church, Kwangyang-Daekwang church, Sungam church are described as emerging missional churches in Korea. From the common characteristics of these churches, the researcher factors out 12 indicators for the missional church: 1) the missional church is to be on evangelistic ecumenicalism based on theology of Trinity; 2) the missional church should exercise good influence to the local community; 3) the missional church needs to contribute to the development of the local society; 4) the missional church ought to understand the true value of the church; 5) the missional church should endeavor to be a living community; 6) the missional church must not have any internal conflict among people in the church for more than ten years; 7) the missional church needs to endeavor for the cross-cultural mission; 8) the missional church should support the horizontal structure in which the clergy and the laity lead the faith community together; 9) the missional church is to catch up with the changing trend of the region and the times; 10) the missional church should be financially independent; 11) the missional church ought to be ecumenical in working with others; 12) the missional church must work for the larger community where the local church stands.The researcher lastly argues that Korean church leaders need to dig out more missional churches in Korea and establish a reliable criterion indicating the missional church for developing a biblically faithful and culturally relevant missional ecclesiology in Korea.

This paper is to study the missionary reflection of social service mission in Korea church after the 1945 liberation of Korea. When reflecting social service of Korea churches according to the historical features, it could be divided as before and after the 1945 liberation of Korea. The social service before the liberation could be summed up as ‘un-structural service period’ that had been conducted to Korean people in poverty, diseases and ignorance during the beginning of mission by the missionaries. The other could be summarized as ‘structural service period’ that is recognized the ideological conflict and the suffering from the division of Korea into north and south and the Korean war and ‘holistic service period’ that tried to avoid a crisis into social service mission as Korea churches in quantitative growth were experiencing stagnation. The mission before the l945 liberation was an education and a medical service as the approaching method in Korean society. But those services were one method for evangelism because they were based on conservatism theology of early missionaries. So, there was no missio-theological reflection for the extension of God’s Kingdom that Jesus Christ proclaimed in the world. Therefore early Korean churches are ‘un-structural service period’ that emphasizes only individual's spiritual salvation in the absence of society. During the Japanese colonial period social service of Korea church was ‘solidarity period’ that tried to find a clue of national problem solution from a rural community movement. Korean churches in the 1920s began to recognize social salvation and the world’s structural problems. The rural community movement also developed actively for about 10 years from the 1920s to the mid of 1930s, but it should be stopped due to the oppression in and out of church in the late 1930s. Even though there were many believers who died of dire persecution, many main religious associations in Korea found the way to live in sympathy with the visit of Japan’s shrine. After the 1945 liberation Koreans experienced both the joy of liberation from Japan and fratricidal war. In this period the duty of Korea churches was to save Clients in want and received financial support from the western churches because of economical poverty and impoverishment. And the April 19 pro-democracy movement in 1960 was happened due to the political corruption, but the democratization retreated because of the May 16 military coup in 1961. Industrialization and urbanization are promoted as focusing on the economic development, and UIM that helps the human rights abuses of workers origins. In this period Korean churches begin to open their eyes about the evil of social structure and illegality and corruption stemming from the huge gap forming between the rich and the poor, materialism and the negligence of humanity. So this is ‘structural service period,’ for Korean churches that are focusing on the individual’s spiritual salvation become to recognize the evil of social structure and injustice as mission work. Finally, since Korean churches after the 1970s are interested in the church’s growth and expansion, they are not into social service. The economic growth by the military regime caused trouble such as the gap between the rich and the poor, environmental disruption and materialism and formed urban slums. And also Korean churches that disregard these problems are contaminated by growth-oriented theology, but they surprisingly growed with the military regime. In this period the large scale gathering and revival are lively held, and churches closely cooperate in turning the concern about human rights and democratization into individual’s spirit salvation and blessing. As a result, Korean churches after the 1990s have been put aside in the society and stagnated constantly. Now Korean churches stand in between temptation of growth and responsibility of social service. The early Korean churches created the way to mission through social service building up many hospitals and schools as a method of evangelism. Therefore, Korean churches should revive a tradition of holistic mission with both evangelism and social responsibility.

Peace should be approached by inclusivism, consisted of politics, economy, international relationship, social welfare, community health care, education, and culture. For the current government of South Korea has been obsessed with ideology rather than national interests during the last five years, the relationship between South Korea and North Korea is in crisis. Theological foundations for reconciliation are truth, memory, repentance, justice, forgiveness, and love. The presupposition of reconciliation is to know what happened to the victim. The truth of the victim can be recognized through memory, that is the center of one’s identity. Repentance of the perpetrator is necessary for the process of reconciliation. In return the victim should forgive the perpetrator. In the whole process of reconciliation, love is a dominant factor. Theological foundations for peace are justice, reconciliation, nonviolence, just peace, and economic justice. Justice is the precondition for peace. And reconciliation is the way to peace. Nonviolence is the hope for peace. Just peace is suggested by the WCC as an alternative to the just war and pacifism. Economic justice is identified as an essence for peace. Tasks of the peace mission of the Korean Church for reconciliation and peace reunification of South Korea and North Korea are such as nonviolent communication, nurturing of the peacebuilders, the peace education for encouraging the culture of peace, the care for the victim of violence and programs for violence prevention, media as a peace messenger, the peace mission in the public area, and strategies of peace mission in the troubled areas. The peace mission should be approached by inclusivism and Christian realism as well. For practicing the peace mission the Korean Church can learn about important lessons from the various examples of the peace mission done by the member churches of the WCC during the Decade to Overcome Violence, from 2001 to 2010. The Korean Church is encouraged to study the precious experiences of the Peace Church (the Mennonites, the Quakers, and the Brethren Church) for enacting the peace mission.

This paper is to study historical characteristics of social service mission in Korea church before the 1945 liberation of Korea. The classification of an era for historical analysis about social welfare in Korea church is not only necessary, but also is dangerous. Because it could be depended on subjective classification of the researcher, simplified complicated historical processes, and there would be a possibility to classify it individually or selectively. Nevertheless, a missiotheological reflection about christianity society service in the Korea mission history will be meaningful to many people who study social service mission according to the classification of an era and important to Korea church which is in stagnation. In this context, the summingup to social service mission of Korea church before the 1945 liberation of Korea according to period features is necessary. There are two kinds of mission service characteristics in the protestant. One of these is Luther, Calvin and Knox as an ‘ecclesiastical’ type, and the other is sure salvation by individual experience of faith as a ‘nonecclesiastical’ type. Mission movement after Pietism mainly took the 'nonecclesiastical' type. The United States of America which preached the gospel to Korea also was offsprings of the ‘nonecclesiastical’ type. The faith of these people, as a type of pious Puritan, thought a concept of church is the same as an ark separated from the world. It shows at the constitutional law of the separation of religion and politics and the guideline of mission agency. Despite their spiritual salvation separated from the world, nonpolitical actions, and irrational and dualistic faith as what is called an ‘evangelist,’ these people began education and medical works as a starting point of mission at the beginning of Korea mission. These were based on the considerate help and charitable service by each missionary. This type of faith made emotional bond with Koreans in unhappiness as a method for propagating the gospel even though there was not an attempt grasping the underlying and structural problems which were causing miserable lives and political suppression to the pioneer missionaries. So, the local section was set up in ‘Christian Council’ in 1925 and the rural section was set up in 1930, but these were only recognized as ‘something for mission works.’ For example, the local section of ‘Christian Council’ in 1930 was limited only for the dormitory foundation, missionary sending, sewage factory demolition, temperance movement and combined execution of help works. This kind of early mission, which was an unstructural service has the same basis with pious ‘Mitleid’ to the lost souls. Pietism against protestant’s legitimism in the 17th century and illuminism in the 18th century was an important movement that awakened stagnated mission work newly, but focusing on an individual’s complacency and conversion it became the important motivation of mission and the important goal of mission only to save each person from corrupted world. Therefore, the mission of unstructural service has some limitations that restrict missionary works only as a province of converted spirit, given Missio Dei erecting the sovereignty of Jesus Christ and expending the kingdom of God in this world. It was from 1920 that Korea church started to recognize the basic cause of social problems systematically. And also this is originated from the development of international missiotheology. As the first World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910 predicted the world evangelization hopefully, it was based on mission for a human being’s spirit salvation. Consequently, it did not develop the christianity's influence beyond individual spirit salvation. But after Edinburgh conference the world’s history was changing by contraries because of World War. So the World Missionary Conference after 1910 was not held. In Jerusalem conference in 1928 the recognition about the social responsibility of gospel, secularism and other religions was on the rise strongly. Thus, Korea church in the 1920s was interested in social welfare mission according to the stream of world missionary and the social change of Korea(Chosun). Since this was the creed copy of churches of the United States of America and Japan, this social welfare mission had a problem not to include independency and a demand of the times. Many social service movements such as roll back of tuberculosis, medical work, settlement work and moderation movement, and service for women and children’s welfare, therefore, showed the limitation. During the Japanese colonial period Korea church tried to find a clue of national problem solution from a rural community movement because it was based on a type of national church against Japan. The rural community movement also developed actively for about 10 years from the 1920s to the mid of 1930s. However, it should be stopped due to the oppression in and out of church from 1938, for it should choose either religious martyrdom or a conversion to rural community movement. Korea church have experienced a special period in which it practiced society service jointly with Korean people who were in poverty, diseases, oppression and discrimination under the Japanese colonial rule. Nevertheless, Korea church separated from the society due to the limitation of its conservative theology that could not catch fundamental social problems structurally and the faith that salvation is restricted within the individual spirit. This is why Korea church is experiencing its stagnation since the 1990s.

The church’s world propagation effort through Christian NGOs is a missionary strategy that appropriately meets the cultural trend of the globalization age. Among different kinds of NGOs, international development NGO is unique because one can effectively attain its missionary goal through implementation of regional development programs in the targeted region. Furthermore, NGOs are very useful in gaining access in certain parts of the world where there is no freedom of religion. Christians and churches have played a central role in the history of NGO in Korea that history of NGO in Korea can legitimately called the history of Christian NGO. Few examples of Christian NGO activities in Korea include: a) Independent movement under the Japanese colonial rule, b) relief efforts in the 1950’s before and after the Korean civil war, c) citizens’ democratization movement under the military regimes in the 1970’s and the 1980’s, and d) North Korea aid activities through northsouth exchanges. Today, moving beyond the basic Christian missionary work, the Korean Christian NGOs are propagating into the world to satisfy the needs of the local people and the need for world missions. Despite the successful Christian NGO activities, churches should always keep in mind that the establishment of NGOs without a purpose that centers on evangelical propagation or church building can result in adverse outcomes. Churches should operate Christian NGOs professionally with proper philosophical understanding and academic knowledge. Today’s Christian NGOs have tremendous amount of responsibilities that include: a) clarifying their identity as Christian, b) consisting up of members with strong Christian view of the world, c) equipping their operation with expertise and regularity, d) being effective in receiving countries, and, above all, e) revealing the excellence of Christianity throughout the whole world through transparent and ethical management centered on human rights. The relationship between the church and Christian NGOs and missionary organizations and Christian NGOs should never be a competition for resources. Rather, their relationship should always be a cooperation to bring God’s kingdom to this world and accomplish the Great Commission for world missions. Apart from church, Christian NGOs will lose their purpose of existence.

South Korea is a regional Protestant superpower with a successful mission history. It has the largest Christian congregation in the world: Yoido Full Gospel Church built by Paul Yonggi Cho. As of 2009, it dispatched more than 20,000 missionaries abroad. However since the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and the breakdown of the Cold War in 1991, evangelical Protestantism in the country has been steadily declining. Moreover, its social credence is continuously lowering as a result of controversy such as hereditary transmission of pastors, clergy’s sex scandals, financial dishonesty, and privatization of the church. Because of this, Protestant Christianity in South Korea is in some real sense viewed as controversial. The purpose of this paper is to examine the sociocultural change in South Korea in the midst of neoliberal globalization in order to build the socalled ‘missional church,’ a collection of missional believers acting in concert together in fulfillment of the missio dei. The‘missional church’ is faith communities willing and ready to be Christ’s people in their own situation and place. The paper consists of the following sections. The introduction focuses on the emergence of the ‘missional church’ along side with the recent crisis of Korean Protestant Christianity. The first section describes some new cultural trends propelled by globalization. The second section explores sociocultural changes within present South Korea from the sociological perspective of mission: (1) from collectivism to individualism, (2) from ‘regulation society’ via ‘task society’ to ‘fatigue society.’ The third section investigates the outer situation of the ‘missional church’: (1) class disparity, (2) change in demography and family, (3) emergence of ‘N (net) generation.’ The conclusion provides some suggestions including ‘progressive Pentecostalism’ (in Donald Miller’s words) for building the ‘missional church’ within contemporary Korean society under the turbulence and division in terms of ideology, region, class and generation.

Korean Buddhism is located under the Mahayana school. That is quite different from the more original Theravada (or Hinayana) school. And it has developed its unique religious characteristics throughout the history of Korea since its arrival. As the result it is very different from other Japanese and Chinese Buddhism; and even more from Southeast Asian Buddhism. However it still shares much common ground with other kinds of Buddhism, as an offspring of the same parent Buddhism. Just as Buddhism and culture have been interwoven in other cultures, and become almost synonymous with the host cultures, Korean Buddhism also has developed into something unmistakably Korean in the Korean culturalhistorical context. The challenge is that Korean Buddhism is now numerically larger than Christianity, and is also faster growing than Protestant Christianity. This research draws some missiological implications from the characteristics of Korean Buddhist success and expansion. The first characteristic of Korean Buddhism is its syncretic openness to preexisting religions. That is clearly evident in the development of ‘Buddhist’ rites of passage. These syncretized rites have come to feel very essential to the lives of Koreans under Buddhist influence. Korean churches will need to develop contextualized rites of passage in order to for Koreans accept Christianity as the religion of their lives. The second characteristic is their variety of piety. Korean Buddhism is divided into different kinds of sects, although they share common ground. Different approaches need to be developed to different Buddhist denominations. The third characteristic is loyalty. Although their members do not understand their doctrines much and don’t read their scriptures much and don’t attend their worship regularly, they do not leave their religion because of their sense of belonging to the religion of their lives. The traditional way of Christian evangelism has been to compare and contrast doctrines. It has been proven a failure for evangelism. We need to study how to fulfill the religious and emotional desires of Korean Buddhists’ in a Christian way. The fourth characteristic is its family centeredness. Our mission strategy should focus on working with groups rather than individuals. The fifth characteristic is their integration of culture and religion. This challenges us to work hard to contextualize Christian culture to become a Korean religion of life. And our theological reaction to the Buddhist’s challenge to the identity of Jesus and the Bible should be well prepared, and be delivered with a humble and respectful attitude. The sixth characteristic of Korean Buddhism is their religious openness and tolerance. We need training on how to look with the love of God at Buddhism as a fellow religion. In the Korean Christian circles we desperately need to learn how to share our religious convictions politely. We need to do so with a deep understanding of where they are, yet without losing our identity. The seventh characteristic of Buddhism is their strong desire for inner peace. Their inner peace focus links them into oriental spirituality. A Christian spirituality based on prayer and meditation of the word of God would be more relevant to those already focusing on seeking inner peace. Korean Buddhism needs to be studied more deeply in many aspects to find missiological touching points with the various levels of Korean Buddhists. To do this more effectively, I recommend we establish study centers for crossfertilization and informationsharing of models found effective for the evangelism of the Korean Buddhists.

The Korean Churches have reached today’s phase with joining the pain of the people and leading the Korean society. Then it has to be join today’s Korean society, it is required the answer for solve the problems of the society. In this regard, I think the Missiological Approaching for the problems of stress that they are a big problem on mental health is very necessary situation in today’s Korean Society. The Korean Churches had tried to approach through Pastoral Counseling so far but this trying was negligible. The Korean Churches could not answer about the problems of stress comparable with various another society groups in Korea. So we need to try the formated character of the Korean Churches from the early days of mission in Korea, connect with the stress treatments. If we investigated deeply about the stress treatments are exhibited by the Department of Health and Human Services, we can find that the Korean Churches have a lot of possibilities which could approach to the stress treatments. Actually, the Korean Churches have possibilities on a lot of parts. So I arrange the ‘linkage possibilities’ of the character of the Korean Churches and the treatment of stress. As follows; 1. Tradition of ‘Faith which emphasizes the Church’ and ‘Regular Lifestyle’ 2. Tradition of ‘Biblical Christianity’ and ‘Actively and troubleshooting type Response’ 3. Tradition of ‘Spiritual Movement for example prayer movement’ and ‘Relaxation therapy’ 4. Tradition of ‘Independent – Faith’ and ‘Time Management’ If we would missional approach to these linkage possibilities, we could contribute for treatment for stress which is a big problem in Korean society. Actually, the Korean Churches have lead for solve the problems of the Korean society, have concluded fruition of various healing ministry through the ability of the Holy Spirit. Now the Korean Churches have to approach with concern about the way of heal for the problems of stress, and if would approach through the tradition of the Korean Churches we can expect a lot of good fruits from this approaching.

Today, Korea society focuses on multisociety and kid problem of multiculture home. Korea does not accept traditional multisociety, but entered in multiculture society according to economic, political, global trend. Multiculture society has so many problems; such as criminal situation, culture shock, identity destroy in multiculture home's kids. In this situation, how can do Korea church take care their life problems? Korea church should support toward them in multiculture home through missional education. This article mentions meaning of multiculture society and based on biblical foundation about multiculture society, kids of multiculture home, and Korea church mission toward mlticulture society. This study focuses on for survivals of migrants kids and social discrimination of Kosian in Korea society. Korea churches have to support their settlement by their own ways and encourage them to establish not only their own identity in Korean society but also Christian kid identity based on multiculture society. Therefore, how would Korea church' task do to support for children education of multiculture society. Above all, this article deals with knowledge shift of multiculture society about kid problem and education method. This multiculture came from low fertility and super aging society. Korea churches should response problems of multicultural peoples and their kid with multicultural living together in Korea society.

한국 교회의 성장과 발전이 하나님의 은혜로 이루어진 선교의 결과라는 것은 틀림없는 사실이다. 이러한 사실로 미루어 볼 때 한국 교회에 하나님께서 민족적이며 시대적인 큰 선교적 사명을 맡겨 주셨음을 확신한다. 세계 선교사에 유례없이, 한국 교회는 지난 1세기 동안 천만에 가까운 그리스도인을 보유하고 5만에 가까운 교회를 세우며 매년 수천명이 넘는 신학생을 배출해내어 왔다. 세계는 한국 교회의 이러한 양적 성장을 부러워하고 있으며, 한국 교회의 저력이 세계 선교의 교두보 역할을 감당해 줄 것을 기대하고 있는 실정이다. 또한 한국 교회도 이 사실을 하나님의 축복으로 여기고 하나님께 감사드리고 있다. 그러나 오늘 한국 교회는 이와 같은 외형상의 화려한 모습만을 자랑하거나 만족해하고 있을 때만은 아닌 것 같다. 오히려 지금 우리는 건강한 신앙의 안목과 하나님의 말씀에 비추어서 우리의 현실과 그 이면에 감추어진 잘못을 다시 점검해야 할 때라고 본다. 우리는 그리스도의 눈으로 한국교회를 성찰하고 오늘의 교회에 대한 그리스도의 음성을 들어야 한다. 한국 교회의 성장의 이면에는 긍정적으로만 볼 수 없는 많은 문제들이 있기 때문이다. 가치관의 혼란이 심각한 이때에 한국교회가 민족을 구원하는 교회 본래의 사명과 역할을 제대로 감당하고 있는지를 살펴볼 필요가 있다. 여러 가지 통계자료에 의하면 90년대를 고비로 교회의 성장이 정체되기 시작하였고 오늘에 이르러서는 교단에 따라 성장 둔화 등 위기의 징후가 현저해지고 있다. 이제 그 원인을 밝혀내고, 그 바른 처방이 내려지지 않는다면 한국교회는 유럽 교회들에서의 정체와 위축의 길을 답습할까 심히 염려된다. 따라서 한국교회의 과거를 돌이켜 보면서 무엇이 한국교회의 침체 원인의 문제인지에 대한 근본적인 대답을 찾아야 할 것이다. 이에 본고에서는 고유의 선교적 관점에서 문제 원인과 그 원인에 대한 처방 및 선교비전을 제시하고자 한다.

This articles is to represent a application of ‘A Migrants Mission of Korea Church’ to ‘Multicultural Society in Korean churches’ as a strategy of balanced church responsibility in the aspect of a ‘Migrant Mission.’ I mention that biblical perspective and analysis about a migrant based on Old Testament and New Testament. I appear that an migrant kinds and situation in Korea society. This study builds on a direction of missiological strategy and method in multicultural society. I suggest that mission strategies in Korea Churches should be request toward a migrant in Korea society. First, Migrant mission strategy would play positive roles in making their works maintain the identity and trait of Christian gospel in works of Multiculture missions which stress on social responsibility and then suggest concrete and modified alternatives for evangelism. Second, Korea churches can works wholistic mission for them; such as NGO service, medical service, family counseling, educational supports, and human rights. Third, Korea churches support and build on migrant churches, so they want to have themselves worship service, bible study in migrant churches. Fourth, We have could be connect with Social Welfare, Churches, Government, NGO Network, and Schools toward Migrant life and welfare.