본 연구는 선교 역사 속에서 가장 활발한 선교사역을 한 바울의 선교 전략에 대하여 논의하였다. 바울은 1차, 2차, 3차의 전도 여행에서 다양한 선교사역의 형태와 전략을 보여 주었다. 이러한 다양한 선교의 유형과 형태들 가운데서 바울의 선교 전략이 보여지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 바울의 세 차례의 전도 여행을 논의하였고, 바울의 선교전략의 모든 영역을 다루지 않았다. 전도 여행 중에 나타난 중요한 회당 중심의 선교, 대도시 중심의 거점 선교, 동역자를 세워 함께 한 팀사역, 자비량 선교, 상황화 선교전략, 현지인 리더를 양성, 성령의 인도하심과 능력 선교만을 다루었다. 바울의 선교 전략 연구를 통해서 한국교회의 선교의 방향과 전략을 수정하고 재정립하는 게 본 연구의 중요성이며 목적이다.

This article discusses and evaluates the ministry of an American laywoman missionary Mary Fletcher Scranton and her son William Benton Scranton, who founded the JungDong Hospital, SangDong Hospital, AhHyun Church, SangDong Church, and DongDaemoon Church. The writer first starts with the following questions: “How did they define their identity as a missionary?” The writer answers it in terms of their motive to apply for missionary and their direction for mission. Second, “What was their motive, method, and purpose of mission?” Third, “What was the heritage that they bequeathed to us and what lessons can we learn from?” Answering the above questions, the writer concludes missiological implications based on his research. In particular, he provides evidence supporting that Mary and William Scranton, as apposed to other western missionaries during that time era, did not try religious colonialization and did not intend to ingrain the western civilization into Korean society. In spite of the dangers they faced, they entered into Korea with strong aspirations of missions and in concretely have contributed to building the foundation for the evangelization of Korea by planting local churches and hospitals. The biggest contribution of Mary Scranton's ministry was to challenge the sexual discrimination imposed by Confucianist beliefs, by first starting a new school for women, and thus implanting a spirit that women can work cooperatively with men, not as an inferior, but as a partner, with equal rights. With the love of Christ, William Scranton also did his best to care for the poor and the weak by building new hospitals and pharmacies. In a word, Mary and William Scranton chose Korea to actualize their vision for world mission, and lived a successful life as the Christ’s disciples by understanding the history and culture of Korea and by serving for the poor people in Korea. In spite of their just and healthy motives, method, and purpose for their mission, they, like other western missionaries in that era, lacked to provide the missional church model to Korean Christianity. We cannot learn simply out of their deep dedication and desire to develop the missional church in Korea, enlarging the kingdom of God on earth and adapting to the Korean indigenous culture. This deficit came from their lack of missional theology, being simply lay missionaries, the Scrantons lacked the proper educational background in theology. Despite their deep passions, well intended will, and endless love of Christ, they were not able to grasp the bigger picture of the missional theology, thus falling short in accomplishing God's purpose for the Korean people and the world mission.