이 논문은 교회의 새로운 표현들의 모델 중에서 일터교회개척 (Entrepreneurial Church Planting)의 사회학적 함의들을 발견하기 위한 연구과정을 담았다. 비록 교회의 새로운 표현들은 영국교회에서 시작된 선교적 교회 운동이지만, 최근에 지구촌 북쪽인 미국, 영국, 호주, 뉴질랜드, 캐나다, 그리고 다른 유럽국가 뿐 아니라 한국에서도 성장하고 있다. 필자는 일터/공공장소에서 하나님의 선교(MissioDei)를 실천하는 두 일터교회개척 모델들 (오떡이어 그리고 커피와 교회)을 공공 신학적 그리고 선교적 접근으로 연구했다. 또한, 한국적 상황에서 일터교회개척이 어떻게 실천되는 가를 알아보기 위해서, 질적 연구 방법인 근거이론을 통해서 연구 자료와 분석 결과를 얻었고 그 분석결과를 바탕으로 일터교회 개척의 사회학적 함의들을 소개한다. 2장에서 교회의 새로운 표현들과 일터교회개척을 소개하고 성장하는 배경에 대해서 설명했다. 3장에서는 연구 방법론에 대해서 언급하고 사례들을 소개했으며, 4장에서는 연구 분석 결과를 설명했다. 5장에서 는 이 연구 분석을 토대로 일터교회개척의 사회학적 함의를 서술했다.

The intention of this thesis is to explain the concept of missional church planting and explore its theological foundations. The concept is designed to draw out effective practices for church planting based on the proposition that the church is intrinsically missional. In my opinion, the biggest problem of the Korean church’s church planting ministries is the lack of theological reflection. The Korean church has focused only on techniques and methods of church planting, most of them being reckless. However, such reckless methods have stopped working since the 1990s when the Korean church began to stagnate and lose its social influence. In addition, there is a need for new paradigms that are better suited to the spread of postmodern culture in the Korean society. Church planting is a core ministry in evangelizing to the world according to God’s will. However, it could be an obstacle to God’s mission if it falls into ecclesiastical expansionism without the right missiological perspective. In order to construct the concept of missional church planting, I suggest five key thoughts: (1) creative ministries beyond mere church planting, (2) recognizing the missional essence of the church, (3) orienting towards the fulfillment of the Great Commission, (4) adjusting to the cultural environment, (5) growing dynamically and reproducing daughter churches. I also suggest the concepts of both the organic church and the missional church for constructing the ecclesiology of missional church planting. On one hand, an organic church based on the biblical concept of ‘the body of Christ’ secures healthy growth from its organic life and inner dynamics; as a natural result, it emphasizes planting new churches. The church as an organism has a duty of reproducing other churches; such a duty is divided into hiving off and supporting. On the other hand, a missional church is founded on the fact that mother churches as well as newly planted churches have an apostolic mandate toward the world. Furthermore, the concept of missional churches plays a role of a rudder, explaining what a church should be, what it should do, and how it should organize itself for the purpose of performing its apostolate.