교회학교 영유치부 전도에 대한 연구

Abstract

The population structure of Korea is now changing. As a result, the Korean church is aging. In order for the Korean church to be endurable, it has to revive. The evangelism of preschoolers and kindergarteners is an alternative solution to recruit young people into church, so that they can do productive and active ministry in church. This study examines the bases of evangelism of preschoolers and kindergarteners in the S University Church. It also studies their reaction when evangelised. The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for the evangelism of preschoolers and kindergarteners which suits our changing society. This study adopts a qualitative study method, specifically a case study. The subjects of this study are the senior pastor, the pastor who is in charge of the department of preschoolers and kindergarteners, the head teacher, 10 teachers, the parents of the preschoolers and the kindergarteners of the S University Church. The author interviewed them, distributed questionnaires to the participants in the evangelism meetings, wrote a journal when evangelising children in parks. This study shows that the bases for the evangelism of preschoolers and kindergarteners in the S University Church are the evangelism meeting using drama performance, the summer bible school, the full mobilization Sunday, the feast events, and the park evangelism. These events lead a fair number of children into the S University Church. It also shows that these events make a good image of the SUC. People around the church think that the SUC is a good church which donate money for the children in the neighborhood. This naturally lead many children into the SUC, who used to attend church. It is a good motivation to re-obtain their faith. The reaction from the participants is very affirmative. During feast events, all the family members get together in the same chapel and worship God. They learn about God who still intervenes in human affairs, through various events which are connected with the meaning of the feasts. The full mobilization Sunday motivates the long-term absentees to come to church again. During the park evangelism the church distributes toys to children. Even though the children who received the toys do not come to church, God sends other children to the SUC, which is God’s grace. The remaining assignment for the SUC is to clearly understand the basic evangelism concepts, to set up the direction of the evangelism accordingly, to nurture the children who come to the SUC. This will add to the number of believers of the SUC.