북한 선교의 전략적 실천 방안

Abstract

This study is to suggest a way to strategically put into practice by Korean churches to expand the kingdom of God by the missionary work toward North Korea. The purpose of the missionary work toward North Korea is because that we need to take the job based on the perspective of the unification and that South Korean churches inherited a lot of spiritual assets from North Korean churches. That is why we need to serve North Korean churches that experienced the revival of "Jerusalem of the East" and to try to show the sovereignty and glory of God in North Korea. The grounds and appropriateness of the missionary work toward North Korea are as follows; universal creation of God, the order of Jesus Christ, and the idea of prioritizing evangelization of the same people. Universal creation of God should be based on the universality of God in terms of missionary work appeared in the Bible. "God is not only the god of Jewish people, but for the strangers." said St. Paul (Rome 3.29). This suggests that the universality of God can be the deepest foundation of missionary work. The mission of missionary work given by Jesus after the resurrection is the utmost command on earth. It shows that those who get a new life first in association with Jesus need to devote himself to the missionary work around him so that they could get a new life. In terms of the strategy of missionary work by Jesus Christ, what he preached when he was preaching to a Samaritan woman (John 4:22), to a Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:24), and when he dispatched twelve apostles (Matthew 10: 5-6) was a missionary strategy prioritizing the evangelization of the same people. The biggest problem in terms of the missionary work toward North Korea is the opinion by some people saying that it is not the time to take the missionary work toward North Korea as well as an exhaustive support of the Korean Federation of Christ to North Korean regime that persecutes Christianity. South Korean churches should not forget that God that is mightier than Kim Il-seong and Kim Jeong-il is protecting his people in North Korea while supporting underground churches in North Korea. In terms of strategic methods that need to put into practice when conducting missionary work toward North Korea, the author proposed four ways. First, we need to distribute the Bible to North Korea. Second, we can deliver gospel through radio broadcasting. Third, we could support underground churches through those who defected North Korea. And lastly, we could take a missionary work through organizations established to take a missionary work toward North Korea.