다음 세대 신앙교육을 통한 선교 방안

Abstract

Even if the Korean church sends the second largest number of missionaries to foreign countries in the world, it has created many malfunctions like relationship-centered, and adult-oriented works, and meritocracy rather than strategic propagation. While the number of next-generation members of the Korean church is decreasing, the church cultivates next-generation Christians by establishing educational institutions from kindergarten to high schools. It seems to be very desirable. It seems to be the work God is happy about to approach such a curriculum with religious education instead of knowledge teaching. What I only want is that church leaders set the direction of next generations to lead them to devote themselves to the Kingdom of God. Jesus Christ also performed religious education wanting the Gospel to spread to the end of the earth among the works in the earth. The early church, under oppression, practiced teaching and propagation ceaselessly. Saint Paul devoted himself to send the gospel to the end of the world through continuous religious education, risking his life. In the early Korean church, missionaries did their best to spread the gospel to the end of the world by establishing educational institutions along with education for next generations provided by church. Even now, the Korean church needs to change its paradigm for missionary works to make the gospel to spread to the end of the world through next-generation religious education. While the gospel does not change, the person who delivers it and the person who receives it are in different cultures. Thus, the missionary works through next-generation religious education should be strategic. Missionary works are not special activities, but an essential function of the church. Cultures change over time, so do values. But, missionary works are the goal of the existence of church. So, they should continue without change. To make the Korean church do effective religious education with the perspective of missionary works, the researcher suggested the followings. First, to make next-generation religious education result in missionary works, all the members as well as church leaders should try to change their paradigms on religious education. Second, if the church wants to grow next generations into missionary leaders through religious education, it needs to have the roadmap on it. Third, the church should hold the missionary rally for next generations by inviting leaders in the church or educational institutions performing religious education for next generations. Forth, beyond each church or religious society, individuals, churches, educational institutions and religious societies which are interested in missionary works through next-generation religious education should form networks.