교회음악을 활용한 몽골 교회의 재도약을 위한 제언

Abstract

Over the past 20 years since the beginning of the Mongolian revival in 1990, Mongolian mission has achieved a remarkable external growth in a short time. However, since 2010, the church growth of Mongolian mission is sharply decreasing thus ringing an alarm to the mission itself. At the center of the fundamental problem is the unbiblical worship that is affected by church music. For Mongolian who love much, church music has become a good tool for mission and has led to the external growth of the church. However, unfortunately, church music is used without appropriate theological education, leading the Mongolian church to false spirituality where God does not exist, to a shamanistic catharsis which pursues self-satisfaction. Therefore, many Mongolian churches that place the center of their faith in self-satisfaction are collapsing like a castle built on sand. However, the Mongolian church can be reborn as a healthy church that revives both internally and externally through proper education of worship and the theology of church music. Just as church music was the driving force behind the external revival of the Mongolian church, the proper application of church music in worship will change the Mongolian church, which has lost the balance and vitality due to the catharsis worship of shamanism. In addition, we will reap the fruits of mission by rejoicing God who is our life’s ultimate purpose and by dedicating for the glory of God. As John Piper pointed out, appropriate theological education of church music will reveal the glory of God by being the fuel for mission, and It will be an efficient mission strategy that leads Mongolian churches which are in its period of decline to internal revivals. Thus, the Mongolian mission of the Korean church will be able to achieve a paradigm shift from quantitative to qualitative missions. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of church music that has effected on the rapid growth of the Mongolian church in the last 20 years since 2010; to diagnose the current state of decline since 2010; and to build up a healthy church that grows internally. As a result, this paper present a proper theological education of church music as an effective strategy for the Mongolian church mission.