“용도가 울기 시작했다” - 1930년 전후 이용도 목사의 부흥 설교 사역에 대한 연구 -

Abstract

As Walter Bruggemann asserts, preaching is a ministry to redescribe the world. Redescribing is to redefine “the initial description of our life in the world according to the dominant metanarrative” of the society by the biblical text, which “functions among us as a second thought.” In the respect that the essential functions is to redefine and give a daring alternative to the world, preaching is “an audacious and dangerous act.” The task of preaching is to redescribe the world and to provide “a flesh identity and bold vocation” to the churches and Christians in each age. The early Korean church had done the ministry to redescribe the world cooperatively very well, even though it was small in its membership at that time. However, the Korean church confronted entirely new situation in 1930 or thereabouts to challenge in its mission and identity. It was challenged, in particular, in the political, economical, eclectical, and spiritual context very seriously. Passing a half of the century since it received the gospel, the young Korean church had experienced very serious crisis. There were some preachers to make a time of “great possibility” for the church. They provided new identity and way of life to them through proclamation of God's word. How could they overcome the crisis? What kind of trend in preaching did they take? This kind of questions provides very good insights to the contemporary Korean church, which confronts entirely new situation passing the second century since planting the church in Korea. In this respect, an aim of this article is to study the preaching ministry by Rev. Yongdo Kim, who provided a new spiritual wave and challenge to the Korean church in the most critical time, in 1930 or thereabouts, even though the time of his ministry was very short.