교단산하 신학교에서의 청소년을 위한 교육 방안

Abstract

This paper was written with the theme of establishing "an educational plan for youths under denominational seminaries" based on the premise of educating youths in "denominational educational institutions" with a unified approach and sharing an effective educational plan to teach Christian education to youths. This premise has important significance in answering the questions of "how to educate youths" and "how our denomination should prepare for the future". In the 21st century, the biggest concern for churches in each denomination is that while we do not want to accept it, the undeniably reality is that youths who are the owners of the future church are noticeably in decline. Not just from a church context, but also from a social context, the many instances of suicide and school violence since the end of 2011 that greatly alarmed our society has led to many youths tragically taking their own lives. In particular, the extreme method in which a middle school student in Daegu took his own life due to school violence was a turning point in our society that made the issue of school violence unignorable. Subsequently, many more instances of untold violence came to light, such as the suicide of a female high school student in Daejon, the suicide of a middle school student in Seoul, a group assault on a middle school student in Incheon, etc., which ultimately led to the implementation of seven major policies against school violence. However, the youth problem continues to be a prominent social issue as it increasingly affects younger ages, involves larger groups and is becoming more violent. Under these circumstances, this paper aims to share an education plan for youths regarding the basic issue of how denominational seminaries can nurture youths through the following: first, with an emphasis on understanding youth; second, listening carefully to youths; third, education that presents a vision and purpose to youths; fourth, education that presents a diverse education method to teach youths; and, fifth, presenting basic subjects to teach youths. This research was based on the essence of Christian education, which is "to foster people who can to see, judge and act according to God's way" and emphasized that no human effort can make these plans to be effective without God's help. If this paper is shared among all denominational seminaries, the future of Daeshin denomination will be very bright.