학원복음화 위기 극복을 위한 기독교대학 선교의 신학과 효율적 방안: 한남대학교 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper investigated the relationship between the church growth andcampus evangelization, and examined the crisis of the Korean church fromthe perspective of campus mission. It aimed at suggesting theology and strategyfor an effective campus ministry of the Christian university by presentinga case of Hannam University. The Korean Church rapidly grew in number between the 1960s and the1980s. The campus evangelization led by campus missionary groups was theone of the most important factors in the church growth. The church growth,however, came to decelerate sharply in the 1990s, and the Korean churchbegan to decrease in number in the 2010s. Accordingly, campus evangelizationcame into crisis. It was the same situation in the Christian universityfacing identity crisis after secularization. Christian universities as well as theKorean churches failed to respond efficiently to the shift in society and culturewhile holding fast to old paradigms. They stuck to dogmatism, proselytism,and cultural exclusivism, and therefore became isolated and marginalizedfrom Korean society and university culture in particular. The collapse ofcampus mission would endanger the church's spiritual integrity and institutionalsoundness, and dim hopes for the future of the Korean Church. Thus for theology of an effective campus ministry of the Christian university, this paper suggested holistic mission and incarnational theology. TheChristian worldview and morality should shape and inspire all the spheres ofthe life and culture in the university. For this regard, Christian universityshould reestablish Christian educational goals, foster Christian worldviewwithin the community, and integrate faith and knowledge to build upChristian scholarship, morality, and spirituality. For successful evangelization,furthermore, Christian university should focus on training ofChristian students into leaders of campus ministry and utilize all the possibilitiesas missionary opportunities.