‘PCK’ 교회교육 개혁을 위한 기독교교육적 제안

Abstract

Over the years, the Christian population has been reduced due to the aversion of Christians to the Christian church. They convert to other religions or are leaving the church. Church schools are also influenced both by the departure of parents and the phenomenon of decreasing Korean birthrate. The students who remain also do not seem to have an active interest in participating in Church education. Renewal of church schools is an indispensable goal in terms of overcoming the crisis of the Church and having future hope for Christian education. The need for change within Church education has been raised not only from the crisis of the Korean church but also from the spirit of Protestant Reformation called “ecclesia reformata semper reformanda” which means the church reformed is always being reformed. I have pointed to several problems with Church education that can undergo changes. Firstly, church education does not have integrity between the educational system and contents as ‘school.’ Church school is divided according to school age, but educational contents for students do not fit into the school system. Secondly, church education depends excessively on Sunday school teachers rather than cooperation between the various participants of church education. In addition to these two aspects, dualistic thinking, church growing, and non-professionalism of church school are critical problems to be changed. These factors play a negative role in the current church school consistently. From these problems with the Church school, I have suggested a renewal of church education focusing on the utilizing of worship service as an important educational context and developing the 17 years' curriculum from infant child to adolescent in the church school.