로잔 세계복음화 운동과 이슬람권을 향한 기독교선교 운동

Abstract

How is the mission history of the 21st century being developed and what would be its future direction? Based on Lausanne Movement for World Evangelization and from the viewpoint of evangelical mission theology, the author discussed about the mission movement toward the Islamic bloc conducted before Lausanne Movement, and also about the direction of the Lausanne Movement toward the Islamic bloc conducted after the Lausanne Congress as well as its future direction. World evangelization movement began after the Lausanne Congress held in 1974, the first International Congress on World Evangelization; and it can be considered that since then evangelical mission movement has been conducted based on the theoretical background of the Lausanne Covenant. Accordingly, as the churches are facing the phenomena of natural Muslim population increase and Islamization, it would be a proper response to historical demand to discuss about the past achievement of the mission movement of the 21st century toward the Islamic bloc from the evangelical viewpoint, and about its future direction with a special focus on the Lausanne Movement. In this study, the history of mission mobilization for Muslim world was reviewed with a focus on the Lausanne Movement, which pursues world mission mobilization, and the future direction of mission movement was considered with an emphasis again on the significance of the Lausanne Movement. It is notable that mission movement for world evangelization has expanded beyond personal salvation to include society as an object of salvation through the first congress in Lausanne, the second in Manila and the third in Cape Town. Thus its stance does not disregard personal salvation, but concretize social participation ultimately in pursuit of personal salvation. In this regard, its social salvation can definitely be distinguished from the social salvation pursued by WCC. Mission activities in Christian mission for Muslims do not inevitably demand Christians to risk their lives. However, in order to restore true life in the Islamic block through the gospel by showing God’s love to Muslims, the Lausanne Movement emphasizes that their sense of mission should risk their lives in concretely practicing the love of Jesus Christ. Before the Lausanne Covenant, social responsibility was considered a God’s responsibility that is beyond the scope of the churches’ mission activity; in contrast, the Lausanne Movement has now brought social responsibility into the scope. Thus the churches have the mission of seeking out the places of God’s concern for Muslims to practice there the love of Jesus Christ and lead them with the gospel.