종교개혁자 칼빈의 선교

Abstract

Mission of Reformer Calvin Chang, Hun Tae (Baekseok University, Missionlogy) The mission of reformer Calvin is his life itself to want to live as a true Christian. With an internal perspective, he was faithful to proclaim the gospel by preaching about death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Bible, and having a interest in one soul. Despite some theologians’ view that Calvin was negative or passive about mission, his faith and theology faithfully involve the principle of mission. His missionary principle is based on the glory of God with faith and the view of Scripture based on the absolute sovereignty of God. In addition, Calvin emphasizes the missionary principle by focusing the call of the stranger, the extension of the Kingdom of God, and the responsibility of Christians to collect Church and to evangelize. Theology of Mission of Calvin relates to the Redemptive History of God, and includes all races and nations from the interest in one soul. Thus, the center of his mission theology emphasizes that salvation and mission are the one because of the sovereignty of God. The Kingdom of God also is gradually expanding, so the Christian community must proclaim Gospel and make sure that this work is their responsibility. Of course, Calvin’s mission is based on the Bible and the obedience of Christ’s command. He emphasizes evangelization through church reform, and focused on saving souls and mission toward the world with internal reform. Therefore, Calvin understood that the true point of mission is the restoration of the true gospel and the church, the participation of church members in social responsibility, and building of the Kingdom of God in the whole world. Calvin thought that the mission of the church is to fulfill the social responsibility, that is, it is to proclaim the Gospel. Furthermore, he carried out his mission for evangelization of the pagan and various regions, and practiced them with ‘Geneva Consistency.’ His missionary purpose was the extension of the church through preaching the Gospel faithfully, and his mission theology was soteriological and missional-pastoral at the same. So, he devoted himself to the development of, training of, and dispatch of missionaries, also had interest in mission of Brazil. In sum, Calvin understood that mission was strictly based on the idea of God’s sovereignty, and he believed the evangelizer had to serve for the construction of the Christ Church. Also, the plan for God’s providence and salvation of the whole humanity became the principle of mission for Calvin. Therefore, today’s churches must do mission by evangelizing the true gospel, possessing biblical worldview and pastoral philosophy, and building missional churches. First of all, the Christ Churches must go back to the model of the early church, so they must believe in the sovereignty of God, and apply it to their lives as true Christians with the biblical thought. In other words, as Calvin did his best for evangelization as well as tried to live in Christ Jesus with true faith and life, the today’s church must also have such missional philosophy.