변화하고 있는 선교에 대한 복음주의 선교학의 대응과 변화

Abstract

Church is always missionary by its nature. Theological issues on missions are issues concerning what the church is all about. Theology of missions shows the changing trends of concern about the nature of mission and church in creative tension. Recently theological positions of David Bosch and Steve Beavans have heavily influence upon the position of evangelical theology of mission. However, we feel the needs to reestablish the position of evangelical theology of mission by reevaluating their positions. Korean evangelical theology has clear accents on mission theology which are church-oriented, Christ centered, justification centered,spiritual oriented, and individual. Those are acceptable and biblical. But sometimes placing too much emphasis on certain accents makes to loose the balance with the counter concepts. Response to missio Dei and Kingdom of God. The original ideas on missio Dei which was suggested by Karl Barth and Karl Hartenstein focusing on trinitarian approach and actio Dei which understood mission as being derived from the very nature of God had been degenerated into something different by J.C. Hoekendijk. Hoekendijk had excluded the place of church from the missio Dei. The church is not the point. Roman Catholics and ecumenical groups accept this kind of understanding. Their concept of missional church takes a position contrary to the ecclesiology which places the salvational activities of church as a central point. The church is not the kingdom of God. So the church should be expressed as “the church for the others” or “the church for the world,” they insist. However, although the church is not the kingdom of God, it has to be a part of the kingdom of God. Evangelical theology of mission holds the position that support the Christ-centered trinitarian concept and missionary nature of the church emphasizing soteriology. Evangelical theology of mission backs up the position of missio Dei assimilating the idea of missiones ecclesiae or the position of missiones ecclesiae assimilating the idea of missio Dei. Response to the trinitarian approach. Roman Catholic and ecumenical groups understand that the word of ‘trinitarian’ stands for the exclusion of Christ-centered understanding. However,understanding of Christ-centeredness and trinitarian approach need not to be confrontational or exclusive each other. Christ-centered trinitarian understanding could be accepted. Response to the doing theology of the 2/3 world. Liberation theology has been changed from pursuing gigantic regime shift to seeking small resistances among the grass-rooted. Status of women,human right, cognition of cultural diversity, and concern on ecological and environmental issues are their attentions. Their typical methodology to analyze the society, theological methodology, and concept of liberation has not been altered. However, evangelicals could have more contact points and space to share. Response to the controversies on pluralism. Inclusivism is expanding. Even though there are some changes on evangelical positions about other religions, we could not accept the inclusivism. However, the evangelical concept of dialogue need to be expanded.