고(故) 김응조 목사의 예배 요소의 의미에 따른 현대적 적용 방안

Abstract

Modern churches are making a service like a performance using various cultural contents and media and inserting or excluding service elements by emphasizing more on the responses of congregations, rather than focusing on the theological validity, legitimacy and identity of religious body. This is to be a bridge for those who do not believe in God and to seek the quantitative growth for the missionary purpose. However, based on the definition of giving god glory within the truth of rescuing people through death on the Cross and incarnation, it can be said that modern service and the elements are ignoring the theological validity, legitimacy and identity of religious body. With regards to the 12 elements of service and eight meaning and attitude of order and elements, the late minister Kim Eung Jo argued as follows. He defined that chanting as a holy music which awakens sleeping spirit and that it is to praise the virtue and favor of God, return to God and to encourage divine nature of believer. He argued that chanting should be done divinely. He argued that service prayer should not be too long, repetitive, suggestive or in literal order, but should be concentrative and earnest only for the purpose of meeting and the voice should be loud enough to be heard from the entire congregation. He suggested that scripture reading should be prudent and clear as if a liege were reading a Royal letter from king. And it should be loud enough to be heard from the entire congregation and should be read literally, not abstracted or interpretive. He insisted that advertising is to inform people the history of past, present and future and is not to be done as if a minister teaches people. It is preferable to be done by advertising committee and should be written in weekly newspaper for the whole schedule for the week and be distributed at the entrance of a church so that it can save time and cannot be forgotten. He argued that collecting is for appreciating God for the weeks of favor for body and soul, and for devoting the whole life to God. He insisted that the means of collecting should be done in accordance with the savings from the earning. He argued that sermon is water for souls from the whole people who are gathered regardless of distance as if a thirsty deer craves for the water of a stream. He said that if a preacher cannot fully fulfill the spiritual food for the souls of those gathered there cannot be more shameful and rebuked before God and people. He said that a prayer after sermon can yield good results when congregation can bring about the spiritual movement of repentance, self-reflection and gratitude and can have a chance to beg their prayers to God. This paper suggests the methods of determining service elements for modern church in terms of four structures of service, relevance, participation of congregation, and historical aspect.