한국교회 평신도의 교회와 목회자의 선교실천에 대한 평가

Congregations' View of Their Pastors' Praxis for mission in Korea

This study as analysed the congregation's understanding of concept of mission a evaluation of their churches' practices for mission, It is anticipated from the process of feedback that this ""jll provide primary information towards a clear understanding of the current situation of the Korean church, specifically KEHc, in relation to the concept and practice of mission, This study employed the method of questionnaire, The questionnaire was designed in three parts, The first part contained instructions, The second part contained knowledge of the KEHC congregations' view of mission, The third part dealt with their view of their pastor's ministry in relation to mission, The questionnaire included twenty-nine questions, The sample included 461 congregations of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church, The responses of participants were analysed according to several independent variables: age, sex, position in the church, years since becoming a Christian, location and size of the church etc, Initially, we conducted analyses of frequency, The results of frequency were examined in analyses of chi-square and t-test to compare in variables if those are applicable, The majority of congregations have a wide understanding of mission, and males, 20-30s and the Laity have a broader concept of mission, More than half of congregation indicate 'change in the congregation's understanding or consciousness of mission as the most important factor in undertaking mission, Significant differences were found in the view related to position in the Church, Elders indicated congregation's 'consciousness of mission' and 'church's finance situation' while the Laity considered 'congregation's participation' as the important element, Half of the congregations indicated that undertaking mission of the Church will contribute to church growth but mission is not the condition of church growth, Regarding the relationship between mission and Church, the Elders indicated the highest percent, Congregations reported that their pastors put emphasis on mission by mentioning it in preaching, and the content was mainly about 'raising funds for the support of missionaries.' A missionary committee normally undertakes mission practices but mission is carried out without systematic, consistent, and long-term strategy ani policy, Mission education for congregation run in one third of churches focuses on ways of support to denominational strategy for sending missionaries and mission education in the dimension of wider mission practice is hardly undertaken, A phenomenon of imbalance in undertaking mission practice is found, As a result, congregations indicate pastors leadership in a negative way in relation to undertaking mission practice, A tendency towards imbalance in undertaking mission practice also appeared in congregations' evaluation on social services of the churches, Most of them indicated the church should carry out both evangelism and social services at the same time, but there are many who understand social services as a means of evangelism, It was reported that, although half of the churches involve themselves in social services, their activities are mainly aimed at financial support for social agencies, They evaluated both pastors practice for social responsibility and churches' activities for mission low and strongly indicated that 'church leans to mission.'