로잔 복음화 운동의 흐름과 과제

Current and Tasks of Lousanne Conference on Evangelism - Focused on the situation after Manila Conference in 1989

Lausanne Conference on Evangelism in 1974, which is the most important conference on evangelism is the beginning of the contemporary mission movement, and its courses and types were expressed by ‘Lausanne Covenant’. Then, the second Lausanne Conference which is called as ‘Lausanne Ⅱ in Manila’ was held in Manila, Phillippine, in 1989. Due to “The Manila Manifesto”, adopted here in 15 years since the first Lausanne Conference, theology and spirit of evangelical mission represented by Lausanne are put in order and lasted till today. The characteristic of mission movement on evangelism after Manila Conference is that the meeting between continents and between nations is progressing favorably. It is the reason why Lausanne have had a character of ‘movement’ from its beginning comparing with ecumenical movement. Lausanne, as Cho, Jongnam stated, has served as a catalyst to give an occasion to meet one another in order to make evangelicals over the world discuss the common tasks on world mission. But Doug Birdsall, Executive Chair of Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, estimated that Asian churches after Lausanne Ⅱ had motionless time in 1990 and that he felt many evangelicals in churches at the end of 1990 had a sense of loss. World mission conferences with ecumenical mission conference at the same time since Lausanne Conference held around the world, but world conference corresponding to it wasn’t held after Lausanne Ⅱ in Manila. Nevertheless, Lausanne forum in 2004, Pattaya, adopted ‘the Lausanne 2004 Forum summary Affirmations’ for world evangelization as the result of discussing some issues with 31 groups. Although Pattaya forum wasn’t the third Lausanne conference, it has an important meaning because it adopted the Affirmations about evangelical mission being adopted every 15 years after the first Lausanne in 1974. Two kinds of Lausanne movement by evangelical mission are following: one, mission movement between continents; the other, evangelization movement to unreached peoples. First of all, as mission movement between continents is achieving widely, it won’t be mentioned. This paper is to study focused on ‘Asia Lausanne Conference On Evangelism’ and ‘The Lausanne 2004 Forum in Pattaya’. The key mission theological theme in Lausanne evagelization movement, as the report of these conferences showed, is Missio Dei and holistic mission. Second, evangelization movement for unreached peoples can be examined by Global Consultation on World Evangelization. The key strategy and theology of evangelical mission are summarized as the mission of unreached people’s evangelization and the mission of third world as the center. In conclusion, the missionary tasks to be solved by contemporary evangelical mission movement are following. First, there is a little unity and cooperation in it. Useless overlapping of mission works should be avoided and united for effective mission whenever mission works and regions are selected. Actually, Lausanne conference has been stopped since Lausanne Ⅱ in 1989 and hasn’t been opened. Even though many manifestos are announced from regional mission conferences, there aren’t any report and evaluation of them. So, it is necessary to establish its identity and to have its unity and cooperation in evangelical mission. Second, the movement is focused on human more than God. Even though mission and passion to unreached people’s evangelization are a strong point of evangelism, the selection of unreached people is personal and unilateral decision. And the number of missionary who is working in the region of unreached people is less than 8% of all. Because we recognize Missio Dei as evangelical mission theology, it is necessary to consider this problem carefully and set up theological stance of it. Third, it is the lack of holistic mission. It is true that evangelical mission emphasizes evangelism more than ecumenical mission.