고령사회의 노인의 사회참여를 위한 교회의 역할 = The Role of Korean Churches in the Elderly's Social Participation in an Aged Society

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Korean society, which entered the aged society quickly enough to find its origins, faced an aged society without sufficient preparation for aging. Aged society is not a society based on negative paradigm for aging but a society based on the new paradigm, active aging. Active aging society is aiming aggressive social participation of the elderly. In order to respond effectively to the aged society, the Korean church needs to prepare alternatives to encourage social participation of the elderly based on active aging. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out the role of the church in encouraging the social participation of the elderly according to the needs of the aged society. For this research purpose, the necessity of the elder ministry of the church was examined first, and the preconditions for the ministry for the elderly in the aged society were presented. Finally, in order to find out the role of the church for encouraging social participation of the elderly, I divided into 7 domains such as organizing ministry team for the elderly and service delivery system, koinonia activities, leisure activities, religious activities, educational activities, volunteer activities, and have presented the role of the church for social participation of the elderly in each domain. In this study, I hope that Korean churches will be able to fulfill the mission for the elderly by establishing a practical foundation for activating the elderly’s social participation in the aged society at the micro, intermediate and macro level.