없는 사람과 함께하는 교회 = The Church with the Have-Nots

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The effort of a homeless woman, in her late 70s, to evangelize fellow homeless people at the Seoul Station plaza in April 18, 2009 inspired this article. The author participated in her evangelization by sitting and listening with homeless people. The author was engaged in empathy and identification with the poor. The old lady’s evangelization method of a combination of recitation of the Bible and testimony was intriguingly powerful. After briefly experiencing heaven on earth at the plaza, the author started wondering why this sincere woman cannot be welcomed in the church. Thus the church with the have-nots is the main focus of this article. The author introduces this episode, not for bragging good works, but for revealing that this article is written by both head and heart. In chapter II, the author defines the poor as the have-nots, a person in want. Howard A. Snyder's ecclesiology based on Christology is dealt in depth. Snyder sees the great confession (Matt. 16:16) and the great identification (John 20:21) as two pillars of the true church. Snyder emphasizes that we have to share Jesus’ spiritual DNA as Christ’s body and follow in Jesus’ steps. Snyder connects the identification with Jesus Christ to the ministry to and with the poor. In Snyder's ecclesiology, the ministry to and with the poor is the glue which holds all 8 marks (DIVERSE as well as ONE, CHARISMATIC as well as HOLY, LOCAL as well as CATHOLIC, PROPHETIC as well as APOSTOLIC) of the church together. The author insists that in order to step out of the shadows of globalization, the incarnational ministry of the church is crucial. In chapter III, the author proposes Dajung church, a newly-coined word, for overcoming the dichotomy between Minjung church and Daejung church. Dajung church is a church where the haves and the have-nots appreciate and help each other. Dajung's literal meaning is multitude. The idea of Daejung church is rooted in a book named Multitude by Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri. Dajung church rejoices over diversity of social status in the church. The trinitarian theology of mission, renewed since the 1980s, offers some good ideas of this chapter, too. In conclusion, after asking for a speedy conversion, the author considers the have-nots as an important vital sign of the church.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 들어가는 말
• Ⅱ. 없는 사람과 스나이더의 그리스도론에 근거한 교회론
• Ⅲ. 민중교회와 대중교회를 넘어서는 다중교회
• Ⅳ. 나가는 말