린튼(Linton) 가(家)의 사역을 통해 본 북한 선교 고찰 : 유진벨 재단을 중심으로 = An Understanding of North Korea Mission through the Ministries of Linton's Family : in the Center of Eugene Bell Foundation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

God uses to open a gate of the unification and North Korea mission an American missionary family, the Linton which faithfully and continuously has been involving in mission work through four generations in Korea.
This thesis was researched centering Eugene Bell Foundation, which was established as a nonprofit humanitarian organization by Stephen Linton, who is one of the fourth missionary generation of the Linton family, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Korea mission of Eugene Bell. While there are few materials of Eugene Bell and William Linton, and Hugh Linton slightly appears in a book of Operation Lighthouse, there is no previous full-scale research of the whole 4 generations of this family including Eugene Bell Foundation yet.
This thesis aims to evaluate the meaning and strategical value of the E.B.F.'s ministry in missionary view point observing how the Foundation works in North Korea and to give suggestions to the Foundation and to challenge the readers towards North Korea Mission.
Before taking up the main subject, I made it clear that North Korea was also a mission target on the biblical ground of the God's mission based on His love toward the world and of the identity of the Church established in order to serve the mission.
North Korea has a different meaning for the Korean Church as compared with other cross-cultural mission fields. Because North Koreans are brethren but, at the same time they are those who are threatening our national security and they have undergone a lot of change in culture and thought over almost 60 years after the division of the Korean Peninsular, yet they are our partaker with whom we are to accomplish the task of the unification and the target of evangelization as well. In N.K. it is not allowed to freely evangelize and for this reason, North Korea is to be regarded as a Frontier Mission Field and we should approach to them with the various and creative mission methods.
Next, this thesis roughly observed the background of the beginning of the South Presbyterian Church's mission and ministries and traced back the representative lives and ministries of three missionary generations as historical background of 'a missionary spirit' of the family, which has begun with Eugene Bell and been succeeded through 4 generations and now is being menifested toward North Korea.
In Southern Presbyterian Church, several youths were very much challenged by Underwood who was a missionary of the Northern Presbyterian Church at the mission conference and dedicated themselves to Korea. In 1892, an advance party of seven arrived in Korea and opened up their mission work in Honam area which was assigned to them according to the Comity Arrangement. Having established mission stations, they concentrated their efforts on church planting according to Nevius Method with medical and educational ministries like in other areas.
Then Eugene Bell arrived in 1895. He was a man of God who opened up the mission of Kwangju area to be called "the Pioneer of Kwangju Mission" and dedicated himself to pastoral and educational ministry. William Linton, the second generation of the family and a son-in-law of Eugene Bell, had an earnest concern for the future of Korea under the Japanese regime and focused on establishing an authorized educational institution to produce future leaders for the nation. Besides, he was a shepherd caring for believers through Bible studies and sermons in difficult times of the nation. Hugh Linton, a missionary of the third generation, was a real pioneer of the rural and island evangelism of southern area with passion and simple life style. The change of the mission policy of his denomination finally made him organize a mission society named by 'Operation Lighthouse' to activate his efforts. Through him, the O.L. extended its ministry abroad to be connected to the Partners International.
The missionaries of three generations loved Korea very much and made efforts to adjust themselves to the Korean culture and were good at Korean language. They were real disciples of Jesus Christ, who did their best exercising leaderships in their ministries until their last point of lives.
In dealing with main issue, I observed the works of E.B.F. in N.K., which was established by the fourth generation of the family, uprooting Tuberculosis among patients, one of the most marginal groups in the society, and evaluated them in a viewpoint of mission and lastly tried to suggest an assignment to the E.B.F.
The works of the E.B.F. has a missionary meaning because the foundation representing the fourth generation succeeded the missionary spirit of its forefathers and now has its concern to N.K. and serves the N.K. with an incarnate love in cooperation with Koran supporters.
Examining the works of the Foundation, I concluded that at the present situation in which it is forbidden to preach the Gospel openly, its works are to be appreciated as strategically essential ministries for N.K. mission for the time being. They are establishing a bridgehead for the future unification and evangelization of N.K., focusing on upgrading the quality of Health Care System of N.K. for its self-support and gaining a trust of North Koreans with its transparency and distinction of ministry.
Nevertheless, the E.B.F. must take a bold and pushing attitude when remembering that the ultimate purpose of the early missions of senior missionaries was to evangelize people and win the souls, considering the present situation after its more than 10 year ministry and thinking of various changes surrounding N.K. like changes of international environments and political and economical policies of N.K.
I suggested that the E.B.F. should mediate in connecting South Korean supporters to N.K. to have direct contact with patients and medical teams and to promote an active interchange between them. It should not simply be 'a donkey carrying packages' but take a role of 'a mediator' to unite the people of South

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론 = 1
• A. 연구동기와 목적 = 1
• B. 연구범위와 방법 = 2
• C. 논지 = 3
• Ⅱ. 한국교회와 북한선교 = 5
• A. 북한선교의 성경적 기초 = 5
• 1. 하나님의 사랑에 기초한 하나님의 선교 = 5
• 2. 하나님의 선교를 성취하기 위해 존재하는 교회 = 7
• B. 북한에 대한 선교적 이해 = 8
• 1. 동포이지만 안보대상 = 9
• 2. 평화 통일의 동반자 = 11
• 3. 타문화권 전방개척 선교대상 = 12
• C. 북한선교의 의미 = 19
• 1. 북한선교의 특수성 = 19
• 2. 북한선교의 방향 = 20
• Ⅲ. 유진벨재단의 선교사적(宣敎史的) 배경 = 22
• A. 미남장로교의 조선선교 시작 = 22
• 1. 언더우드의 선교도전과 7인 선발대 = 23
• 2. 선교지분할정책과 호남지역 선교 = 25
• B. 린튼 (Linton) 선교사 가(家)의 제1대: 유진 벨 = 34
• 1. 삶 = 34
• 2. 사역 = 35
• 3. 소결 = 47
• C. 린튼 가(家)의 제2대 - 윌리엄 린튼 = 48
• 1. 삶 = 48
• 2. 사역 = 50
• 3. 소결 = 59
• D. 린튼 가(家)의 제3대 - 휴 린튼 = 61
• 1. 삶 = 61
• 2. 사역 - 등대선교회 = 65
• 3. 소결 = 73
• Ⅳ. 유진벨재단의 대북 의료사업 = 77
• A. 북한의료상황 = 77
• 1. 의료보건 제도 = 77
• 2. 북한의 결핵실태 = 79
• B. 대북 의료사업 = 81
• 1. 유진벨재단의 태동 = 82
• 2. 설립취지 = 82
• 3. 의료지원의 특징과 내역 = 83
• 4. 사업 성과와 향후 계획 = 93
• C. 유진벨재단 사업의 선교적 평가 = 96
• 1. 선교적 의의 = 96
• 2. 선교전략적 교훈 = 99
• 3. 선교적 과제 및 제안 = 100
• Ⅴ. 결론 = 105
• 참고문헌 = 108
• ABSTRACT = 114