다시 생각해보는 삼자원리

• 영문명: Rethinking the Three-self Principle
• 발행기관: 한국선교신학회
• 저자명: 안승오
• 간행물 정보: 『선교신학』제8집, 1~16쪽, 전체 16쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기독교신학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.04.30

영문 초록

In the traditional view the ultimate goal of mission was to build up the indigenous church which can stand itself carrying out self-governing, self-propagating, self-supporting, For this reason the three-self principle was considered the most crucial principle in mission strategies. At least until 1950s there was almost no one who doubted or opposed the formula. Yet with the appearance of Missio Dei concept -- which emphasizes the 'world' instead of the 'church'-- in the 1950s, lots of criticisms fell on the three-self principle which specially focused on indigenous church. Finally in these days the three-self principle seems to be considered an antique or useless concept not drawing any interest. This article started from the question why this change occurred and whether this kind of negative view toward the principle is proper. With the concern fist I investigated the major contents of the three-self formula to find out the strengths and weaknesses of the principle. Then I evaluated all the criticisms on the principles whether or not they are proper, and I found out that it is hard to accept all the criticisms though some are valid. On the contrary to the negative view on the principle, I recognized that the principle is still very useful with lots of strong points and wisdoms for effective church planting. Of course, the three-self principle is not the best or perfect mission principle as all others are not either. The principle is not the unique answer for solving problems in today's mission either. In addition there might be some mission fields where it is hard to apply this formula exactly. However, I recognized that the three-self principles is very effective in building up healthy churches. Some scholars in the liberal wing tend to see church planting in the mission field as the act of imperialistic mission. However, it is impossible to think of mission without church, since having Christian faith without community is impossible. One of the most serious problems in many mission fields today is the churches that rely only on missionaries. There are so many churches that cannot stand well without the help of missionaries though they started 10 - 20 years ago. The worse thing is that there is a high possibility that these churches would close their doors or be changed to other purposed-building easily as soon as missionaries leave the place. Furthermore, since the church is fragile, also are the seminaries. The churches cannot provide candidates for future pastors to the seminaries due to the lack of people, and likewise the seminaries cannot send good pastors to the church either. As a result of this, as we can easily expect, the vicious cycle is continued, and the people in the mission field getting relying on missionaries more and more. So the missionaries cannot leave the mission field though there are thousands of places where the more urgent helps are existing. In our missionary enterprises, all our resources and times are limited. Considering the wide mission fields and the people's needs there, we cannot but evaluate the effectiveness of our missionary works. Three-self principles provides abundant ideas and guidelines to the missionaries desiring effective ministries in the mission fields. If we refer to the three-self principles and try to apply the ideas drawn from the formula, our missionary works would be much more effective in building up churches that grow up dynamically and transform their society effectively.

목차

Ⅰ. 들어가는 글

Ⅱ. 삼자원리의 주된 강조점

Ⅲ. 삼자원리에 대한 비판들

Ⅳ. 삼자원리의 유용성

Ⅴ. 나가는 글

키워드

삼자원리 하나님의 선교 네비우스 선교정책 Three-self Principle Missio Dei Nevius Methods