한국 장로교회 선교사 파송 100년 (1907-1956) (A Centennial Celebration of the Korean Presbyterian Church's First Missionary Venture: 1907-1956)

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· 발행기관 : 장로회신학대학교 세계선교연구원
· 수록지 정보 : 선교와신학 / 19호 / 13 ~ 65페이지
· 저자명 : 변창욱

초록

This year 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of sending its first foreign missionary to Cheju Island by the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK). Although Korean Protestantism has a very short history, it witnessed the Great Revival/Awakening of 1907 in Pyong Yang, Korea. In the same year of the Great Revival of 1907, all Korean members of the four Presbyterian missions in Korea (Canadians, Australians, Northern and Southern Americans) were united in founding one self-sup-porting, self-propagating, and self-governing church of Korea.
The Presbyterian missionaries and Korean elders convened in Pyong Yang and organized the so-called Dok No Hoe(single Presbytery) of the PCK, ordaining seven men as the first batch of Korean pastors. Rev. Lee Ki-Poong, one of the original seven pastors was chosen to commence a mission work at Cheju. Thus, 1907 marked a significant historical event in the mission history of Korea.
In 1909, the second group of Korean pastors was ordained, and Rev. Choi Kwan Heul was sent by the Board to open work among the immigrant Koreans in Vladivostock, Russia. In the same year, the PCK sent a pastor, Han Suk-Jin, to work among the Korean students in Tokyo, Japan. In 1911, the Methodist missions in Korea proposed to share work in Japan. Thus, a union was formed. Presbyterian and Methodist pastors were sent alternately for two to three years at a time.
Moreover, Presbyterian churches of the country able to support for the expenses of the mission work gathered an offering of thanksgiving. Since then, the foreign mission became an indispensable ministry of the Korean Presbyterian Church. 1907 should be remembered as a remarkably histori-cal event in terms of the Korean mission history.
Korean Protestantism made rapid progress and burgeoned. In 1912, the PCK organized its General Assembly. Simultaneously, the PCK launched a more systematic mission enterprise beyond the boundary of the Korean peninsula. The General Assembly also installed the Board of Foreign Mission, formerly known as the Board, to facilitate the mission work at Shandong, North China. In 1913, the PCK mission board dispatched three missionary families to Shandong, making this the first genuine foreign mission work.
This paper rethinks the missiological implications of the past missionary endeavors. First, the Korean Presbyterian Church has been a missional church from its beginning. Second, the PCK understood that foreign mission work as an essential part of its ministry. Third, the trials and errors of the Korean Presbyterian missionaries helped the PCK provide more comprehensive and holistic member care for the Korean missionaries. Fourth, the PCK began to employ more flexible mission strategies that would be suitable to the specific mis-sion field. Fifth, the PCK agreed to take cooperative actions in sending its missionary personnels. Sixth, the PCK mission affirmed that the goal of foreign missions was to help establish a Chinese church based upon three-self principles in the mission field. The last but not the least, the foreign mission of the PCK started its work for the diaspora Koreans first.
This year, 2007, should be remembered both as the centennial of the Great Revival of 1907 and as the centennial of the missionary sending by the PCK as well.

영어초록

This year 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of sending its first foreign missionary to Cheju Island by the Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK). Although Korean Protestantism has a very short history, it witnessed the Great Revival/Awakening of 1907 in Pyong Yang, Korea. In the same year of the Great Revival of 1907, all Korean members of the four Presbyterian missions in Korea (Canadians, Australians, Northern and Southern Americans) were united in founding one self-sup-porting, self-propagating, and self-governing church of Korea.
The Presbyterian missionaries and Korean elders convened in Pyong Yang and organized the so-called Dok No Hoe(single Presbytery) of the PCK, ordaining seven men as the first batch of Korean pastors. Rev. Lee Ki-Poong, one of the original seven pastors was chosen to commence a mission work at Cheju. Thus, 1907 marked a significant historical event in the mission history of Korea.
In 1909, the second group of Korean pastors was ordained, and Rev. Choi Kwan Heul was sent by the Board to open work among the immigrant Koreans in Vladivostock, Russia. In the same year, the PCK sent a pastor, Han Suk-Jin, to work among the Korean students in Tokyo, Japan. In 1911, the Methodist missions in Korea proposed to share work in Japan. Thus, a union was formed. Presbyterian and Methodist pastors were sent alternately for two to three years at a time.
Moreover, Presbyterian churches of the country able to support for the expenses of the mission work gathered an offering of thanksgiving. Since then, the foreign mission became an indispensable ministry of the Korean Presbyterian Church. 1907 should be remembered as a remarkably histori-cal event in terms of the Korean mission history.
Korean Protestantism made rapid progress and burgeoned. In 1912, the PCK organized its General Assembly. Simultaneously, the PCK launched a more systematic mission enterprise beyond the boundary of the Korean peninsula. The General Assembly also installed the Board of Foreign Mission, formerly known as the Board, to facilitate the mission work at Shandong, North China. In 1913, the PCK mission board dispatched three missionary families to Shandong, making this the first genuine foreign mission work.
This paper rethinks the missiological implications of the past missionary endeavors. First, the Korean Presbyterian Church has been a missional church from its beginning. Second, the PCK understood that foreign mission work as an essential part of its ministry. Third, the trials and errors of the Korean Presbyterian missionaries helped the PCK provide more comprehensive and holistic member care for the Korean missionaries. Fourth, the PCK began to employ more flexible mission strategies that would be suitable to the specific mis-sion field. Fifth, the PCK agreed to take cooperative actions in sending its missionary personnels. Sixth, the PCK mission affirmed that the goal of foreign missions was to help establish a Chinese church based upon three-self principles in the mission field. The last but not the least, the foreign mission of the PCK started its work for the diaspora Koreans first.
This year, 2007, should be remembered both as the centennial of the Great Revival of 1907 and as the centennial of the missionary sending by the PCK as well.

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