빈곤문제와 한국교회의 역할 = The Problem of Poverty and Its Role of Korean Church

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Poverty is the most important theme of social welfare and a serious social problem in the society since the history of human being. Also social welfare is the core professional field to solve the problem of poverty. Accordingly, Church in local community can support social welfare service directly through the last fort of a social safety net in connection with the problem of poverty, and also carry out social service action on a level complementary and supplementary for the purpose of development, reformation about any structure vulnerability of social welfare system of the government. For these services can approach on a level of social justice as well as missionary dimension for the problem of poverty from church. Therefore I believe that church can has a role to support the alternatives and consider from a missionary standpoint about social problem rooted in the problem of poverty. The purpose of this thesis has examine a role Korean church with method of solution about the problem of poverty in connection with social engagement on church. To bring about this purpose, First of all, I will look around concept, cause, viewpoint and type of poverty. Second, For the problem of poverty, I will observe biblical meaning and point of view in the poor in christianity for adopting in church situation. Third, I will look into Christianity understanding about poverty and how to church accomplished its ministry for the poor. And I will be a valuation on the policy of poverty and the actual condition of poverty in Korean society recently. Then I will suggest two sides on what does Korean church has a role in social engagement of church, which is the last fort of a social safety net. In the side of social action, a role of church has a rule supporter of social action, a crisis manager, an issue initiator. In the side of social service, our church has a provider of service, a financial supply, a program developer, a case manager, a social educator and a manager for volunteer. For those reasons, social engagement of church must perform mutual aid between the side of social structure and the side of social service. Finally, Korean church must proclaim the Gospel of consolation, hope and courage to the poor in crisis, and share our resource with church generously. Now Korean church will come true the justice of God not only through proclaiming the love of God, but also through positive action of social engagement in sharing it with whole body.