Before Jesus entered the heaven, he had ordered his disciples to spread the Gospel all around the world. Now current churches have to follow his order, as the primary churches did so.
In order to present the efficient methods to spread the Gospel in ...
Before Jesus entered the heaven, he had ordered his disciples to spread the Gospel all around the world. Now current churches have to follow his order, as the primary churches did so.
In order to present the efficient methods to spread the Gospel in Korean society, this discourse focuses on the Korean Consciousness structure. Korean people is composed of one ethic, so they have the common psychological and value system. How these have been formed? First, due to hereditary facts. Koreans have intuitive and emotional thinking mechanism rather than rational and objective one. Second, due to environmental facts. The environmental facts can be divided into the natural environmental fact that they are sometimes hospitable but sometimes resistable because of four seasons, social environmental fact that they are inclined to use emotional language rather than rational and logical language because their first value is 'Cheong (情)' which is the Korean traditional emotion, and educational environmental fact that they are in the educational systems which emphasizes 'Chung (忠)‘ and 'Hyo (孝)’. Third, due to historical facts that they have been invaded by other countries so they are humiliating in an aspect. Fourth, religious facts they have lived in various religions Shamanism, Confucianism and Buddhism. Of many facts religious fact is the most influential fact to the Korean Consciousness structure
One of the most important fact in Korean's metal system is so called "Cheong (情)". Cheong is the emotion which is formed by continuous contacts between people. Cheong is a kind of emotional glue which helps people feel that they are familiar. In Jesus we can find the Cheong. He continuously met people, helped them and had a pity on them. God's grace and love is a kind of Cheong. For those reasons we can't neglect Cheong when we give Gospel to the people.
This discourse present seven methods to spread Gospel.
First, Home evangelical work. We can visit acquaintance's home and make good relationship with them for Gospel. Biting into evangelical strategy : On the basis of Lk 14:23 this strategy is applied to a family, a relative a friend, a companion and so on. This method has a little force. In korean church Chong-Dong-Won evangelical strategy is belong to this.
Second, Visiting evangelical work. We can visit all the house allotted to us in church for Gospel. Catching a louse evangelical strategy : On the basis of Mk 16:15-16 this strategy calls on a houses as catch a louse. This method is applied to a people who we dont know entirely.
Third, Invitation evangelical work. We can invite someone for Gospel. Seating-down evangelical strategy : On the basis of Act 10:24 this method is that ready believer assembles his family or relative and invites his pastor or effective evangelical trainer and preaches good news. This method, I think, is the most effective at context of korean church.
Fourth Koinonia evangelical work. We can help the people who are in trouble around us for Gospel. Looking at evangelical strategy : On the basis of Act 8:26-29 this method takes a good look at the neighborhood who moves into our area, the disappointed, the people who want the help of church and helps them with Jesus Christ's love and preaches gospel to them.
Fifth, Smile evangelical work. We can help the alienated people for Gospel. Smile evangelical strategy : On the basis of Act 2:44-47 this method is that we preach the gospel through a good deed and service. In the name of Jesus Christ we approach to the sick, the disappointed and preach the gospel.
Sixth, Relay evangelical work. We can visit someone for Gospel in turn continuously. Relay evangelical strategy : On the basis of John 4:9-12 this method approch the to be evangelized home like a relay game. The core of this strategy is in the concentration of calling on.
Seventh, Fishing evangelical work. We can fish people like fishing. All these methods have the same basis, Cheong. Fishing evangelical strategy : On the basis of Mt 4:19 this method uses the sixth rule-where, time, food, endurance, opportunity and storing-in fishing.
As mentioned above I proposed the seven evangelical strategies. In these methods there is no absolute method. They are connected with one another. Therefore the evangelizer uses the proper method at the context of them. All these methods have the same basis, Cheong.