‘ACTS 신학공관’과 그리스도인의 사회참여- 베를린대회와 로잔대회에서 복음전도와 사회참여의 관계 연구 = ‘ACTS Theological Synoptic Movement’ and Social Responsibility : Study on the relationship between Evangelism and Social Responsibility in Lausanne Congress and Berlin Congress

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The World Congress on Evangelism in Berlin(1966) is the starting point of both the establishment of ACTS University and the First International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne the same year(1974).
However, while the Lausanne Congress established a holistic mission theology that integrates evangelism and Christians’ social responsibility, there is no specific mention of Christians’ social responsibility in the ‘ACTS Theological Synoptic Movement,’ that is, a theological movement that clarifies and articulates the theological position and missional task of ACTS. Thus, this article studies the historical background of the establishment of ACTS University and Lausanne Congress and makes two conclusions.
First, the Lausanne Congress connected evangelism and social responsibility more closely than the Berlin Congress, and the founding ideology of ACTS University follows the position of the Berlin Congress. Both the Berlin Congress and Lausanne Congress emphasize evangelism while opposing the theology of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which puts social acts before evangelism. However, while Berlin Congress did not emphasize social responsibility, the Lausanne Congress declared the priority of evangelism while connecting evangelism and social responsibility more closely. Meanwhile, the establishment of ACTS University was planned at the Singapore Congress which was a result of the Berlin Congress. Therefore, ACTS University took the same theology as the Berlin Congress regarding Christians’ social responsibility.
Second, the Berlin Congress had less emphasis on social responsibility compared to the Lausanne Congress, but that does not mean that the Berlin Congress completely ignored the issue of social justice. the Berlin Congress declared the priority of evangelism more clearly with the conviction that social reform will occur as a result and fruit of evangelism.
Therefore, although ‘ACTS Theological Synoptic Movement’ does not explicitly declare Christians’ social responsibility, it can be understood that ‘ACTS Theological Synoptic Movement’ inherits the theology of the Berlin Congress, so evangelism and social reform are set as roots and fruits.