강승삼 목사(KWMA) 응답 녹취


여러분 30페이지 보시면 선교사님들이 이렇게 하지 않았으면 좋겠다는 10계명을, 제가 한 달 전에 아시아 미션 포럼에서 몇 분이 와서 발제하시고 제가 response를 하면서 이 이야기를 했습니다. 보시기를 바라며, 사실은 선교사가 더 중요하죠, 일이 더 중요한 것이 아니라 선교사가 더 중요합니다. 선교사 인격이 더 중요합니다. 우리 최희범 목사님이 인성에 대해서 말씀하셨는데 바로 인성과 영성이 같이 가기 때문에 인성이 중요합니다.
두 번째로는 한국 선교사님이나 목사님들은 선교지에 가면 그 사람들을 선교대상으로만 보죠. 그러면 안된다는 것입니다. 처음부터 선교의 주체자로 봐야죠. 가서 선교의 주체자로 보고 선교를 시작하고 그들에게 위임과 이양의 길로 나아가야 올바른 선교가 된다 하는 것입니다.  
세 번째는 문화적 sensitivity, learn the field language and culture.
그리고 네 번째가 리더쉽을 오랫동안 독점하지 말아야 한다. 현지 지도자들에게 부족하지만 지도력을 위임해야한다. 이렇게 말씀을 드리고 있습니다.
그리고 또 이제 돈을 줘 가면서 계속해서 일하는 것, 이것은 정말로 좋지 않습니다.
그 다음에 여섯 번째가 교회건물과 교회개척을 동일시하고 있는 한국교회의 많은 지도자들과 성도들, 그리고 선교사들도 똑같아요, 이것들을 바로 고쳐야 된다.
일곱 번째는 오가와, 텐데로 목사님께서 지적하신 것처럼 우리 한국문화, 한국교회를 자꾸 이식하려고 해요. 이런 태도 이런 것은 버려야 된다는 것입니다.
여덟 번째는 한국선교사끼리만 fellowship하려고 하는 것은 버려라, 파트너쉽도 가지고 team work도 해야 된다 하는 것입니다.
아홉 번째는 요즘 단기팀들이 많이 나가거든요. 단기팀들이 한해에 천이백만이 나갑니다. 그 중에 10%만 해도 백이십만, 20%라면 이백사십만명의 단기팀이 나가는데 선교사님들이 어떻게 하면 독점할까 독점해야 뭐 좀 생기니까..그런거 좀 독점하지 말라, 그래서 선교현지에서 성육신적 선교방식으로 인도해 달라는 부탁이고
열 번째는 독불장군식 선교하지 말라. 이것은 조금씩 team work 되고 있으니 낫다고 생각됩니다.


Response to Dr. Joshua Ogawa, Bishop Efraim Tendero,
Rev. Richard Howell, and Rev. Wong Kim Kong

Dr. Sung-Sam Kang
General Director of KWMA ,
Chair-person of KEF/MC

It is my pleasure to respond the valuable voices Asian leaders’ healthy critiques and recommendations on Korean Churches and Missionaries.
We humbly accept Rev. Wong Kim Kong’s loving advices for Korean Missionaries such as lack of cultural sensitivity, lack of effective partnership with local Churches in the mission field, lack of communication skills and languages, and lack of integrity in terms of conversion figures.  We also appreciate Dr. Ogawa’s 6 points of suggestions such as 1) To be Japanese pastor-supporters as well as to be independent Church planters; 2) Contribution of Korean Church elders to small Japanese Churches; 3) Partnership between Korean big Churches and Japanese small Churches; 4) Partnership between Korean and Churches and agencies; 5) Suggestions of international marriages between Koreans and Japanese; and 6) Suggestions of ministries for retired pastors and senior citizens in both countries.
   What a encouraging words of Rev. Richard Howell on Korean missionaries in India. Since Korean missionary Association formed good communication system has been set up and so no problem between Korean missionaries and Indian leaders and churches as well. And Bishop Efraim Tendero who is in charge of a thousand Korean missionaries’ visas also pointed out some shortcomings of Korean missionaries such as lack of cultural sensitivity. He also talked about Korean missionaries’ zeal for advancing the Gospel in the Philippines.

  Kindly tolerate my suggestions of Ten Commandments that Korean Missionaries should keep in mind in the mission fields.

1. Being is more important than Doing. High rate of Korean Missionaries seem to have an attitude that Doing is more important than Being. (Acts1:8, Lk24:48-49, Eph4:13)  Missionaries should be prepared to be healthy spirituality and good   leaderships with vertical and horizontal relationships, and with competence, integrity, passion, conflict resolution, cutting-edge skills even before he/she starts field ministry.

2. Remember that hosting people in a frontier mission filed are not ministry objects but subjects of His Kingdom ministry. From the beginning, a missionary must have a philosophy that John the Baptist had. “He must be increasing, I must be decreasing.” Disciples are not missionaries but the Lord’s. Therefore he/she must have in mind of following the careful stages of delegation and transition while doing the Kingdom ministry.

3. Learn field language and culture.  As a career worker do not depend on an interpreter in a hosting ethnic group. Our Almighty God came to earth as LOGOS and spoke to us not using an interpreter.

4. Do not monopolize leadership for  long years at a church he/she planted. Cooperation and delegation and transition stages must be followed accordingly
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5. Do not perpetuate to employ (payment base) of co-workers of a hosting nation. In terms of processes of leadership delegation and transition consider 5 stages: Pioneer Stage, Parental Stage, Partners Stage, Participant Stage, and Para-shoot Stage.
  
6. Do not equate Church planting as church building/constructing.

7. Escape from an imperialistic attitude of Korean culture and Korean Church system. Christianity must be appropriate to the Bible and hosting culture.

8. Do not have fellowship with Korean missionaries alone. It might be misunderstood as a missionary gettoh. Remember that partnership and fellowship with hosting people and Churches are important.