Recently the theological theme “missional church” has taken a great worldwide attention. In Korea also it takes attentions because of many reasons. However missional church is a theory on the way of development that has not a concrete outline nor a practical way. Most of korean theologians has a view that it is still earlier to use it as a textbook for seminarians, even though the basic concepts and the intention of it were enough accepted, because it was developed from the background of UK and USA christianity. The author thinks that local church must experience really the concrete theory, conviction, strategies and ways which are possible to execute missional church in local community in order that missional church with a great attention and expectation should not disappear in a great theoretical conversation. Therefore the author points out the essences of academic conversations about missional church through a brief investigation of them which has been discussed among theologians in UK and USA. Then he presents four suggestions on which one must focus afterwards in order that it might stand steadfastly and be executed concretely in korean situation. Those are followings; ①educational enforcement of missio Dei, ②the church together with local neighbours, ③the development and enforcement of governance, ④the cultivation of laymen’s gifts. Jesus Christ who came into the world as the redeemer of human being, he executed missional works through missional living in a small local communities of Galilee in Israel. Likewise the church with a universal value and vision of God’s Kingdom should have a concrete ways to practice missional works through missional living in a local community. However this kind of theory will end into a just beautiful picture unless the church would be filled with laymen who are passive and dependant upon the pastors. In order that missional church could be practiced in the local community, laymen centered church, not pastor centered church, such as the community which actively cultivates laymen’s gifts and makes them serve not only inside church, but also outside church must be organized. When we look at laymen from a perspective of the Kingdom of God and missional church, they are not helpers for pastors, but pastors for them. Pastors should newly recognize this fact. Just as Jesus built up his disciples and empowered them, when pastors actively develop laymen’s gifts, encourage them and innovate the ideas and ways to make them participate in the mission of God, missional church flourish in korea.

Recently the theological theme “missional church” has taken a great worldwide attention. In Korea also it takes attentions because of many reasons. However missional church is a theory on the way of development that has not a concrete outline nor a practical way. Most of korean theologians has a view that it is still earlier to use it as a textbook for seminarians, even though the basic concepts and the intention of it were enough accepted, because it was developed from the background of UK and USA christianity. The author thinks that local church must experience really the concrete theory, conviction, strategies and ways which are possible to execute missional church in local community in order that missional church with a great attention and expectation should not disappear in a great theoretical conversation. Therefore the author points out the essences of academic conversations about missional church through a brief investigation of them which has been discussed among theologians in UK and USA. Then he presents four suggestions on which one must focus afterwards in order that it might stand steadfastly and be executed concretely in korean situation. Those are followings; ①educational enforcement of missio Dei, ②the church together with local neighbours, ③the development and enforcement of governance, ④the cultivation of laymen’s gifts. Jesus Christ who came into the world as the redeemer of human being, he executed missional works through missional living in a small local communities of Galilee in Israel. Likewise the church with a universal value and vision of God’s Kingdom should have a concrete ways to practice missional works through missional living in a local community. However this kind of theory will end into a just beautiful picture unless the church would be filled with laymen who are passive and dependant upon the pastors. In order that missional church could be practiced in the local community, laymen centered church, not pastor centered church, such as the community which actively cultivates laymen’s gifts and makes them serve not only inside church, but also outside church must be organized. When we look at laymen from a perspective of the Kingdom of God and missional church, they are not helpers for pastors, but pastors for them. Pastors should newly recognize this fact. Just as Jesus built up his disciples and empowered them, when pastors actively develop laymen’s gifts, encourage them and innovate the ideas and ways to make them participate in the mission of God, missional church flourish in korea.

Missional Ecclesiology, Missio Dei, Governance,Church with Others, Laymen