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영어

Christianity is a religion of love, and the church is a place to practice love. The ministry(cura animarum) as the essential purpose of the existence of the church is the love and caring of Christ, and the pastor is the subject of caring for Christ for the people. Pastor should serve the church community, preach the teachings of God to community members, listen to the sufferings of their lives, and help them resolve their conflicts in their lives. This is the task and mission of the pastor. Because of this pastor's mission, Christians as believers recognize the pastor as the leader of the ministry community. Of course, Christians give the pastor strong authority as a community leader. However, if the pastor extends the concept of capitalism-selfishness in the context of pastoral care and the pastor regards members of the church community as objects that meet the need for power and recognition, which is simply the pastor's selfish desire, the pastor is no longer a leader but a ruler to members of the church community. And the relationship between the pastor and the congregation is a relationship of unilateral oppression and destruction, not a mutual caring relationship that practices Christ's love. However, some congregation do not criticize these pastors' oppressive and violent attitudes, but also prefer to conform or conform to the attitude of the pastor, and even to those pastors. In this study, I have studied the negative authority of the pastor, the cause of the negative power of the pastor, and the symptoms and the result. Through this study, I hope to escape the outward concept of capitalist property, which is the absolute yardstick for assessing Korean Christianity and the church, namely the size of the church building or the number of church members. And I hope that this study contributes to establishing the concept of pastor practicing true pastoral care and love of Christ.