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The purpose of this study is to help the Church, the Body of Christ, abandoning the
premise of the old Christendom, entering into the culture of new era and restoring the
truth of "Incarnational Church." I proposed 'Singing Together' as a practical solution for
change and restoration, I further discussed its validity in light of biblical, theological,
historical, and philosophical, practical spectrums.
First, I took Michael Frost's "Incarnational Ecclesiology" and insisted that
today's church should be 'Incarnational' like Jesus who came to the world and became a
man. Following this, by accepting Leonard Sweet's EPIC theory, which explained the
cultural characteristics of this era with four keywords; "Experience, Participation, Image,
Connection," I used as a theoretical background for the practice of "Singing Together."
Also, to encourage the work of contemperary Christian artists outside of the church as
"Culture Makers," I implemented the Christian Art Theory of Nicholas Walterstorff and
Hans R. Rookmaker.
As the overall method of the study, by accepting Zoh, Byungho's "Tong
methodology," I cited scholars and artists working in general fields in addition to
Christian scholars, and I would present "Singing Together" as an practice to become an
'Incarnational Church' with corporating "Theory and Practice", "Intellect and Spirituality
and Emotion." Furthermore, I demonstrated how the church can go into the world and
serve through the concrete example of practicing "Sing Together" in the public domain of
the local community such as public schools, regional child centers, government offices,
and cultural foundations.
This study began with a small encounter with children who suffered without
knowing the reason in a fragmented, excarnational, overly competitive and impersonal
cultural flow. This meeting, started through "Sing Together," led to new encounters with
painful parents, teachers, and people who groan in various parts of society, and I could
share the life and grace in the gospel through Singing Together and helped them recover.
On the basis of these specific examples, I tried to prove that Singing Together could be a
channel to become "Incarnational Church" in which help people created in the Image of
God restore the values of "personality" and "human dignity" and "mutual respect" and
"being together"
Through this paper, I hope the church turn their focus on the church itself to the
people who are suffering in this era, visit and serve them in a more artistic and creative
way, and reveal the truth of the "Incarnational Church." I also anticipate this study would
provide creative insight and encouragement to all the churches and saints who want to
enter the world and live in the light and salt in spite of the difficult circumstances,
especially Christian artists working in the field of Culture and Art Education.
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