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author Dre An
title Practice of Christian Social Welfare through Spirituality
abstract In the early days of Korea, Christian social welfare was a driving force that led this country when it was difficult. But now, it is true that many organizations and companies are scrambling to practice social welfare, and Christian social welfare has been reduced a lot due to the pressure of wealth and scale. However, churches, Christian organizations, and individual members should not be left alone in this situation. God's mission to the church, that is, to preach the Lord's gospel to the ends of the earth through Acts 2, selling our own things like the early church, distributing them to each person, sharing them together, gathering, breaking bread, and always praying, as well as serving and serving for the poor, oppressed, orphans, and widows, before anyone else, our Christianity was deeply rooted in social welfare.

At the same time, we should do our best to see that we preach the word of God together, not just welfare benefits, and provide them not only the food of the flesh but also the food of the spirit, so that the modern church can enjoy the glory of becoming the people of God's kingdom, not the satisfaction of the world, through the realization of social welfare through this Christian spirituality.

Healing Church was with the local community, always laughing and crying together, and became friends with those who needed healing and recovery due to the wounds in their hearts for the neighbors in need. We are still doing the work of the Holy Lord to always think about the local community, such as opening a free study room for students who have difficulty studying, Silver University, volunteer activities in rural areas, emergency relief for those in need, sharing holiday food, bazaar, Hwagok, and Yeonji social welfare center.

The Korean church is definitely in crisis. However, the role of the church should not be reduced and should stand up right away. I hope that the Korean church will preach the word of God together, not welfare for the import business, so that the amazing things that enter the gospel will happen to unbelieving souls who were firmly closed through Christian social welfare that are differentiated from other social welfare.

school The Theological School, Drew University
degree D.Min. (2024)
advisor Leonard Sweet
committee Byoungho Zoh
Younglae Kim
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