Pelayanan Sosial Sebagai Konteks Refleksi Aktivitas Misiologi

Abstract

Researcher will explain how important the social ministry in our life on earth as mission reflection, that is: Rescuing human and universe surrounding. Impacting social ministry to overcome every problem faced by human and at once save them from sin and eternal punishment, which was offered by God to human, through salvation in The Lord Jesus Christ.

      In the beginning God created human and gave peace to them, life comfort with natural surrounding. God gave human a cultural mandate, that is: to be fruitful, to work and look after the earth. Human was given authority to have benefit of all God’s worked at universe (Gen. 1:28); to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground (Gen. 1:26). However, in fact, human has strayed and far from God’s former purpose. Humans’ "Imago Dei" has been broken; that’s why most required the act of God for mission and social ministry.

      Mission and social ministry are interrelated act. Mission is as God’s great act to save human race, so called Missio Dei. God also act to look after human and universe surround from their damages.

      Many problems arise like: sin, behavior tend to crime, moral decadence, sickness, poverty, social inequality, racial discrimination, political deviant, and every life suffering, also natural disasters are human failures of managing the universe.

      Human as social being or “Homo Social”, means that human was created by God couldn’t live alone. Human life requires: other people, natural environment and facilities that exist in this world. God created Humans to live in togetherness and complementary: full of love, forgiveness, faith and hope. As social beings, humans also can do social activities like becoming God’s co-worker to look after the world from every damage and problems written above.

            Social ministry is a ministry to response every problem and its consequence to humans,  environment, and universe. Ministry, as a real act which doesn’t only demand reward, but also ministry which is committed by loving God and others.