탈교회시대 MZ세대를 위한 효과적인 설교 = Effective Preaching for MZ Generation in the Time of Dechurching

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study seeks to answer the question of how to preach effectively to the MZ generation, born between 1981 and 2012, who are the main group of dechurching in Korea. First, the researcher clarifies that the MZ generation, having shared the generational experiences of democratization, economic crisis, and the digital transformation, pursues democratic modes of communication and possesses an individualized consciousness. The researcher then argues that the phenomenon of the MZ generation’s dechurching is due both to secularization, which affects the reduced interest in religion, and to the loss of the church’s public function in a post-secular society.
On the basis of this understanding, through a literature review of domestic and international studies on generational preaching, the researcher points out that research of effective preaching for younger generations so far has remained at the theoretical level, with insufficient evidence from empirical investigation. To address this gap, the researcher conducted a survey of approximately 1,100 people—including 200 MZ-generation preachers, 600 church-attending listeners, and 300 dechurched listeners—examining the impact of preaching on MZ-generation church departure, the desirable forms of preaching for them, how preachers affect their reception of sermons, and how useful audiovisual media are in sermons for this group.
Based on the findings, the researcher concludes that effective preaching for the MZ generation is the preaching that addresses the life problems faced by the audience with biblical alternatives, employs audiovisual media, and delivers the message engagingly within a maximum of 30 minutes in a non-authoritarian way.