[전통적연구] 연구논문 : 다문화 가정에 대한 기독교 상담학적 접근에 관한 연구

The foreign workers have been over four hundred thousands for the past 10 years. The multicultural persons in South Korea are foreign guest workers, international marriage migrants, and new settlers. But most of them are the ones who have the purpose of getting a job and married. It has been increasing in number that the multicultural persons have a family in South Korea. Once they settle in South Korea or get married to Korean, they invite their own family in their country. That`s how the multicultural families have been increasing. In the closed korean culture, the multicultural families have been unfairly treated, discriminated against, and treated in a cold way by the people around them. And they are also having trouble sociocultural adjusting, understanding korean. And there are conflicts among the family members, double cultural conflicts, financial problem, and problem of raising children. The bible shows that God is thinking them as the pagans given to us and as the ones who are destined to receive salvation as well. We need to discover the God`s will towards the multicultural persons. As Jesus himself showed the samaritan woman the road to salvation, we need to counsel them indivisualy with lots of different problems that the multicultural persons and families have while living in South Korea. It`s essential that they consult of the different problems which the multicultural persons and families have living in South Korea. And through it they may be able to discover the God`s will. And it`s important that we encourage them to receive God`s blessing as the child of God. Therefore it is essential to approach the christian counseling to solve the problems concerning the multicultural family. So we have to help the multicultural families discover the God`s great ministry of the gospel and the God`s will towards them. And so you have to help them with the following things so that we can help them solve their problems actively. The first one is for them to have faith in you. You must be able to diagnose the problem that they appeal and the core of the problem. The second one is that you must give them hope according to their situations. The third one is that you must understand the different problems that the multicultural families have. The forth one is that we must collect data concerning backgrounds and materials. The fifth one is that you must interpret the different kinds of data which have been collected. The sixth one is that you must guide them to turn around from their sinful figures and their old selves to be led by God. The seventh one is to help their lives to be changed at large. The eighth one is to help them bear fruits according to blessing given by God. If a client with the background of the multicultural case meets God through counsling, he will have the spiritual eyes to recognize his problem in a new way. If then he is able to see his own problems and who he is, he can seek for answers to problems to come. And also the Holy Spirit will come and restore him. And God will allow him to be restored to realize that what he happens to come from a distant land and has a multicultural family is the God`s will and blessing as well. Moreover he will go to another foreigner and raise up deciples, take part in ministry to broaden the horizon of the Kingdom of God, and challenge the situation as an evangelist preaching the gospel. And he will live being thankful for all of them.