作主門徒的實踐 北美華人教會華語青年事工為個案的一個實踐神學探索

Practices on Discipleship: A Case Study on the Emerging Adults Ministry in Chinese American churches Jia Hwa David Doong

董家驊(David Jia-Hwa Doong)

《華神期刊》 7期 (2015/11) Pp. 100-132

並列摘要

This article seeks to explore the practices of American Chinese churches in making faithful disciples from the migrant Chinese emerging adults through a four-stage practical theology method. It identifies six factors that shape the current practices of American Chinese churches; these factors are market economy, migration experience, Chinese translation, Confucianism, trichotomistic anthropology, and the Free Church tradition. After carefully examining the current practices of American Chinese churches and reflecting on these practices theologically, this article proposes the concept of ＂participatory discipleship＂ and reflects on how this concept might have reshape the current practices of discipleship. ＂Participatory discipleship＂ urges American Chinese churches to rework their definition of discipleship, calls them to participate in God's mission, reconciles older and younger generations, and pushes the churches to develop a fuller understanding of themselves as community.