- 學位論文
“整全使命”與“轉化發展”的宣教概念對創啟地區教會帶來的衝擊—以筆者服事的創啟地區教會為例
The Impact of the Missional Concept of "Integral Mission" and "Transformational Development" on the Church in the Creative Access Nation-Take the author's church in the Creative Access Nation as an example
摘要
此論文探討新加坡教會在創啓地區開展宣教事工時，是如何採用進入社區的宣教模式帶給創啟地區的教會的啟迪，以及帶來怎麽樣的果效。筆者希望研究的課題可以幫助，並給想到創啟地區服事的教會更多的關注不同宣教的事工，以及對宣教的議題有全新的角度來開展宣教。另外，筆者也發現一般傳統的宣教模式，在一些創啓地區面對的阻礙和挑戰是越來越大，也越來越多創啟地區的國家不再簽發宣教士簽證。傳統的宣教模式也面對越來越奪的挑戰，需要重新檢討和調整。 筆者觀察到早期到創啟地區服事的西方宣教士，多數是屬福音的宣揚的模式。很多西方宣教士普遍上採用到學院當學生，一邊學習課程，一邊傳福音或者帶職事奉的模式到創啟地區就業，一邊打工，一邊傳福音。這可能是早期保守派基督徒或福音派基督徒所認可的模式。自由派基督徒在1970年代的那個時候，他們就非常關注，比如說，扶貧工作。辦學助教，為社區服務等等。保守派基督徒或福音派的基督徒就會提出質疑，那“福音”呢？為什麼不宣揚福音呢？而自由派的基督徒會說：你們福音派和保守派的基督徒都是虛偽的，因為你們只是在傳教和宣揚福音。但是並沒有實際去幫助窮人和被壓迫的邊緣人。 筆者的論文所探討的“整全使命”與“轉化發展”的宣教概念。希望可以對創啟地區服事的教會帶來一些新的觀點和建議。
並列摘要
The purpose of this study is to examine the relevance and practicality of "Integral Mission" and "Transformational Development" in the churches of the region of creation, with particular reference to the impact on churches, pastors and congregations in different provinces. After serving in China for the past 20 years, I realized that most churches and pastors in China face a common problem: most churches rarely promote community (mission) ministry, and churches or pastors do not have a comprehensive understanding of the truth of mission. The church or pastor does not have a comprehensive understanding of the truth of missions, and believes that evangelism is fine as long as it is done, given the limitations of the environment. Most of the pastors and church leaders (volunteers or senior staff) do not or seldom speak from the scriptures on the subject of missions or whole-person ministry in the pulpit. The author began to promote social care ministry when he served in the Genesis area in 1993, and he has also motivated and influenced pastors of several churches to begin to focus on social care ministry. Afterwards, they began to gradually start many social care ministries. (e.g. day care for the elderly, student foster care, left-behind children, etc.) After nearly 30 years of ministry in the Genesis area, the author began to know that in other overseas missionary bodies, they also began to preach the "Integral Mission" and "Transformation Development "The author's years of ministry in the region of Genesis have shown that the concept of Integral Mission and Transformation Development can bring good results to the churches or pastors in the region of Genesis. It can also help churches to focus on ministries beyond the four walls of the church, as well as "Transformation Development" in the areas where Transformation Development serves. This missionary concept of “Integral Mission” was introduced at the Lausanne Conference in about 1974. Carlos René Padilla, a leading South American theologian and pastor, is known as the father of Integral Mission. Padilla argues that the practice of the "whole mission" can be traced back to Jesus himself and the church of the first century CE, but that the modern missionary movement since the late 18th century has been considered primarily in terms of geography, including mission fields that cross geographical boundaries and bring the gospel from the Christian West to non-Christian worlds. In this model, the role of the local church is limited to providing human, spiritual, and financial support for missions, and even the equipping and training of missionaries is delegated by the local church to specialized agencies.