祈禱出來的傳統－滕近輝的禱告觀與華人教會屬靈傳統

A TRADITION THROUGH PRAYER-Philip Teng's Understanding on Prayer and Its Implication to the Spiritual Tradition of the Chinese Church

陳韋安(John W. Chan)

《建道學刊》 45期 (2016/01) Pp. 213-227

摘要

滕近輝牧師的歷史，可稱之 一段禱告的歷史——從他回憶錄對祈禱事件描述之豐富可以得知。在中國奮興佈道運動的背景下成長，禱告醫治、通宵禁食、興旺祈禱會等屬靈傳統，塑造出滕牧師對禱告能力堅定不移的確信。正與他所說，「禱告，就是推動上帝的手工作。」1956年，滕牧師翻譯 E. M Bounds一書《祈禱出來的能力》（Power through Prayer），更讓他深信禱告對信仰不可取締的角色。在香港牧會時期，滕牧師繼續以此想念作牧會方針。本文嘗試從歷史與神學的角度，分析滕牧師對禱告的理解，探討在禱告中上帝的工作與人的工作之間的關係，從而反省華人教會在這屬靈傳統的影響下如何走下去。

並列摘要

The biography of Rev Philip Teng can be regarded as a history of Prayer. Grown up in the traditional background of evangelistic revival moment in China(eg. prayer healing, overnight prayer meeting, intensive prayer meeting), Philip Teng had a strong faith on the power of prayer. As he once said, ＂Prayer is like a hand leading to God's work.＂ 1956 Philip Teng translated E. M Bounds' work Power through Prayer , which had an influential meaning to his later life as well as his pastoral ministry in Hong Kong. This essay analyses Teng's understanding on prayer in a historical and theological perspectives, and tries to depict his view on the relationship between God's work und human work in prayer-Teng's understanding of prayer would have a implication to the theological reflection of spiritual tradition of the Chinese Church.