- 學位論文
李常受教會觀之研究―「神的經營思想」之詮釋與實踐
The Study of Witness Lee’s Ecclesiology― Interpretation and Practice of the concept of God’s Economy
摘要
1964年李常受出版《神的經營》，是第一次完整、系統地發表他的教會觀，通過對本書的研究和掌握，可以清楚理解李常受如何帶領召會（聚會所）及如何實踐他的理念。李常受從新約聖經的內容建構神命定執行新約經綸的路，建立生、養、教、建的召會生活架構，發展教會信徒的功能，在二十世紀結束前，召會已經有了普遍的成長與擴大，至今已是臺灣基督教信徒第二大的團體，擁有經常性聚會的人數約數萬人，目前信徒20餘萬人，也成為全球性的基督教團體，影響力擴及中國、亞洲、美洲、非洲、歐洲、紐、澳等國家，在全世界積極的傳揚福音。 筆者於1986年加入召會，隔年參加臺北全時間訓練（Full-Time Training in Taipei, FTTT），對於他教會觀的理念與實踐，大有得益，對於他所強調基督身體的建造，使召會得以擴展的思想深受感動。 本研究採用文獻探討法，從李常受著作有關教會觀的神學思想，作為本研究的主要方向，進而論及其教會觀的內容與發展實踐，並佐以歷史事件的探討及人物訪談為輔。首先，介紹李常受的生平背景、成長環境及信主的過程，進而說明他如何成為召會的帶領者；其次，描述李常受神學思想的淵源，以《神的經營》一書做為主要分析的文本，探討神的經綸的定義、揭示其中心思想與及完成神永遠的經綸，執行新約經綸的路，建立召會生活架構，發展信徒的功能，使召會得著普遍的擴增。 李常受在臺灣發展召會，逐漸成為真正的帶領者，他帶領召會近一甲子，最後在1997年美國加州安那翰（Anaham）過逝。從歷史來看，1957年至1990年他曾多次面臨嚴重的內部挫折與外部的反對聲浪，本文通過以上的歷史脈絡，探討他如何面對召會的困境及排除反對意見，藉由窺究全貌，彙整與客觀探析所發生之事，進而分析事件風波的真相，冀望對於李常受教會觀的思想，與召會之貢獻和影響有全面性的瞭解。
並列摘要
In 1964 Witness Lee (1905~1997) published “God’s Economy”. It is his first time completely delivered his Ecclesiology. Through researching this book, we can have clear understanding toward how Lee led Church and practiced his idea. Lee paved the way of practicing The New Testament by constructing God command. He established birth, raising, teaching and building four basis structure of living in Church and developed the function of believer system. Before the end of twenty century, Church has had steady growth and expansion. Nowadays, it is the second largest Christianity in Taiwan. It has more than forty thousand active members and two hundred thousand believers. It also becomes one of the global Christian groups. Its influence expands to China, Asia, America, Africa, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia and actively passes Gospel around the world. The writer joined in Church in 1986 and participated Lee’s Full Time Training in Taipei (FTTT) in the next year. The writer benefited a lot from Lee’s idea and practice of ecclesiology. The writer was moved and inspired by his emphasis of building of the body and helped Church expand widely. The research is based on literature analysis. The theological writings of Lee’s are the main focus of this research and the writer further analyzed the content and development of Lee’s ecclesiology. The writer also probed historic incidents and interview as a support of the study. Firstly, the article introduced the background of Lee and his process of believing God and explained how he became the leader of Church. Secondly, it described Lee’s ecclesiology and made “God’s Economy” as the main analyzing content. The writer described the definition of God’s economy and revealed its central idea and completed forever God. It practiced the way of The New Testament, established the living structure of Church, developed the function of believers and helped Church expand steadily. Gradually, Lee developed Church and became the real leader. He had led Church over sixty years and passed away at Anaham, California, the United States of America in 1997. From historic incidents, Lee encountered many severe frustrations inside Church and the opposition outside Church during 1957 to1990. The article went through the incidents and illustrated how he faced the difficulty toward Church and eliminated the opposition. It also made an analysis toward the splits of Church and made the reasons and meanings of incidents more clearer and tried to understand the truth of these incidents. The article helped to understand Lee’s ecclesiology and his contribution and influence toward Church.