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大陸城市家庭教會牧者身心靈透支現象普遍

劉多加 / 基督日報記者


大陸城市家庭教會牧者身心靈透支現象普遍。中國基督教30年以來,到如今城市新興教會不斷增加,信徒日益增多,教會牧養需求也隨之增大。然而中國現時牧者短缺,教會面臨著“羊多牧人少”的挑戰,許多牧者靈體肉體嚴重透支。

緊缺足夠裝備侍奉人員

可以說,當前中國是屬靈大飢荒時代,亦是屬靈大豐收時代。越來越多國人發現「中國缺少信仰」,特別是大學生及職場年輕人。越來越多的人開始尋求信仰,而城市新興教會的興起在一定程度上滿足了人們對信仰的需求。這批被興起的羊兒信仰都是從零開始,信徒的信仰幾乎都存在著很多盲點,很需要得到切實的牧養。

然而,目前中國教會處在牧者與信徒比例嚴重失調的境況。信徒不斷增長,而教會全職事奉的同工仍極少。北京一教會固定參加聚會的信徒有600多,而全職事奉人員就只有4位。另外,傳道人受到足夠裝備的人數奇缺。熱心事奉主的信徒缺少神學等各方面裝備。有一神學生坦言:「教會很多熱心侍奉的人都是剛信主的,有熱心。這並不是不好,但是侍奉缺乏生命,經驗也不足,不能夠傳遞很深的真理。我期待神能夠興起更多擁有很好裝備的人來做主工。」

牧者靈修時間少 需重視

有的教會設有分堂、教會缺牧者,特別是農村教會,因此,很多牧師禮拜結束後就得趕著去另外教會講道,常常馬不停蹄地忙活。北京百合園的呂光牧師說:「真的是太忙了,回國兩年,自己從來沒有假日。」很多牧師也坦言每天幾乎沒有空閑時間。

這些為神擺上的牧者們因忙於牧養群羊,可以說他們的「安息日」都沒有了。他們不僅身體上透支,靈性上也在嚴重透支,與神單獨交流及默想神的話語的時間也被擠壓、減少。呂光牧師表示這一問題需要重視,他說:「牧師太忙了,減少了跟神親近的時間,這個問題也是需要非常重視的。」

如何扭轉這一局面呢?加拿大華人牧師王志強曾提出方案:「重要的一點就是教會需要以聖經真理引導信徒建立正確的教會觀。」他鼓勵更多的信徒參與到教會服事當中,以減少教會牧者的壓力。他說:「教會是身體,一個信徒加入教會,意味著成為這身體上的肢體,是身體的一部分。……每位信徒都當找到自己的恩賜,發揮自己的功能;而不是像顧客來到超市餐館或者挑選合己意的商品一樣。」

山西的牛天平牧師曾針對農村教會缺少牧者一問題強調:國家需要培訓更多的神學生人才。


 

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三化異象
中國福音化
  五十年來,中國大陸的信徒從不到100萬(1949)遽增到八千萬(2000),這是中國五千年來難得的宣教黃金時期;在中國教會裡,也普遍呈現「羊在找牧人」的現象,上帝為中國敞開了大門!現在就是「中國福音化」的關鍵時刻!
教會國度化
  教會是基督榮耀的身體,是一切事工的根柢。今日世界各地的基督教宗派都去中國宣教,如何促使海外教會超越宗派主義,中國教會突破山頭主義,共同營造具有「國度觀」的宣教事工,將是中國教會拓展生根的關鍵時刻!
文化基督化
  1989年「六四」之後,大批的中國知識分子信主,他們承認了理性的局限性,也不再提「反宗教、反帝國主義」,轉而思考基督教對中國現代化有何貢獻?如今正是因勢利導,以基督思想來影響中國文化,以聖經真理來更新中國文化的關鍵時刻!

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