宣教士的靈性生命
我們被訓練去負責會眾的靈魂,去履行大誡命,但我們自己究竟在何時學習如何「牧養自己的靈命」?
探討華人教會參與全球宣教與跨文化服事的發展,包括宣教差派、工場需要及跨地域的合作。
我們被訓練去負責會眾的靈魂,去履行大誡命,但我們自己究竟在何時學習如何「牧養自己的靈命」?
我和先生多年來在跨文化宣教工場服事,曾親眼見到宣教士與宣教機構因策略和方法上的分歧而相互批評,甚至走向對立,最終導致同工離開團隊或工場。這樣的結果不僅令人惋惜,也是神國事工的損失。
但在更深的層面上,問題往往不在於宣教工人缺少什麼,而在於他們「帶著」什麼進入工場。
今日的宣教已不再只是「從西方到其餘之地」(from the West to the rest),而是「從各地到任何地方」,甚至——從台北到台北。
撤離不一定更安全,留下也未必更危險。當戰火波及中東各國,身處當地的華人基督徒該如何抉擇?我們又該如何為他們守望?
當萬民來到台灣,宣教不再只是跨越國界,而是學習接待已經來到我們身邊的人。
During the month of November, we will highlight unreached people groups that live in East Asia.
Young people need a community where faith and real life intersect in meaningful ways, rather than simply attending traditional worship services.
Guangxiao Church and Zion Church, two of Guangzhou’s leading and historical churches, are pioneering youth-focused outreach efforts to counter the decline in youth attendance. To attract them to the church, the two churches offer various youth-centered activities, including a "Faith Pharmacy," comic exhibitions, and storytelling sessions.
Will you join us in praying for the unreached peoples? Together, let us commit to being part of God’s mission to make disciples of all nations and to plant healthy churches that will reproduce to surrounding villages and across generations.
Our hope and prayer is that the keynote speaker, Scott Shaum, and the various workshops will help all of us to pause, hear, reflect, and live God’s call in our lives for the long haul, in sustainable and kingdom service for the glory of God!
This article is a follow-up to a series of articles written by this author on Chinese medical missionary sending in 2017, published by ChinaSource. Reflections expressed herein grow out of the successes, setbacks, and surprises encountered after the implementation of many of the ideas conveyed in that series of 13 articles.