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教會的新生代在哪裡?--倪德超  傳道

5/31/2015

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眾羅省基督教會國語堂合辦的「2015青年福音營」順利結束,有13位慕道朋友決志歸主,我們要向神獻上感恩。這是二十多年來羅省基督教會再次專門為年輕人舉辦的營會,為什麼要辦青年福音營?不可否認,今天教會最具壓迫性的挑戰是年輕人的流失,教會失去新生代,直接影響到教會未來的前景,培育教會新生代的工作刻不容緩。在2015年4月份的《建道通訊》中,香港建道神學院梁家麟院長為此寫了一篇名為《培育新生代》的文章。 

梁院長認為,教會需要服侍年輕的一代,但是,所謂的服侍,乃是向他們傳福音,並栽培他們成為耶穌基督真實的門徒,協助他們運用恩賜實踐上帝給他們的異象和使命。我們必須修正「教會缺乏新生代」的說法,教會真正缺乏的,其實是新生代的基督門徒。梁院長並以「開荒」、「吃苦」、「火熱」來作為培育新生代的目標。「開荒」:上一代必須容讓年輕信徒自行回應上帝對他們這一代的呼召,摸索此時此地實踐和見證信仰的新形式。「吃苦」:上一代必須硬著心腸,容讓年輕信徒為實踐信仰而付出代價,不要過分顧惜保護,使他們得著實踐信仰的全面經驗(包括挫折與失敗)。「火熱」:在持續的開荒和吃苦的過程中,堅固他們對基督信仰和價值的信念,加強他們對一生跟隨基督擺上的決心。一個兼具開荒、吃苦、火熱精神的年輕信徒,便是耶穌基督的真實門徒。惟有這樣的真實門徒,才能搖撼這個貌似牢不可破的世界,為教會開拓下一個世代的局面。 

另外一方面,今日好些教會拒絕向年輕人喜歡的潮流文化讓步,宣稱教會若是跟從流行文化走,便是世俗化;卻沒想到教會擁抱某歷史階段的潮流文化,將之奉為百世不易的圭臬、將聖經的絕對教導與人間的偶然做法想混,這才是最具禍害的世俗化。當我們將人間的優劣美醜的標準偷運到教會來,以中產文化和上流社會的品味作聖俗的區分,排斥邊緣群體與新生事物,才是最惡劣的世俗化。 

福音若不夾帶某個神聖不可侵犯的文化,每個世代便可按照上帝的帶領,踐行出單單屬於他們時代的信仰模式。我們這一代用不著為創建適合新生代的教會文化而操心,這是上帝的主權範圍,也是新生代的任務。我們不轄制,便是最大的幫助,這是無用之用。 

讓教會成為教會,讓福音維持福音的原樣。福音本身自有足夠的激進性,能將最激進的新生代呼召到基督的跟前;而唯有簡約的福音,讓人直接面向基督,才能將年輕一代造就成為耶穌基督的門徒。

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