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怎样发展教会?民调显示牧师大多聚焦异象和使命

怎样发展教会?民调显示牧师大多聚焦异象和使命

一项采访了全美各地的614位新教牧师的调查发现,教会领袖们更多聚焦于他们的异象和使命,以保证其在今天文化中的相关性。

此项由巴纳集团组织的调查向牧师们提问,他们打算明年怎样发展教会。在给出的12个选择项中,评估他们教会的异象和使命被选择得最多,有58%的回应者将此选项作为首选。评估教会在社区中的名声(38%)、衡量人数和社区的属灵需要(31%)是选择比例第二和第三的2个选项。

在表格的最下方,选项“与一个组织合作来帮助提高奉献”以及“雇佣一个搜索公司来帮助雇佣合适的人”只得到了6%和2%的支持比例。这显示出比起寻求外面的帮助,教会更愿意聚焦在自己的资源和能力上。

一位调查回应者,来自堪萨斯州利伍德市复兴教会(Church of the Resurrection)的莫莉·辛普森牧师(Rev. Molly Simpson)对堪萨斯城星报(Kansas City Star)表示,她非常惊讶“科技和数字媒体提升”这一选项的得分这么低,只有18%。她分享说,随着社会尤其是青少年继续沉溺在数字媒体科技中,教会需要更多的关注这一领域。

“如果你没有异象和使命,其他的都没有意义了,”对于被选择最多的选项辛普森牧师说道,“在改变我们的行为之前,我们不得不改变我们的思考。你需要自问我为什么做现在所做的。”

“大多数牧师对于改变他们的事工持非常开放的态度,但是也有很多牧师在使命和异象等基本性的问题上有征战,”巴纳集团负责人大卫·肯纳曼(David Kinnaman)补充说。

“换句话说,他们想要追求一个清晰的方向,不一定只是更多的事工资源,像设施、设备、科技和事工工具。”

关于牧师们表达的对于他们在社区内的名声的关注,肯纳曼说,“在制度化教会处于怀疑主义时期,这些领袖们好像意识到,最有效的教会是那些意识到社区需要并且在社区内积极活动的教会。”

该调查关注的另外一个方面是教会对于他们规模的态度。成员在100人以内的教会中,大多数教会领袖选择“与大型教会牧师拥有平等的重要性”作为首选项。另外一些方面的不同是,小教会的牧师更少倾向于社区人口,更少聚焦于安全和稳定问题,较少改变预算以及较少投资在科技方面。

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