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怎樣發展教會?民調顯示牧師大多聚焦異象和使命

怎樣發展教會?民調顯示牧師大多聚焦異象和使命

一項採訪了全美各地的614位新教牧師的調查發現,教會領袖們更多聚焦於他們的異象和使命,以保證其在今天文化中的相關性。

此項由巴納集團組織的調查向牧師們提問,他們打算明年怎樣發展教會。在給出的12個選擇項中,評估他們教會的異象和使命被選擇得最多,有58%的回應者將此選項作為首選。評估教會在社區中的名聲(38%)、衡量人數和社區的屬靈需要(31%)是選擇比例第二和第三的2個選項。

在表格的最下方,選項「與一個組織合作來幫助提高奉獻」以及「僱傭一個搜索公司來幫助僱傭合適的人」只得到了6%和2%的支持比例。這顯示出比起尋求外面的幫助,教會更願意聚焦在自己的資源和能力上。

一位調查回應者,來自堪薩斯州利伍德市復興教會(Church of the Resurrection)的莫莉·辛普森牧師(Rev. Molly Simpson)對堪薩斯城星報(Kansas City Star)表示,她非常驚訝「科技和數字媒體提升」這一選項的得分這麼低,只有18%。她分享說,隨着社會尤其是青少年繼續沉溺在數字媒體科技中,教會需要更多的關注這一領域。

「如果你沒有異象和使命,其他的都沒有意義了,」對於被選擇最多的選項辛普森牧師說道,「在改變我們的行為之前,我們不得不改變我們的思考。你需要自問我為什麼做現在所做的。」

「大多數牧師對於改變他們的事工持非常開放的態度,但是也有很多牧師在使命和異象等基本性的問題上有征戰,」巴納集團負責人大衛·肯納曼(David Kinnaman)補充說。

「換句話說,他們想要追求一個清晰的方向,不一定只是更多的事工資源,像設施、設備、科技和事工工具。」

關於牧師們表達的對於他們在社區內的名聲的關注,肯納曼說,「在制度化教會處於懷疑主義時期,這些領袖們好像意識到,最有效的教會是那些意識到社區需要並且在社區內積極活動的教會。」

該調查關注的另外一個方面是教會對於他們規模的態度。成員在100人以內的教會中,大多數教會領袖選擇「與大型教會牧師擁有平等的重要性」作為首選項。另外一些方面的不同是,小教會的牧師更少傾向於社區人口,更少聚焦於安全和穩定問題,較少改變預算以及較少投資在科技方面。

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