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牧师警告只有传统崇拜仪式的教会或错过年轻人

牧师警告只有传统崇拜仪式的教会或错过年轻人

2010?7?9

根据一位英国宫廷牧师的说法,苏格兰教会(The Church of Scotland)面临失去影响力的风险,除非其改变传统的敬拜风格以触及使用智能手机的年轻人。

根据《电讯报》(The Telegraph)周日的报道,苏格兰教会总会(General Assembly of the Church of Scotland)前主持人约翰·查尔莫斯(John Chalmers)说,苏格兰教会(苏格兰语称Kirk)不断衰落,除非教会从根本上改变方法,否则其无法与年轻一代建立关联。

他说,以建筑为中心的“一刀切”的教会模式并不吸引现代的崇拜者,即使教会最终与先前不同,吸引年轻人的工具“现在确实握在我们手中”。

“这一代年轻人无法离开他们的智能手机和平板电脑。可以使用这些设备帮助维持人们的属灵旅程和滋养他们的内在生命,”查尔莫斯说。

这样的改革对于这位牧师来说并不容易,特别是因为“圣诗和信仰之歌”和教堂建筑构成了他信仰的“核心饮食”。

他写道:“我不愿看到这一切逝去,如果我认为这是滋养下一代人信仰的秘诀,我会尽全力保住这些传统。”

“上帝的目的不是挽救教派或机构不灭亡,教会的使命是建立公义、和平与爱的社区——苏格兰教会可以参与这个使命,或慢慢淡出,变得无关紧要。”

他认为这些变化无法避免。

“生活模式最终不会后退,属灵反思及发展的空间现在需要采取不同的形式,需要融入现实生活的节奏,而不是像我们希望的那样,”查尔莫斯写道。

最近的一项调查显示,过去的三十年,苏格兰的教会出席率减少了一半以上,而官方的苏格兰教会的人员流失最严重。普查显示,如今约有38万名苏格兰人定期去教会,而在1984年则有85.4万人。这些去教会的人中,41%年龄在65岁以上。

然而,2016年12月英国进行的一项研究显示,英国青年人中比人们所认为的有更多是基督徒,他们中大部分人是在参观教会后成为基督徒的。

那份研究显示约有13%的青少年在参观教堂或大教堂后决定成为基督徒。

查尔莫斯发表此番言论之际正是网络通信在年轻人中流行的时代,有人警告说智能手机的使用助长了心理危机。

纽约州立大学纽博分校的心理学教授格伦·赫赫(Glenn Geher)7月写道:“社会心理学文献的一个普遍发现是,当人们的身份得以隐藏时,人们采取相对反社会的方式行事。”

上月,LivePerson公司进行的一项调查发现,18-34岁以上的成年人中有三分之二以上的人主要通过网络与其他人交流。这一数字在英国甚至更高。

“Z世代和千禧世代更多通过网络交流(65%)。这一比例在英语国家甚至更高,美国(73.7%)和英国(74.4%)更依赖通讯工具交流,”根据公司新闻稿。

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