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美国长老会教会数量跌破1万大关

美国长老会教会数量跌破1万大关

2014?6?14-21

2014年期间,属于(美国)长老会的教会数量跌破1万大关,据该教派发布的统计数据介绍。

本月早些时候,美国长老会报告称,2014年有9829所教会,相较2013年的10,038所,数量有所下降。

110所教会列为已独立,另外101所则融入其他教派。相反,2014年,美国长老会建立了15个新兴教会。

该主流教派会员在数量上也继续减少,2014年,美国长老会约有1667万人,2013年则有1760万人。

上周发布的一份声明中,格雷迪·帕森斯(Gradye Parsons)牧师,美国长老会大会会议执事,表示数字只不过是教会生命力的一个指标而已。

“会员统计和教会数字是一回事,但并不是(美国)长老会如何影响世界的全部信息,”帕森斯牧师说。

“神不断给我们的工作注入新生命,挑战我们找到更新、更有创意的方式去接触并改变生命。”

帕森斯还指出,这些剩余的教会,其中约42%有150-599名会员,这显示出整体上“教会正在适应神创造的新内容”。

“(美国)长老会是由充满活力的教会组成,各教会在社区和世界上尽全力活出耶稣基督的福音,”帕森斯说。

在过去的几年中,美国长老会在所属教会和会员数量上不断下跌。

据美国长老会大会教士会介绍,2000年,该教派有250多万会员,2014年则不到100万。

2011年,美国长老会成员跌破200万大关;同年,该教派又减少了63,804名会员,96所教会。

下跌的原因之一是美国长老会的神学方向,就像在大会上投票决定接纳同性恋,已经导致许多教会寻求脱离长老会。

2010年大会的代表批准了10A修正案,允许地方机构、或长老会按立非独身的同性恋者。

2012年1月,一队保守的长老会员建立了“福音派圣约长老会教团”(Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians),目前已有近200名会员。

从2011年至2013年,寻求并成功脱离美国长老会,融入其他教派的教会数量逐年增加,2013年已有148所教会离开。

去年,101所教会离开,比2013年减少47所,这让一些人相信,因为神学分歧而导致的分裂可能已经开始减弱。

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