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美國長老會教會數量跌破1萬大關

美國長老會教會數量跌破1萬大關

2014?6?14-21

2014年期間,屬於(美國)長老會的教會數量跌破1萬大關,據該教派發布的統計數據介紹。

本月早些時候,美國長老會報告稱,2014年有9829所教會,相較2013年的10,038所,數量有所下降。

110所教會列為已獨立,另外101所則融入其他教派。相反,2014年,美國長老會建立了15個新興教會。

該主流教派會員在數量上也繼續減少,2014年,美國長老會約有1667萬人,2013年則有1760萬人。

上周發布的一份聲明中,格雷迪·帕森斯(Gradye Parsons)牧師,美國長老會大會會議執事,表示數字只不過是教會生命力的一個指標而已。

「會員統計和教會數字是一回事,但並不是(美國)長老會如何影響世界的全部信息,」帕森斯牧師說。

「神不斷給我們的工作注入新生命,挑戰我們找到更新、更有創意的方式去接觸並改變生命。」

帕森斯還指出,這些剩餘的教會,其中約42%有150-599名會員,這顯示出整體上「教會正在適應神創造的新內容」。

「(美國)長老會是由充滿活力的教會組成,各教會在社區和世界上盡全力活出耶穌基督的福音,」帕森斯說。

在過去的幾年中,美國長老會在所屬教會和會員數量上不斷下跌。

據美國長老會大會教士會介紹,2000年,該教派有250多萬會員,2014年則不到100萬。

2011年,美國長老會成員跌破200萬大關;同年,該教派又減少了63,804名會員,96所教會。

下跌的原因之一是美國長老會的神學方向,就像在大會上投票決定接納同性戀,已經導致許多教會尋求脫離長老會。

2010年大會的代表批准了10A修正案,允許地方機構、或長老會按立非獨身的同性戀者。

2012年1月,一隊保守的長老會員建立了「福音派聖約長老會教團」(Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians),目前已有近200名會員。

從2011年至2013年,尋求並成功脫離美國長老會,融入其他教派的教會數量逐年增加,2013年已有148所教會離開。

去年,101所教會離開,比2013年減少47所,這讓一些人相信,因為神學分歧而導致的分裂可能已經開始減弱。

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