第七課﹕主耶穌對其僕人的承諾是…課後分享

1. 教會中的僕人是…

• 神從世界召出來的一群人。
• 要活出基督的樣式，宣講神的救恩，將福音傳開，使萬民作主的門徒。

2. 我們的教會為何存在?

• 頌主播道會的異象宣言: 我們是活出真道，見證基督救恩的教會。

Shared by Anita Ko

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1] 教會中的僕人是…Servants in a Church are…

1.1.) All Christians in a church are servants of God. Jesus said, "....Go and make disciples of all nations, ......teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you...." (Matthew 28: 18 - 20).

1.2) The leaders in a church are the servants of the congregations, e.g. pastors, church board members, ministry leaders, fellowship lea ders, small group leaders. Jesus said, " ....whoever wants to be come great among you must be your servant, ...." (Matthew 20: 26 - 28) They help prepare God's people for the works of service for building up the church. (Ephesians 4: 11 - 16)

2] 我們的教會為何存在? Why our Church existed & needs continuously to exist?

The calling of forming our church is to serve the new immigrants from Hong Kong. It provides the environment to Christians for fellowship and to preach Gospel to non believers. Several years later, the focus was shifted to build up our 2nd generation to become Christ followers and church leaders, e.g. English Ministry & 3rd Sunday service. Then the focus was shifted to serve a larger group of people in our church community and to build a larger church, e.g. own church building, Yee Hong Saturday worship, adoption of purpose driven concept.

What are we going to do next? It is a good question. I wish I could answer this question. I was really inspired by Rev. Leung's sermon in the recent Missions Conference. He proclaimed that the purpose of Christ's church is to send out Christians to preach His Gospel to non believers, to make disciples. Then the next question is "who are the people we serve?" Let God Lead Us to think about this together. I ask God to give the wisdom and insight to and guide the church leadership who in turn leads the whole congregation to the right direction. My heart is leading me to the younger generation. God, please answer me.

Shared by Eric Kong