此處「教會」是指整個基督教界,或不同基督徒作者和自己所屬的教會。
一般華人教會對文字事奉了解並不多,基本上不大會支持從事文字事奉的神學生,或認領創文作宣教支持對象。創文的負擔,就在為文人和教會間搭一座橋樑,把文字事奉的觀念置入教會裡,讓教會理解文字的力量和重要性,進而鼓勵有寫作恩賜的會友可以從事文字事奉。
因此,我們開發「基督徒閱讀課」,「基督徒流行文化知多少」之類的課程,儘量開到神學院的牆裡,也開到教會的牆內。盼望藉一些課程和交流,能把異象傳遞給牧者、基督徒領袖和基督徒。同時,創文也積極向教會申請為認養的宣教機構,盼能把文字和文化異象更深地傳遞。
Connected to Church
The “church” refers to the overall churches, or churches that Christian writers belong to.
Generally speaking, most Chinese churches have a vague idea about “writing as a ministry”, and do not sponsor seminary students who are called to serve through writings. Therefore, the GCWMI is not recognized as one of the “missionary” organizations that churches would normally consider supporting. It is one of GCWMI’s goals to bridge the gap between churches and servants of writing ministry, so that the importance of writing ministry could be fully acknowledged and church members who are gifted in writing can also be stirred up” to participate in this ministry.
Therefore, the Institute has successfully introduced classes such as “Reading from a Christian Perspective”, “Christianity and the Pop Culture” to churches as well as seminary schools. It is our hope that through these classes and various forms of dialogues the vision of “writing ministry” can be shared among all pastors, Christian spiritual leaders and Christian laymen. In addition, the GCWMI strives to be adopted as a sponsored “missionary” organization so that the vision of writing ministry can be passed on in a deep and meaningful way.
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