磐石之上 09
主讲：林慈信牧师_校对：加立_文字：蓝海豚姊妹_英文：Sarah刘惠恩
林慈信牧师：……church
翻译：主耶稣基督是教会的头，
林牧师：we serve one Lord Jesus Christ
翻译：我们事奉唯一的主，主耶稣基督。
林牧师：However our church is made up of many parts
翻译：但是我们的教会是从很多不同的单位组成的，
林牧：It is easy to see that Chinese church in North America is made up of the English Speaking and the Chinese Speaking
翻译：在我们的华人教会里面呢，很容易看到的就是有英文部跟中文部，
林牧： what is a little bit more difficult to see is that the English speaking is made up of many parts
翻译：或者比较难看到的，就是在英文部里面也有可能很多的细细的分类，
林牧：and the Chinese speaking part is made up of many parts as well
翻译：同样地我注意到在中文部里面有的时候也有各个其他的部门啊，
林牧：I will talk a little bit more about that later this morning
翻译：我慢慢以后会给你们再详细的讲一点。
林牧：But as I was watching you coming into this room this morning
翻译：当我看到你们进到我们的礼堂，
林牧： one of the first thing that I noticed is that we are running out of seats
翻译：我有一点注意到好像我们的座位不太够，
林牧：so I would like to invite some of you who would like to do this, to seat on the stage, on this site, you are welcomed to come up
翻译：所以我现在邀请你们，假如你们愿意的话就请你们到台前来坐，
林牧：you can seat on the floor on the stage, come on up, or even though you are in the seats you are welcomed to do this, so that we will not have people standing at the back
翻译：所以就算你们有座位的你们可以坐前来，让后面站着的可以进来有一个座位，
林牧：Chinese Speaking adults are welcomed to do this as well
翻译：我们作为成年人也欢迎你们前面来坐，
林牧：so you are welcomed on the stage and you’re welcomed seat on the floor near the stage if you like as well
翻译：所以请你们尽量往前，还有往上坐，有空位的挤进去，让他们可以绕进来。
林牧：wonderful ！
For many years now we have been a family under the same roof
翻译：很多年来我们都是一家人在同一个屋顶底下
林牧：however very often we don’t really understand the members of our family
翻译：但是很多时候，我们对我们家里面各个成员都不太熟悉林牧：the Chinese church family is making up of many different kind of people，
翻译：中国的教会是有各种各样不同背景的人组成的
林牧：the Chinese church include non-Chinese people
翻译：在中国的教会里面有的时候你有没有注意到，有的是，不是中国人
林牧：our youth speaker is not Chinese for our conference this year，
翻译：我们今年的那个英文部起初那个讲员，少年的讲员，他不是中国人，
林牧：and nor are many of our youth English workshop speakers
翻译：很多他们的专题的讲员也不是中国人
林牧：the people taking care of your children are not Chinese，
翻译：你看到替我们管理儿童部的有很多也不是中国人
林牧：and if God so lead and bless us, my future daughter-in-law will not be Chinese
翻译：假如神带领这样的话，我将来可能我的女婿也不是一个中国人
林牧： the Chinese family and the Chinese church is changing
翻译：媳妇，
林牧：我的媳妇，
the purpose of English speaking ministry，we have an English speaking ministry in many churches
翻译：我们在很多的教会里面我们有英文的事工。
林牧：And the purpose of this English speaking ministry翻译：这个英文的事工
林牧：is to worship God
翻译：是要来敬拜神，
林牧：just as Chinese ministry worship God
翻译：就好像中文的事工部一样，
林牧：the purpose of the English ministry
翻译：英文的事工
林牧：is to teach the word of God
翻译：是教导神的话，
林牧：so that Christian can grow
翻译：所以基督徒可以长进
林牧：just as Chinese ministry is the same
翻译：就好像中文部的工作一样。
林牧：The purpose of English ministry is to spread the Gospel so people can come to know Jesus Christ
翻译：中文部的事工是把这个福音传出去，
林牧：just like the Chinese speaking ministry does the same thing
翻译：就像中文的事工一样，把福音传出去，
林牧：the purpose of Chinese ministry is not to preserve the Chinese culture
翻译：所以要明白我们中文部的事工，并不是要来保存我们中国的文化，
林牧：nor is the purpose of the English ministry to preserve the Chinese culture
翻译：所以反过来讲就是说，我们英文部的事工也并不是要保持英文的文化，
林牧：the purpose of the Chinese church is the same as the purpose of the church of Jesus Christ
翻译：所以，总概来讲，这个事工的目的，乃是说主耶稣他要我们成就的目的，
林牧：it is the same as any other church, whether white, black, brown or yellow or red
翻译：就是所有普天下的教会，也是要有一个同样的目的，不管你的背景是怎么样，是白人黑人黄种人
林牧：now for most of us who came into this room this morning would probably feel a little bit, just a little bit uncomfortable
翻译：可能你们今天来到这个聚会，会有一点奇怪的感觉，
林牧：maybe the music made you uncomfortable
翻译：可能不习惯这个音乐，
林牧：or for those of us to whom the music is comfortable, it sounds a little bit too traditionally, with some Chinese mixed in
翻译：那些熟悉的，可能为着其他不熟悉的人，他们得把调子变了一点，变慢了一点，
林牧：well, ermm, the fact that you feel little bit uncomfortable, is the fact that you belong to a very large body of Christ which is the Chinese church in North America
翻译：我们会有这样的感觉，是因为我们在北美的教会的情形底下，有很多很多不同的背景，
林牧：for many years now, we have tried and learned to understand each other
翻译：很多年来，我们在教会里面大家希望能够互相的认识，互相的更融合，
林牧：some of us have not tried very hard to understand people who are different from us
翻译：可能有一些人没有花太大的努力，
林牧：some of us have been trying very hard to minister either on the Chinese side or on the English side
翻译：我们有一些人把全部的精神可能集中在中文方面，或许是在英文方面
林牧：but then we find out that we are being misunderstood by the other side
翻译：但是当我发现这样情形的时候，发觉另外的一方面会对我们有误会了，
林牧：it is sweet to trust in Jesus and to serve Jesus
翻译：所以我刚才讲到说是信靠耶稣是多么的美好，
林牧：but it is not so sweet to trust in the followers of Jesus
翻译：但是，同样的，我们假如能够信靠那些跟随耶稣的那就更好了，
林牧：We face the 21st century with many challenges
翻译：我们现在面对这个21世纪，有很多的挑战，
林牧：and if we cannot learn to understand the other part of our church, we are going to have very a difficult time to be the representative of Jesus Christ in the 21st century
翻译：所以假如我们对于我们教会另外的一部分不能够明白的话，我们就很难说，接受主耶稣给我们这一个挑战，
林牧：I’d like to speak to you this morning on the challenges we face in the 21st century
翻译：所以今天早上我愿意用这个时间，来这儿跟大家分享，我们在21世纪所面对的这种的挑战，
林牧：that I need your prayers
翻译：就是祷告的需要。
林牧： I’m going to ask my good friend, the English speaker Rev Ken Tom to come up and pray for me before I speak
翻译：现在我请我的好朋友Ken Tom，上来，为我祷告，
林牧：this is the service of the entire church, not just the English side or the Chinese side
翻译：今天这个聚会，是整个教会，并不是只是说英文部或者是中文部，
林牧：I would like to ask my brother Ken, Dr. Ken, to pray for me
翻译：我们请低头祷告，
Ken Tom： How grateful we are, O God
翻译：哦，父神我们对你是多么的敬爱，
Ken Tom：in the house of the Lord
翻译：在你的殿里面，
Ken Tom：we worship You as one family
翻译：能够来到你的面前，一个家庭一样来敬拜你
Ken Tom：and above all else, O God，
翻译：所以一切之上，
Ken Tom：we delight in Your presence
翻译：我们赞美你在我们当中，
Ken Tom：we welcome Your Holy Spirit
翻译：我们欢迎你的圣灵，
Ken Tom：come and minister to us
翻译：来到我们这边，服侍我们
Ken Tom：Father, as we are quiet before You
翻译：父神，当我们在你面前
Ken Tom：as our hearts are tenderized
翻译：等候，当我们的心在接受你的时候，
Ken Tom：we pray that You will give us eyes to see
翻译：我们求你给我们属灵眼睛看，
Ken Tom：ears to hear
翻译：给我们灵的眼可以看到，
Ken Tom：heart to feel
翻译：耳朵可以听见心可以感觉到，
Ken Tom：and feet to walk in respond
翻译：并且脚可以
Ken Tom：according to Your message
翻译：反应，要作你对我们的信息
Ken Tom：We ask and pray, Holy Spirit
翻译：哦，圣灵我向你们求，
Ken Tom：for the anointing of the lip of Your servant
翻译：求你膏我们今天的讲员的口
Ken Tom：We thank You God, for this Servant of God, Dr Samuel Ling，
翻译：我们谢谢你，
Ken Tom：We thank You, O God, that You have given him the opportunity to share with us as an entire family
翻译：你带你的忠心的仆人林慈信，来到我们当中，为我们带来信息
Ken Tom：We pray O God that Father
翻译：哦，我们向你求，父神，
Ken Tom：that You will speak word through his mouth
翻译：你要借着他的口，成为你的话的出口，
Ken Tom：that Father that these are ideas that we need to hear and to respond to
翻译：这些都是你要我们学习，你要我们听到的，
Ken Tom：This is our great desire to see, O God
翻译：哦，神啊，我们是多么愿意的看到，
Ken Tom：that Your Chinese Church and Your Asian Church is not simply maintained
翻译：你的中国的教会，你的华人的教会，并不是个战乱的存在，
Ken Tom：but there will be a spiritual breakthrough
翻译：但是他们要跨越，
Ken Tom：in all the church work
翻译：在灵命里面，在工作上面，
Ken Tom：the extending of the Gospel
翻译：要把这个福音，往前推展，
Ken Tom：and so O God that I pray the Spirit of God not only anoint Your servant Dr Samuel Ling
翻译：哦，父神啊，我的祷告不单只求你膏你的仆人林慈信牧师，
Ken Tom：but empower him with Your Spirit
翻译：但是要你给他能力
Ken Tom：and Lord, speak through him so that we have ears to hear, eyes to see
翻译：以你的灵借着他的口向我们讲话，使我们可以有耳可听，有眼可以看见，
Ken Tom：we thank You so much for the ministering presence of Your Holy Spirit
翻译：我们谢谢你的灵同在，
Ken Tom：In Jesus’ Name
翻译：是奉着主耶稣基督的名，
全体： Amen 阿们！
翻译：请你留在这边一下
林牧：Ken has been ministering in Asian ministries for 25 years, more than that, maybe 30 years, counting when the time you were still a lay Christian working in some CBS TV studio New York City a long time ago
翻译：Ken 现在在华人当中工作已经超过20几年了，就从你在那边开始的工作，
林牧：you are now a servant of God to enable and facilitate many English-speaking ministries in Asian churches, if I understand correctly
翻译：所以你现在的工作的重点就是在很多的一些教会里面，使他们能够可以接触到那边讲英语的那些会友，
林牧：it is not very often that the Chinese-speaking churches get to know somebody who is not only English-speaking, but has been working with English-speaking ministry for many many years
翻译：所以很多的时候，我们华人教会里面我们不单只有很少的机会认识说，那些讲英文服侍讲英文的人，可以看见他们的工作，
林牧：so I’d like to ask you to tell us what you want to say from your heart to the Chinese-speaking church in 30 seconds, no, actually you have more than 30 seconds翻译：所以我希望你现在利用短短的时间可以跟我们分享一下，就是在那些主要以华语为主的教会里面，中国人教会里面
林牧：the Chinese-speaking side needs to hear some of the things that are coming from the English-speaking side
翻译：华语教会里面很多的时候我们需要明白那些英语部他们的需要和工作，
林牧：in the last 30 years, we have not done a very good job to listen and to understand
翻译：过去的几十年来我们对这边常常的疏忽，
林牧：Now Jesus Christ is the head of one Church, but we don’t really understand very well the other part of our church
翻译：虽然我们常常说是主耶稣是教会的头，但很可惜在我们教会里面有两个部门的时候，两个部门大家都不太认识，
林牧：actually we have more than two 部门
翻译：there are more than two sections,
林牧：and because we don’t do a very good job of listening
翻译：因为我们没有常常花时间去听，
林牧：unintentionally or intentionally, we have injured our brothers and sisters
翻译：所以可能有意或者无意之间我们就会伤害到对方，
林牧：the Chinese side feel that the English side don’t have any manners
翻译：那些中文部的感觉到那些英文部的好像太没有礼貌了，
林牧： sometimes the English side feel that the Chinese side only have willpower and no heart
翻译：英文部的同样感觉到你们中文部的好像感觉常常要强调一件事情，但是对心里面的感觉好像没有什么，
林牧：so Ken, what would you like to say to the Chinese church?
翻译： 所以现在请Ken 来对我们中文、中国人的教会，讲一讲这方面的事情
林牧：well, I’m talking because I want to give him time to think. But you have before you a very experienced servant of God and he has some important things that he has been thinking, praying and sharing for many years
翻译：我讲是希望给他一点时间思考这个问题，现在我们今天非常的高兴，有一个很有经验，在这方面工作的，可以把他心里面的感想，对我们讲
林牧： His ministry is called The Vision Quest，
翻译：他的那个事工是”异象的追寻”。
林牧：So, what are some of the most important things the Chinese church needs to hear, Ken?
Ken Tom：Sam and I go back a long way from the Jesus Movement days of the 1970s
翻译：林牧师跟我认识，好的。
林牧：我们是从这个嬉皮士的时代，我们是从嬉皮士时代信主的时代已经作朋友了20多年。哈哈哈哈，
Ken Tom：This is probably a surprise to me
林牧：完全不晓得这个事情会发生的，
Ken Tom：but I am delighted to have an opportunity to share briefly with you。
林牧：不过实在很高兴有一点点时间跟你分享，
Ken Tom：with fear and trembling
林牧：我战战兢兢的
Ken Tom： that I’ll share maybe a few things that I think are important
林牧：容许我跟你们分享几件重要的事情，
Ken Tom：I am an ABC
林牧：我是一个土生华裔，
Ken Tom：I am a bona fide American-born Chinese
林牧：我是纯正血统的土生华人，
Ken Tom：I was born in the USA
林牧：我是在美国土地出生的，
Ken Tom：I’m an ABC pastor
林牧：我也是一个ABC 的牧师，
Ken Tom：my hair is full of grey hue
林牧：我的头发白了很多了，
Ken Tom：I use ? (Grecian blue?) (0:17:19）
林牧：我要染我的头发，
Ken Tom：but I absolutely love the Chinese church
林牧：但是我衷心的爱华人教会
Ken Tom：I absolutely love the Chinese people
林牧：我衷心的爱华人，
Ken Tom：I love all people but because God borne me as a Chinese person in America
林牧：我所有的人都爱，但是因为神把我生在美国，
Ken Tom：I am as Chinese as most of you
林牧：我跟你们一样非常中国化的，
Ken Tom：and I love Chinese ?（0:17:55）
林牧：我很喜欢去中国的自助餐的，
Ken Tom：and I married a Chinese American woman
林牧：我的太太也是华人，美籍华人
Ken Tom：so I am Chinese
林牧：我是华人。
Ken Tom：When Sam and I were young men in New York
林牧：林牧师跟我都是年轻人，在纽约的时候，
Ken Tom：and we like to think that our wives think about their ? young men （0:18:23）
林牧：我相信我们太太也希望看到我们是很年轻的，
Ken Tom：we dreamed great dreams for our Chinese church
林牧：我们对华人教会有很大的异象跟梦想，
Ken Tom：we were part of the Jesus Movement that was in America, that was sweeping the nation in the 60s
林牧：当时1960年代青年人信主归主的运动叫Jesus movement，
Ken Tom：and we swore aspirations to veer Jesus Movement within our Chinese community, start off in the New York area。
林牧：当时我们对纽约市也有这种的异象，就是青年归主，好像Jesus movement一样
Ken Tom：As for us, that catches our imagination to be able to devote ourselves to the Lord and to pursue full-time Christian ministry.
林牧：当时我们的异象促使我们奉献自己一生侍奉主耶稣基督，Ken Tom：But you know it’s not easy to pursue that route.
林牧：但是那条路不好走，
Ken Tom：Like all wonderful Chinese parents
林牧：华人的父母都是很可爱的，
Ken Tom：my parents love me
林牧：我的父母也不例外，
Ken Tom：and they love me so much
林牧：他们爱我到一个地步，
Ken Tom：you can be a doctor
林牧：你可以作医生啊
Ken Tom：you can be a lawyer
林牧：你可以作律师啦,
Ken Tom： an engineer
林牧：工程师，
Ken Tom：but being a minister?
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林牧：作牧师吗？
Ken Tom：Oh, no!
林牧：不可能。
Ken Tom：Now maybe it’s because that the Chinese Americans, they have large families
林牧：中国人在美国的家庭成员也不少，
Ken Tom：I’m number 8
林牧：我是老八，排第八，
Ken Tom：so you can see that the generation of American-born Chinese before me
林牧：所以你看到在我前面已经有一代的ABC 了，
Ken Tom：so maybe my momma got too tired of, you know, scolding the children
林牧：可能我的妈妈骂孩子骂得太累了，
Ken Tom：so when I shared with her my aspiration to serve God
林牧：当我跟我母亲分享我要侍奉神的时候，
Ken Tom：Reluctantly
林牧：她非常不愿意的，
Ken Tom：she allowed me to attend seminary
林牧：容许我进神学院，
Ken Tom：and, you know, I had no model
林牧：没有榜样在我面前跟从，
Ken Tom：I just love God
林牧：我只是爱神而已，
Ken Tom：I just want to serve God
林牧：而我只是要，只是要服事神，
Ken Tom：because I have a youth ministry
林牧：因为我有一个青年的事工，
Ken Tom：it was not as large as this church here
林牧：那个青年事工没有今天会众这么多人，
Ken Tom：but under my ministering we began with four林牧：我们开始只有四个，
Ken Tom：and that was a great start! Youth group- four! 林牧：非常好啊，青年团四个人
Ken Tom：And the next year God blessed mildly, eight! 林牧：次年神祝福我们，八个人。
Ken Tom：And then the next year even more wonderfully, sixteen!
林牧：第三年十六个，
Ken Tom：and then after that, the fourth year, forty
林牧：第四年40位了。
Ken Tom：It’s not so much about numbers, or anything, but it shows that young people
林牧：不是数字的问题，乃是说青年人，
Ken Tom：they love God
林牧：他们爱神，
Ken Tom： but you know I realized that they, I have my limitations
林牧：但是我也有我的限制的
Ken Tom：So, to be able to see that they would grow
林牧：但是要他们真的成长，
Ken Tom：I need to grow with them
林牧：我也要成长。
Ken Tom：And so, I did not see myself as a pastor — there was no Chinese American, ABC pastor
林牧：所以当时没有ABC牧师这回事，
Ken Tom：so we went to the nearby seminary which at that time we call the Aligned ? of Theology
林牧：当时我就去宣道的神学学院当时叫作ASTM。
Ken Tom：And so we came back, and, to minister to that group
林牧：念了一两年神学我就回来，继续的事奉，
Ken Tom：I never thought of myself as a pastor
林牧：从来没有想过要作牧师，
Ken Tom：I still don’t
林牧：我还没有，今天还不是。
Ken Tom：And yet 25 years later
林牧：但是25年之后的今天，
Ken Tom：I serve as an advisory pastor in two churches林牧：目前我作两个教会的顾问牧师。
Ken Tom：But the thing that, that is important for me
林牧：但是对我来说最重要的是，
Ken Tom：even at this conference
林牧：在这个春令会,
Ken Tom： I thank God that they’ve put me in this hotel facility
林牧：我很感谢神把我放在这个酒店，这个房间里面，
Ken Tom：and in this hotel facility, and I thank you for…, okay, I am spoiled, but keep on doing it
林牧：谢谢你宠坏我，不过继续的宠坏我吧。
Ken Tom：There is an open area
林牧：有一个地方是敞开的，
Ken Tom：and on a particular first night
林牧：第一天的晚上, 某某晚上,
Ken Tom： when I had only two hours of sleep
林牧：我只睡了两个小时，
Ken Tom：I could not believe my eyes, how many young people were in that area
林牧：我不能相信，看见这么多的年轻人在那个大厅里，
Ken Tom：And I could not believe how much lack of sleep I had
林牧：我也不能想象我真的没有睡过觉啊，好好睡个觉，
Ken Tom：but it was exciting
林牧：但是非常的令我兴奋
Ken Tom：for that night, at least…just for that night
林牧：就是那天晚上而已，
Ken Tom：because I can’t think
林牧：因为我在想，
Ken Tom：this is the future, how exciting!
林牧：这个就是，这个就是我们的未来，多么的兴奋，
Ken Tom：The vibrancy of their faith
林牧：看到他们信心的活力，
Ken Tom：I looked at these guys and said: Lord, who is going to pastor these kids?
林牧：那我就问神，神啊，谁来牧养这一些的青年人，
Ken Tom：Are there going to be churches… to help them to develop and to ? believers of Jesus Christ （0:23:56）
林牧：以后用……未来有教会真的让他们成长，成为耶稣的门徒吗？
Ken Tom：And now with the few people in the English ministry group, I may have been questioned
林牧：我知道我所事奉的英文事工，我也常常问这个问题，Ken Tom：I’m an old man now
林牧：我是老人啦，51, 哈哈哈哈,
Ken Tom：one year older than I am, hahaha, I have not much hair anymore
林牧：我头发已经不够了。
Ken Tom：But the generation that I see and love
林牧：但是我所看见的，我所爱的那一代，
Ken Tom：there aren’t, either the pastors or the churches, to accommodate their growth
林牧：现在目前没有足够的牧师跟教会来供应这个增长，
Ken Tom：That’s my number one concern
林牧：这个是我第一个首要的关怀，
Ken Tom：Our children, at this age
林牧：我们的，我们的儿女，这些年纪，
Ken Tom：it’s so great a thrill, as in John, to know that my children walk with God（0:25:30）
林牧：就好像约翰书信说，我的儿女与神同行是多么的宝贵的事情，
Ken Tom：It’s wonderful that they have youth group to fellowship
林牧：是的，他们有青年团、有少年团，很好，
Ken Tom：but will they have a structured, will there be a structured church to ? these young people who will eventually grow up, being teenagers （0:25:46）
林牧：但是当这些年轻人从中学毕业之后成为成人的时候，有教会吗？有事工的架构吗？
Ken Tom：They would grow up to be college students（0:26:06）
林牧：当他们进到大学的时候，
Ken Tom：and young career people
林牧：出来作事情的时候，
Ken Tom：and have families
林牧：他们要成家立业的时候，
Ken Tom：and have children of their own
林牧：有自己的儿女的
Ken Tom：will they still be part of the Chinese church?
林牧：他们还会留在华人教会吗？
Ken Tom：And so, in my role
林牧：我的角色
Ken Tom：of Vision Quest,
林牧：在 Vision Quest的角色,
Ken Tom：it has been simply a ministry to come alongside of our Chinese churches
林牧：就是来协助现有的华语华人教会，
Ken Tom：Do not tell them how to do English ministries
林牧：不是说告诉他们如何从事英语事工，
Ken Tom：but when you look at the young people
林牧：但是，当你看见这些青年少年人的时候，
Ken Tom：and you project their future
林牧：你往前看，
Ken Tom：that one day, that these young people’s group is going to become mature young people
林牧：有一天他们就会成为成熟的成人了，
Ken Tom：and they’re going to need a very different ministry in a very different structure
林牧：他们所需要的是一个非常不同的教会，跟不同的事工模式，
Ken Tom：that may not be comfortable at ?（0:27:15）林牧：对你来说可能不舒服的，
Ken Tom：and so, （0:27:21）
林牧：所以我从心里面要跟你讲的最重要的信息，
Ken Tom：if you love this generation, and I know, how many Chinese parents do not love their children?
林牧：假如你爱这一代的青年，没有华人父母不爱儿女的，是吗？
Ken Tom：is that you think about this generation you think: “ how can I make, how can our Chinese church ? intentional for their future?” （0:27:42）
林牧：我们华人教会如何能够刻意的为他们的未来，来筹算，Ken Tom：and we begin with vision
林牧：我们要以异象开始，
Ken Tom：and that’s why Vision Quest is called Vision Quest
林牧：所以我们叫作vision 异象的追寻，
Ken Tom：to help our Chinese churches arm their vision on their quest in English ministries
林牧：当我们寻找英语事工的路线的时候，我们需要以异象来装备我们。
Ken Tom：You know I wish that, I wish I grew up with Jewish people most of my life
林牧：我生长的时候都是跟犹太人一起长大的，
Ken Tom：and so timidly I share that I’m a Chinese Jew for Jesus
林牧：所以我说我是个，中国的归主、领人归主的犹太人，
Ken Tom：and so I grew up with people who are not Chinese
林牧：所以我是跟非华人一起长大的，
Ken Tom：and I know that as I minister
林牧：所以当我服事的时候，
Ken Tom：God has been very gracious to me
林牧：神实在很恩待我，
Ken Tom：He’d allowed me to visit many congregations particularly in the tri-state（0:29:12）
林牧：他容许我拜访了很多的华人教会，特别是 New York, New Jersey 那一带，
Ken Tom：to share this important message
林牧：来分享这个很重要的信息，
Ken Tom：When you think about this generation
林牧：当你想到这一代的时候，
Ken Tom： do you envision an intentional ministry?
林牧：你的异象是不是一个刻意为未来计划的异象呢？
Ken Tom：Someone like myself
林牧：好像我这种人，
Ken Tom：does not intend to be a troublemaker
林牧：并不是想要为你们加添麻烦，
Ken Tom：I’m really a nice guy
林牧：其实我人还不错，
Ken Tom：my children may not think so
林牧：虽然我的儿女不一定同意，
Ken Tom：but I am a nice guy!
林牧：我还不错的，
Ken Tom：So, I’m not a troublemaker
林牧：不是要给你们加添麻烦，
Ken Tom：I’m a trouble soother
林牧：我是来解决麻烦的人。
Ken Tom： So, that is my aspiration, that as a ? missionary（0:30:20）
林牧：所以这个是我的异象，我是要作协助改变这种的事工，
Ken Tom：to help our Chinese churches grow to the next step of development
林牧：帮助华人教会进入到下一代的发展。
Ken Tom：Sam and I are 50
林牧：我们都50岁了。
Ken Tom：When we were young men in our 20s
林牧：当我们20来岁的时候，
Ken Tom：there was an organization called Faith
林牧：当时有一个机构叫作美华福音协进会，
Ken Tom：Faith. And this organization advocated for English ministry development
林牧：Faith 当时为华人为土生华裔的事工，作一个声音，
Ken Tom：But many of those men, who ? were senior ABC pastors（0:31:07）
林牧：那些的牧师们都是年长资深的土生华裔牧师，
Ken Tom：and if they were smart, and they were smart林牧：假如说聪明的话，他们也是很聪明哦，
Ken Tom：they stayed on the West Coast
林牧：他们住在西岸。
Ken Tom：But it was ten years ago
林牧：但是十年前
Ken Tom：after I finished my training at Dallas Seminary 林牧：当我在Dallas（达拉斯）神学院毕业的时候
Ken Tom：God called me back
林牧：神呼召我
Ken Tom： to New York
林牧：回到东岸纽约，
Ken Tom：and gave me the vision
林牧：给我一个异象，
Ken Tom：but not only to come back for the tri-state region
林牧：不光是回到纽约三州的地区，
Ken Tom：but for the East Coast as well
林牧：乃是来服事东岸，
Ken Tom：English ministries development on the East Coast
林牧：东岸的英语事工的发展，
Ken Tom：is very limited
林牧：是非常非常的限制、有限制的，
Ken Tom：compared to the West Coast
林牧：至少跟西岸比较。
Ken Tom：The reason why I’m here this weekend
林牧：这个周末我来的原因，
Ken Tom：is through the graciousness of Dr. ?（0:32:17）林牧：是因为**牧师他的爱心邀请，
Ken Tom：and I am excited to have the opportunity to be here to meet most of you who are in the mid-Atlantic area
林牧：我实在是很荣幸能够认识你们很多的在东岸的中部和南部的弟兄姊妹，
Ken Tom：I’d like to encourage you
林牧：我愿意鼓励你们，
Ken Tom：my ministry is a ministry of encouragement
林牧：我的事工是一个鼓励的事工，
Ken Tom：this is definitely what we do
林牧：这个就是我要作的，
Ken Tom：to be able to reassure our Chinese churches that English ministry is not trying to split the church
林牧：跟你们说，开拓英语事工，并不是因为要分裂华人教会 Ken Tom：but being intentional in the development
林牧：乃是说要刻意的培养华人教会。
Ken Tom： See, when they grow up, you know, they grow up fast.
林牧：我们的儿女长大得很快的，
Ken Tom：Sometimes we want to keep them with us
林牧：很多时候我们要抓住他们留在家里，
Ken Tom：forever
林牧：永远永远，
Ken Tom：and we will when we get to heaven
林牧：当然我们到天堂的时候是永远永远，
Ken Tom：But someone wants heaven on earth
林牧：但是我们想要天堂搬到地上来，
Ken Tom：but they need to be empowered
林牧：但是他们需要有人帮助他们，从神得力，
Ken Tom：to reach their own generation
林牧：来向他们那一代传福音，
Ken Tom：to start their own churches
林牧：开始他们自己拥有的教会，
Ken Tom：（0:33:45）
林牧：发展他们自己的牧者跟同工，
Ken Tom：to start their own churches
林牧：开始他们自己的教会。
Ken Tom： I’m an old guy
林牧：我老了，
Ken Tom：but you know I yearn to see that there will be a new generation leadership, so that when Sam and I are retired
林牧：但是我祷告求神兴起新一代的神的仆人，好叫当林牧师跟我退休的时候，
Ken Tom：which is pretty soon
林牧：不久就很快来了，
Ken Tom：and then you won’t have to listen to our jokes林牧：你不用再听我们的笑话啦，
Ken Tom：but there will be a newer generation
林牧：但是有新的一代兴起，
Ken Tom：they’ll be able to minister to you
林牧：来服侍你们，
Ken Tom： and to your grandchildren
林牧：服侍你们的孙儿、孙女，
Ken Tom：And this weekend
林牧：这个周末，
Ken Tom：（0:34:28）
林牧：对他们来说可能神已经在开始动工，
林牧：Thank you, Ken（掌声）
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