澳洲華人教牧神學院 院訊 第二十八期

二零一五年八月

郵寄地址 Postal Address: P.O.Box 1340, Burwood NSW 1805 1 電郵 Email: ctca@ctca.org.au 網址 Website: www.ctca.org.au

前言：澳神不斷强調全人的培訓，

是知識、靈命和品格三方面的培育。

故此，每個週一，全校師生都一起有

早會的時間，通過敬拜禱告和講道，

師生一同來到神面前重新得力。7 月

13 日是下學期開學的第一天，我們

很感恩能邀請到榮譽院長黃彼得牧師

前來早會証道。作爲服事主 60 多年

的資深牧者，黃牧師有什麽話跟全體

師生分享呢？

經過禱告，黃牧師有感動將一篇他

早在 1958 年回母校「東南亞聖道神

學院」任教時的自省心志跟大家分

享。黃牧師的這篇信息沒有艱深的神

學理論，但字字句句都是老僕人的肺

腑之言；提醒也鞭策著年輕的神學

生，在接受裝備，展望未來禾場的時

候，不要忘記生命的聖潔。

以下是黃牧師的信息大綱：

一、靈性上的自省

(1)與神交通的情況；(2)對神委身

的堅持；(3)對神話語的熱愛；(4)遵

行聖經真理的尺度是否漸漸放鬆？(5)

面對困難時依靠誰去解決？(6)在信靠

神的程度上是否退步？

二、男女兩性間的自省

1. 已婚的：(1)對配偶忠貞的誓約

是否堅持？(2)在配偶以外的異性保持

什麽距離？(3)與異性來往時，是否暗

中相戀？

2.未婚的：(1)是否在結婚年齡時急

要結婚？或等候神的時候？(2)與已婚

的教牧或信徒來往，有否不正當的思

想或感情？(3)是否有同性戀的傾向，

或找同性的朋友爲知心朋友？

三、職位與恩賜上的自省

(1)職位與恩賜不平衡時，内心

接受，失望，掙扎？(2)如果恩賜比

職位大，是否用手段去得高位？或

是等候時機成熟，水到渠成？(3)恩

賜大職位低，肯否與恩賜小職位高

的同工同心事奉？(4)與恩賜大地位

高的同工一起事奉，是否渴慕早日

得到更大的恩賜與更高的地位？(5)

運用恩賜是否單爲侍奉神，或是為

得到更高的地位而努力？(6)盡力盡

心運用恩賜是要得人的稱讚，或是

神在暗中的鑒察？

四、對錢財產業上的自省

(1)侍奉是否以待遇的高低爲首

要考慮。在接受多處聘請時，說要

禱告尋求神的旨意和引導，是藉口

或真心？(2)在職位上信徒送禮多，

就多關心；送禮少，或者沒送禮，

就少關心？(3)教會安排住宿地區，

歡喜住在高等住宅區，或平民區也

樂意？(4)當薪水不敷應付日常基本

開支時，有否盼望得意外之財，或

向富有信徒表態需要？(5)收入有餘

或不足，是否固定奉獻十分之一，

或 順服 聖靈 的感 動將奉 獻事 居 首

位？(6) 經受公款，或信徒交代奉獻

款項上，是否如數交教會財政，或私

自決定用途？

五、與人同工上的自省

(1)主任牧師在領導同工時，是否

按各人的恩賜，才幹去安排？或按同

學，同鄉親戚關係去安排？新同工恩

賜或學問比主任牧師高，是否肯接納

他的意見？(2)同工間的關係是建立

在崗位，職權的分配上，或也考慮靈

命的成熟，品德的高尚，待人有禮，

家人和睦相處？(3)同工講道差，失

敗，犯罪，受人攻擊，我們用什麽原

則去處理？(4)對同工的待遇，是用

制度的規定，或個人的關係去幫助？

(5)同工的子女多，聰明能幹，有成

就；而自己子女不成才，無成就，心

理的感受如何？埋怨神，怪命不好，

討厭這不成才的兒女？(6)同工的恩

賜大，發展機會多，是否有被壓倒的

自卑感？

六、傳講信息上的自省

(1)用多少時間去預備每主日的講

章？( 2)每次主日講道的心裏感受

是：重擔、痛苦？或是喜樂感恩的心

侍奉？(3)是否忠心傳講聖經本身的

真理信息，或是傳講神學家的理論，

或以聖經信息無關的故事去吸引人？

(4) 對傳講聖經真理是越來越有負

擔，並放下更多的工夫去思考，探

討，或是多閲讀名人有學術的講稿，

提高自己的學術分量？(5)預備講章

信息是多思考聖經真理，多禱告，求

聖靈指示教導，或是多看名人講章？

(6)講章寫好後，稿子是否保留，可

作以後參考，或講完就丟棄？有否全

年講道記錄，作爲以後反省之用？

聖工人員生活與侍奉上的自省

早會敬拜時刻 羅德麟院長致辭勉勵學生 師生聆聽黃彼得牧師証道

黃彼得牧師証道

澳神開放夜

日期： 9 月 24 日（週四）

晚上 7 時（6 時半茶聚）

地點：長老宗神學院

Christ College, 1 Clarence Street, Burwood NSW 2134

內容： 短講、學生見證、學位課程簡

介、迷你課程體驗及討論

特別歡迎考慮全時間事奉或

有意進修神學的弟兄姊妹參加。

由於場地容量有限，有意參加者請於

9 月 17 日前將姓名、聯絡電話、

電郵地址電郵至 ctca@ctca.org.au 留位。

查詢請電(02) 9715 2992

學院動態

新同工－歡迎義務會計陳梁少珊女士及義務人事主任陳耀康先生，於 7月 1 日起加入澳神大家庭。

「五年計劃」信心認獻－本院需要尋求經濟夥伴，在未來的五年，共同承擔講師們的薪酬，有意參加者請與院長辦公室聯絡。

澳神/神學教育主日－今年院長的講道行程已排滿，2016 年的行程現正開始安排，歡迎各教會預約。有意者請致電 (02) 9715-2992 院長辦公室楊太。

代禱事項

舊約準講師陳大同博士的工作簽證申請仍在辦理中，祈禱移民局能儘快批出陳博士的工作簽證。目前陳博士暫以特約講師身份於神學院任教。

為 9 月 12 日之普通話神學講座，及 9 月 24 日之澳神開放夜的籌備工作代禱，求主賜福使用。

為本院申請開辦 ACT 新聖工碩士課程代禱。

為增加中文圖書至 15,000 本，及本院所需經費代禱，求主供應。

本院五年計劃的信心認獻，還需要更多人參與，盼望早日達標（每年 40 萬）。

發行者： 澳洲華人教牧神學院 2 主編：蘇拾瑩傳道

2016 ACT 學位課程招生

本院現正招收明年澳洲神學協會 ACT學位課程學生，課程包括 :

道學碩士(AQF LEVEL 9) 聖工學士(AQF LEVEL 7) 神學學士(AQF LEVEL 7) 道學研究文憑(AQF LEVEL 8) 神學/聖工雙文憑(AQF LEVEL 5) 聖工文憑(AQF LEVEL 5)

入學資格、申請手續及章程 請參閱本院網站

澳洲公民可向政府

申請 FEE-HELP 貸款助學

2015 年普通話神學講座

『不想讓你知道我是誰 — 另類宗教與其帶給 華人教會的省思 』

講員：田宏恩牧師 （本院系統神學及教會歷史專任講師）

日期: 9 月 12 日（週六）

時間: 下午 2 時至 9 時

地點: 長老宗神學院

Christ College, 1 Clarence Street, Burwood NSW 2134

☆ 普通話公開聚會 ☆ 免費入場，歡迎自由奉獻支持神學院

詳情請瀏覽本院網站

查詢：(02) 9715 2992

經過上學期末緊張的考試和年中短短

的兩週假期，澳神在 7 月 13 日迎來了新

學期的開始。感謝主，這個學期神賜予

六位新學生。他們是陳偉中，林守旺，

冼桂興，王宗裕，周雅芬和曾泳敏。

這幾位同學的年齡背景各不相同，在

教會參與的服事也不一樣，但是他們都

同有一個呼召，也同有一個心志要將自

己奉獻給主使用。在神奇妙的帶領下，

他們放下了原本的工作，調整了原先的

生活優先次序，特地安排時間出來接受

神學院的裝備和生命的造就。

看了以上關於新同學的介紹，您是否受

感動願意支持本院的事工，使我們更有

能力爲神國培育教牧英才，使神學教育

的聖工得到更好的發展呢？您的奉獻無

論大小，只要捐

得甘心樂意，就

蒙神的悅納。請

參閱下方支持澳

神的奉獻方法。

下工作，全職去讀神學的時候，就跟深愛

他 的 太 太 分 享 ， 一 同 禱 告 。 聖 經 教 導

「二人成爲一體」，同心的決定才蒙神的

喜悅。經過一段時間的禱告之後，太太非

常堅定地支持他入讀神學院。「夫婦同

心，其利斷金」，因此，在太太的全心支

持之下，陳弟兄毫無後顧之憂地踏上了全

時間接受神學裝備的道路。

除了六位下半學期報名入讀的學生之

外，也有一位轉入澳神修讀的學生，孫

青梅同學。當別的同學還在預備自己進

入全時間的事奉之即，孫同學已經在海

外宣教工場服事了數年 。 如今她再次回

感恩 新學期學位課程一共錄取了 6 位新

生和 1 位轉讀生。

本院師生八人於 7 月 5 日順利完成坎培拉考察學習之旅，平安回來。主力在坎培拉華人基督教會觀摩學習，同時參觀了澳亞基督教會，獲益良多。

請支持澳神事工

劃線支票抬頭請寫“Chinese Theolog-

ical College Australia”，然後連同個人資料（姓名、地址、電話、電郵）及奉

獻用途＊寄回本院，以便發回收據。

直接存入戶口(Westpac Bank A/C No. 032-080-29-0867)，存款後請將收據連

同個人資料及奉獻用途＊以電郵或郵寄方式通知本院，以便發回收據。

＊經常費、圖書館基金（可扣稅）或校舍

基金（可扣稅）

陳偉中同學

他們當中，陳偉中同學是

來自西雪梨華人基督教會

的執事。他入讀之前蒙神

賜福在房地產業有不錯的

成績，在教會和幾個基督

教機構中也積極服事。當

他感到神的呼召，願意放

還有一位學生，周雅芬

同學來自位處市中心的

衛斯理中文堂。雖然目

前她還不能全職修讀神

學，但是她願意以半時

間先來入讀。 周雅芬同學

到 悉 尼 ， 一 面 修 養 身

心 ， 一 面 繼 續 進 修 充

電，預備以更佳的狀態

再次投身服事的行列。

我們衷心祝福這七位同

學，求主賜他們聰明智

慧，也賜他們謙卑受教

的心，使他們不僅在知識和神學上有長

進，並且得到生命的陶造和更新，成爲

合神使用的教牧人才！

孫青梅同學

Open Night Date: 24th September 2015 Time: 7pm (refreshment at 6:30pm) Venue: Christ College, 1 Clarence Street, Burwood NSW 2134

Program: short message, student testimony, degree course introduction, mini class experience & discussion

If you feel called to serve God full time or are planning to undertake

theological studies, please email your name,

mobile number and email address to ctca@ctca.org.au by 17th September.

Enq: (02) 9715 2992

2016 ACT Degree Program Application

Application for 2016 Australian College of Theology (ACT) undergraduate and gradu-ate programs now opens. Courses are: MASTER OF DIVINITY GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF DIVINITY BACHELOR OF MINISTRY BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY DIPLOMA OF THEOLOGY / DIPLOMA

OF MINISTRY DIPLOMA OF MINISTRY

Please refer to our website for details.

News update New Staff Members – We welcome our

new Honorary Accounting Officer, Ms Sandy Leung and Honorary Human Re-sources Officer, Mr Michael Chan join-ing us on 1st July.

“5 Years Plan” Faith Pledge – We are in need of financial partners who are will-ing to support our lecturers’ remunera-tion in the coming 5 years. Those who wish to participate in the faith pledge please contact the Principal’s office.

College/Theological Education Sundays – The Principal’s 2015 booking is full. Year 2016 is now open for booking. To book a date, please contact the Princi-pal’s assistant, Mrs. Winnie Yeung, on (02) 9715-2992.

Prayer Points Our Old Testament Lecturer, Rev. Dr.

Tai Tung Chan’s application for a work-ing visa is still being processed. Pray that the Immigration Department will approve his visa application as soon as possible. He is presently teaching at the College as an adjunct lecturer pending the visa approval.

Pray for the Mandarin Theological Lec-ture and Open Night to be held in Sep-tember.

Pray for the College’s application for teaching ACT’s new Master of Ministry program.

Pray for the increase of the collection of Chinese books in our library to 15,000 volumes and the funds we need.

Pray that more people will participate in the “5 Years Plan” Faith Pledge and the goal of $400,000 per annum be reached soon.

Publisher ： Chinese Theological College Australia (CTCA) E-2 Editor ： Pastor Susie Su

2015 Mandarin Theological Lecture

“I Don't Want You To Know Who I Am: Insights for Chinese Churches from

the Perspective of Alternative Religious Movements ”

Speaker: Rev. Hung-En Tien (Mandarin)

Date: 12th September 2015 Time: 2pm - 9pm Venue: Christ College, 1 Clarence Street,

Burwood NSW 2134

☆ Free admission ☆

Please refer to our website for details.

Enq: (02) 9715 2992

Having gone through the intense exam period and a short break of 2 weeks, CTCA welcomed a new semester on 13th of July. We thank God for granting us 6 new stu-dents this semester. They are David Chen, Sam Lin, Simon Xian, Wally Wang, Jessica Zhou and Silvia Tsang. These new students vary in age and back-ground as well as the ministries they are involved at church. Yet they all have the same calling from God and they are of the same heart to serve God. By God’s miracu-lous leading, they laid aside their work and

adjusted their life priorities, making time especially to study at the theological col-lege. Amongst the new stu-dents, David Chen is a dea-con from the West Sydney Chinese Christian Church. Before he came to the col-

lege, he was very accomplished in his real estate career and involved actively in both the church and several Christian organiza-tions. When he sensed God’s calling to

leave his job and study theology full time, he shared and prayed with his loving wife. Hus-band and wife are of one flesh and that a decision made from the same heart is pleas-ing to God. As his wife prayed and thought for some time, she became very firm and supportive. The Chinese always say “when husband and wife are of the same heart, such power could cut through all kinds of

difficulties.” Therefore, David is able to devote himself to full time study with no reservation. Jessica Zhou is from Wesley Mission Chinese Congregation. Although she is unable to study full time at this time, she is willing to study part time first.

Apart from the six new students, there is also a transferring student, Sophie Sun. Whilst other students are still preparing themselves for future ministry, Sophie has served as a missionary overseas for a few years already. She is now recuperating physi-cally, as well as recharging herself with further studies with the aim to return to

the mission field in the fu-ture. We as the college sin-cerely wish all 7 students the very best in their studies. We pray that God will grant them wisdom and a humble and teachable heart so that they will not only grow in

knowledge and truth, but also be formed and renewed in their life character to be-come God’s good and faithful servants.

Sophie Sun

Thanksgiving We have accepted 6 new degree course

students and one transferring student in the 2nd semester.

Our College Mission Week was com-pleted smoothly on 5th July. The team of 8 (including the Principal and 7 stu-dents) mainly observed and learned about the ministry of the Canberra Chi-nese Christian Church and also visited the Canberra Austral Asian Christian Church. They were enriched by the experience.

Please Support CTCA For donation, please draw cheque in favour of Chinese Theological College Australia and send it to P.O. Box 1340, Burwood NSW 1805, together with your personal details (name, postal address, phone no. & email address) and purpose of donation*. Official receipt will be issued accordingly. Or you may deposit into our Westpac Bank Account No. 032080-290867. Please send the deposit slip, together with your personal details and purpose of donation* to CTCA by post or via email. Official receipt will be is-sued accordingly. *general fund, library fund [tax deductible] or school building fund [tax deductible].

David Chen

Jessica Zhou

Having read the introduction on our new students, do you feel moved to make do-nations to our college so that we can train up more faithful pastors for God’s king-dom and better advance the ministry of theological education? No matter how large or small your donation is, so long as it is offered with a willing heart, it will be pleasing to God. Please see below how dona-tions can be made.

CHINESE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE AUSTRALIA INC.

NEWSLETTER

Postal Address: P.O. Box 1340, Burwood, NSW 1805 E-1 Email: ctca@ctca.org.au Website: www.ctca.org.au

FOREWORD: CTCA always has a wholistic approach in equipping the students for min-istry which involves three elements – aca-demic, spiritual and character for-mation. Henceforth on every Monday, the whole college will spend an hour in chapel service to renew our strength before the Lord. On 13th of July, the first day of the second semester, we are very thankful to have our Principal Emeritus Rev. Dr. Peter Wongso to speak at the chapel service. As a servant of more than 60 years of experience, what message would Rev. Dr. Wongso bring to the whole college?

Having spent time in prayer, Rev. Dr. Wongso felt moved to share a message on self-reflection which he wrote for himself in 1958 when he went back to teach at his al-ma mater Southeast Asia Bible Seminary. There was no difficult theological theory in his message, instead words evolved from his heart. Below is an outline of Rev. Dr. Wongso’s message:

A. Self-reflection in spiritual life (1) How is my relationship with God? (2) Am I still firm in my commitment to God? (3) Do I still have the passion for God’s words? (4) Am I being more and more casual in keeping the truth? (5) Whom do I rely on when en-countering difficulties? (6) Am I making re-gression in trusting God?

B. Self-reflection in relationship with the opposite sex

For the marrieds: (1) Am I still faithful to my marriage vow? (2) What distance should I keep with the opposite sex? (3) Do I have romantic feelings in secret in dealing with the opposite sex? For the singles: (1) Am I eager to get married when I’m getting on age or am I willing to wait on God’s timing for me? (2) when deal-ing with pastors and other believers, do I have inappropriate feelings or thoughts? (3) is there any homosexual inclination or that seeking soul mates in friends of the same sex?

C. Self-reflection in position and spiritual gifts

(1) When there’s imbalance between posi-tion and spiritual gifts, what is my inner feel-ing? Do I accept or feel disappointed or struggling? (2) If my spiritual gifts are greater than my position, do I seek inappropriate means to go higher in rank or wait patiently

Self-reflection on A Minister’s Life and Ministry

until time is right for things to fall into places themselves? (3) When spiritual gifts are greater than my position, am I willing to work in unity with others who are in high position yet lesser gifted? (4) When working with those who are both great in spiritual gifts and position, am I eager to gain higher position and greater spiritual gifts quickly? (5) Do I use my spiritual gifts in serving God alone, or for the purpose of going up higher in position? (6) Do I endeavour to use my spiritual gifts for the praise of men or for God to exam quietly?

D. Self-reflection in financial matters (1) Does financial reward become utmost important when considering a ministry posi-tion? When I say that I need to pray to seek God’s will and guidance, do I really mean it or it is only an excuse? (2) Do I care more for those who give me more gifts, and care less for those who give me less or none at all? (3) When the church arrange accommodation for me, do I prefer to live in an upper class area or happy with a lower one? (4) When salary is not enough to keep up with daily expenses, do I put my hope in windfalls or express my needs to believers who are rich? (5) When salary is abundant or insufficient, do I still keep up with my tithes, or do I fol-low the lead of the Holy Spirit to keep offer-ing as my top priority? (6) When handling public funds, or offerings from believers, am I faithful in handling the sums and leave them with the church or do I secretly make use of them for personal means?

E. Self-reflection in relationship With co-workers

(1) When in the position of a senior pastor, do I arrange the co-workers according to

their gifts and abilities, or because of per-sonal relationship such as fellow students, relatives, coming from the same hometown? When new co-workers have gifts and knowledge greater than the sen-ior pastor, am I willing to accept his/her suggestions? (2) Do I build relationship with co-workers by position and power, or do I also take into consideration their spir-itual maturity, integrity in character, skills in inter-personal relationships, harmony with their families? (3) When co-workers preach badly, fail, sin, and are under attack by others, what principles do I use in han-dling such cases? (4) When arranging for co-workers’ financial needs, do I follow the rules or by personal relationships? (5) When children of co-workers are many, smart, capable and accomplished, and yet my own children are of no use and unac-complished, how do I feel in my heart? Do I complain to God, complain being less fortunate, then dislike the children? (6) When co-workers have more gifts and more opportunities of development than me, do I feel oppressed and therefore form a negative self-image?

F. Self-reflection in preparing sermons

(1) How much time do I put into preparing sermons for every Sunday? (2) How do I feel about preaching on Sundays? Bur-dened, painful? Or joyful and thankful? (3) Am I faithful in proclaiming the truth of the Bible? Or am I just borrowing theories of the theologians, or do I tell stories unrelat-ed to the Bible to attract people? (4) Do I feel more and more passionate in pro-claiming the truth of the Bible, and there-fore putting into more effort to think and study, or that I just tend to read more ser-mons written by people known for their academic achievements and therefore throwing more weight into my academic studies in the sermon? (5) Do I prepare the sermon by pondering more on biblical truth, praying and seeking the leading of the Holy Spirit or by reading more of ser-mons written by well-known people? (6) Once the sermons are completed, do I keep the scripts for future reference or just throw them away? Do I have a record of my yearly preaching for reflection in the future?

Worship at Chapel Service Speech by the Principal Listening to Rev. Dr. Peter Wongso’s Sermon

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Peter Wongso