滕近輝與八十年代初香港福音派的政教挑戰／邢福增
邢福增
撮要
滕近輝牧師是見證着華人教會變遷的重要人物。檢視他對華人教會的影 響，大多均從「屬靈」的層面探討其事奉職事，相對而言，他對社會政治課題的回應，卻未受到充分的關注。本文以八十年代初香港教會的時代背景為脈絡，聚焦社關及中國這兩個香港基督教無法迴避的課題，探討滕近輝對福音信仰與社會關懷的理解。其中涉及1984年發生的三起事件：與大專基督徒就關社問題對話、〈信念書〉的發表及香港基督教人士訪京團。上述三個例子雖是獨立事件，卻具體地展現了滕氏在其中的反省與實踐，並突顯出華人福音派面對的政教挑戰。
ABSTRACT
Rev. Philip Teng is one of the most prominent Evangelical figures of Hong Kong Christianity. In accessing his impact on the Chinese Church, much attention has been given on his pastoral ministry from a spiritual dimension. In this connection, Teng’s response to the socio-political issues is still a field not being cultivated.
With the contextual background of the Hong Kong Church in the early 1980s, this paper aims to investigate how Teng responded to two critical issues that shaped the Hong Kong Christian Church at that time, ie., Christian’s social involvement, and China-Hong Kong relationships respectively. Special attention will be paid to three independent but mutually related events happened in the year of 1984: dialogues with Christian student communities on Christian’s social involvement, the issue of the Evangelical Declaration on “Christian Faith in Times of Radical Social Changes”, and Hong Kong Church Representatives’ Delegation to Beijing. The reflection and participation of Teng on the above issues, as shown in this paper, will help us to identify the church-state challenges being faced by the Hong Kong Evangelicals in such a critical moment of the Hong Kong history.
原載於《建道學刊》45期（2016年1月），頁 53-76。
