古约翰与东北复兴运动(1888-1908)

Jonathan Goforth and The Revival in Manchuria (1888-1908)

加拿大长老会传教士古约翰受第二次宗教复兴运动和北美学生志愿海外传教运动影响下于1888年入华传教。入华后,面对汉语学习、天主教竞争,古约翰逐渐重视圣灵在布道中的作用、主张以经释经捍卫《圣经》的绝对权威。受1907年年底朝鲜复兴运动的影响,古约翰领导了东北复兴运动,成为福传集会方面的领袖人物,拉开了中国现代五旬节主义的序幕。东北复兴运动教会被称为“中国的威尔士大复兴”,进入欧洲人的视野,成为世界基督教运动的重要组成部分。在东北复兴运动影响下,中国教会内掀起一阵复兴狂潮,教会道德水平明显提高,神学院学生、本地教牧人员逐渐意识到自身对教会发展的责任,为基督教中国化、中国教会自治奠定了人力和财力方面的基础。

Jonathan Goforth,The Canadian Presbyterian Missionary,entered China in 1888 under The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Mission and the Second Awakening Movement.After entering China,in the face of Chinese language learning and Catholic competition,Jonathan Goforth gradually attached importance to the role of the Holy Spirit in evangelism,and advocated the use of scriptures to defend the absolute authority of the Bible.Influenced by The Korean Revival Movement at the end of 1907,Jonathan Goforth led The Revival in Manchuria and became a leader in the evangelistic meetings,which opened the prelude to modern Pentecostalism in China.The Revival in Manchuria,known as“China’s Welsh Revival”,has entered the Europeans’vision and has become a vital part of the world Christian Movement.Under the influence of The Revival in Manchuria,a wave of Revival broke out in the Chinese church.The moral level of the church has been significantly improved.The seminary students and local pastors have gradually realized their responsibility for the development of the church,which has laid the manpower for the Sinicization of Christianity and the autonomy of the Chinese church and physical basis.