ABC 2014 北美華人基督徒教育大會
Access Bible Convention
課碼(Workshop):
教室(Room #): Room 200
講員(Speaker): 林淑美牧師
授課語言: 華/英
題目(Topic):兒童靈命成長的研究
專題簡介:
針對南加州15間台福基督教會137位三至六年級
學童，研究父母、主日學老師和牧師對兒童靈命
塑造的影響。
林淑美牧師
Amy Shu-Mei Lin
教育背景:
Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, CA
Ph. D. 2013
Emphasis: Educational studies
Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, CA
M. Div. 1999 Emphasis: General Pastoral
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
M.B.A. 1983 Emphasis: Business Admin.
經歷:
愛恩台福基督教會
Evangelical Formosan Church of Irvine
台語堂/教育牧師
Taiwanese Ministry/Education Pastor
1999 – Present基督徒教育
1999 – 2005 文教中心
2002 – 2009 兒童事工
2010 – Present台語堂牧養
Christian Education
Education Center
Children‘s Ministry
Taiwanese Ministry
研究目的:
兒童靈命塑造
Children's
Spiritual
Formation
主日學教師
和牧師
Nonparental
Adults
父母
Parents
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM
Description of the Problem
A. Regardless of the understanding of the
important role that parents play in
their children’s lives for spiritual
formation, many parents fail to make
their home a spiritually nurturing
environment.
B. Children’s spiritual formation
generally is overlooked in the
Evangelical Formosan churches
(EFCs).
or
Importance of the Study
Children’s spiritual formation is heavily
dependent on God’s truth being both
modeled and intentionally taught by
parents and non-parental adults (Sunday
school teachers and pastors).
Statement of the Research Questions
The primary research question for the
study is: What is the relationship
between parents and non-parental
adults and the spiritual formation of
children in the Evangelical Formosan
churches in Southern California?
CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE
1st domain - Children’s spiritual formation
2nd domain – The relationship between
parents and the spiritual formation of
children.
3rd domain – The relationship between
non-parental adults and the spiritual
formation of children.
4th domain - The social context of
children’s spiritual formation in the
Evangelical Formosan Churches.
CHAPTER 3
CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
INTEGRATION
A. Children are valuable and need to be
nurtured as they develop their faith.
B. Parents and non-parental Adults
(pastors and Sunday school teachers)
are called to nurture the spiritual
formation of children.
1. The role of parents is to impress on
their children the love and character
of God.
2. Pastors and Sunday school teachers
are called to offer spiritual
nurturing to children.
C. Case studies of nurturing children to
follow the Lord
Parents in the Old Testament
Parents in the New Testament
Non-parental Adults in the Old
Testament
Non-parental Adults in the New
Testament
CHAPTER 4
RESEARCH DESIGN AND PROCEDURES
Research Design
This study aims to explore the
relationship between parents and nonparental adults and the spiritual
formation of children. Thus, a
quantitative research design, including a
descriptive and correlational research
method, was used.
The study used a self-reporting instrument,
composed of eight short questionnaires, with
a total of 84 items:
(a) The Background Information
Questionnaire (BIQ, 9 items)
(b) The Inventory of Parent Attachment
(IParA, 10 items)
(c) The Inventory of Pastor Attachment
(IPasA, 10 items)
(d) The Inventory of Sunday school Teacher
Attachment (ISSTA, 10 items)
(e) The Questionnaire for Relationship
between Parents and Pastors (RPP, 14
items)
(f) The Questionnaire for Relationship
between Parents and Sunday school
teachers (RPSST, 13 items)
(g) The Revised Religious Experience
Questionnaire (RREQ, 12 items)
(h) Six additional questions from chapter 3
It should take approximately 35 minutes
to complete the entire survey instrument.
Sample Selection Procedures
The population of this study was 137
third to sixth grade children in the 15
Evangelical Formosan Churches (EFCs)
in Southern California.
This was a convenience sample because I
serve as an EFC pastor and have been
involved in the children’s ministry for the
past eight years, and I am known in the EFC
Pastor Association and am familiar with the
conditions of other EFC churches’ children
ministry as well.
CHAPTER 5
RESULTS
與兒童靈命
的關係
Attachment
依戀
Interaction
互動
Modeling
模範
父母
主日學
老師
牧師
X
X
X
X
X
X
CHAPTER 6
CONCLUSIONS
First, it was found that the relationship
between the child and the child's feeling about
his or her closest parents is associated with
children's spiritual formation.
14%
Inventory of Parents
Attachment
(IParA) scores
Revised
Religious Experience
Questionnaire (RREQ)
scores
Second, the relationship between the child and the
child's feeling about his or her closest non-parental
adult (pastor and Sunday school teacher) is also
associated with children's spiritual formation.
14%
Inventory of Pastor Attachment
(IPasA) scores
13%
Revised Religious Experience
Questionnaire (RREQ) scores
Inventory of Sunday School Teachers Attachment
(ISSTA) scores
Third, among the five kind of relationships
(the relationship between parents and
children, the relationship between pastors and
children, the relationship between Sunday
school teachers and children, the relationship
between parents and pastors, and the
relationship between parents and Sunday
school teachers), parents, as much as pastors,
were revealed to be significantly important
people related to children's spiritual
formation.
Implications for
Ministry and Education Practice
In this section, these implications will be discussed
for
• Parents
• Non-parental adults (pastors and Sunday school
teachers)
• Relationship between parents and non-parental
adults at home
• Relationship between non-parental adults and
parents in the church.
• EFCs churches’ leaders
Limitations of the Study
• There are five limitations on the generalization of
the findings of this study.
Recommendations for Future Research
Family
Parents
Church
Non-parental adults
(Sunday school teacher,
Pastors)
Parents
Children’s
Spiritual
Formation
Sunday
school
teachers
Pastors