Values, Practices & Beliefs

核心價值與實踐

我們的核心價值

Our Values

We Are Church is a family of simple churches pursuing the New Testament vision of church.
We gather in homes across the globe to share daily life with Jesus and one another, multiplying communities wherever God leads.
We Are Church 是一個由簡約教會組成的大家庭，致力追求新約聖經中的教會異象。
我們在世界各地的家裡聚會，與耶穌及彼此分享日常生活，並在上帝所帶領的地方擴展社群。

Our Practices

我們的實踐

Devotion to Prayer & Reading Scripture

忠於禱告及經文研讀

We Are Church is structured to cultivate a culture where everyone spends daily time with God through Scripture and prayer. Rather than relying on Sunday sermons to be “fed,” our church follows a shared reading plan, fostering personal growth and meaningful discussion during weekly gatherings.
We Are Church 的架構旨在培育一種文化：每個人都透過每日讀經與禱告親近神。與其單靠主日講道來被「餵養」，我們的教會希望透過共同的讀經計畫，促進個人成長，並在每週的聚會中展開有深度的討論。

Small, Simple Gatherings

小型且簡約的聚會

In order to help us truly love each other, we’ve committed to having churches of 10-20 people meeting in a home. We’ve seen that once we get to 30 or 50 or 100 people in a church it becomes increasingly more difficult to live like a family, truly know each other, carry each other’s burdens, and build each other up. Many churches will do this in the form of a community group, which is great. But far too often people view a Sunday morning big gathering as the primary context of church, and the community group as optional. For us, we want to everyone to opt into sharing life, and therefore the primary context of church for them is a spiritual family of 10-20 people.
為了能真實地彼此相愛，我們致力於建立 10 到 20 人的家教會。我們發現，一旦教會人數達到 30、50 甚至 100 人時，要像家人般生活、真正深入了解彼此、共擔重負並彼此造就，就會變得越來越困難。許多教會以「團契小組」的形式來實行，這固然好；但人們往往將週日早上的大聚會視為教會的首要核心，而將社群視為可有可無。對我們而言，我們希望每個人都能委身於「彼此分享生命」。因此，對我們來說，教會的核心就是一個 10 到 20 人的屬靈家庭。

Everyone Discipled and Disciples

使人成為門徒的門徒

Everyone is called to make disciples. We are all called to share the gospel with non-believers in hopes that they would follow Jesus. We are all called to take responsibility for the spiritual care of other believers. But discipleship is hard and messy. It involves intentionally getting to know someone, having hard conversations when sin is evident, working through conflict, and spending extra time with them when life gets hard.
每個人都蒙召去建立門徒。我們蒙召要向未信者分享福音，盼望他們能跟隨耶穌；我們也蒙召要為其他信徒的屬靈生命負起責任。然而，門訓是既艱辛又不容易。這包括了刻意去深入了解對方、在罪顯露時進行艱難的對話、處理衝突，以及在生命有難處時花額外的時間陪伴他們。

Everyone Uses Their Gifts

每個人都使用恩賜

Paul said “to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good” (1 Cor 12:7). He goes on to list many different types of gifts that the Spirit gives to believers for the sake of the body. Then, he explains how every part of the body is needed and that we must be careful not to develop a mindset that some gifts are more necessary than others. But is that truly how we function in the church? Does every single believer in a church realize that they are just as needed and important as anyone else in the church? Or do they tend to think that the preacher and worship leader are more important?
保羅說過：「聖靈彰顯在各人身上，是要使人得益處。」（哥林多前書 12:7）他隨後列舉了聖靈賜予信徒的各樣恩賜，全都是為了要建立基督的身體。他解釋了身體的每一個部分都是不可或缺的，提醒我們必須小心，切莫養成一種「某些恩賜比其他恩賜更為重要」的心態。然而，這真的是我們在教會中運作的方式嗎？教會中的每一位信徒必須意識到，自己與教會的任何人一樣，都是「被需要」且「同樣重要」的，而不是認為傳道人和敬拜主領才是更重要的。

Multiplication of Leaders and Churches

領袖和教會持續的倍增

So many churches begin small, relational, and discipleship-focused, but aren’t able to maintain those characteristics as numeric growth happens. Before they know it, they have become more and more of a machine rather than a healthy family. Meeting in homes sounds great, but what happens as the church grows? How does a church adapt as the Lord adds to their number? One word: Multiplication. The true fruit of an apple tree isn’t apples, but rather more apple trees. The true fruit of a strong leader is not followers, but more strong leaders. The true fruit of a healthy church is not congregants, but more healthy churches. God has designed the world to be one that reproduces and multiplies.
許多教會在起初時都是以小型、注重關係且以門徒訓練為核心的，但隨著人數的增長，往往難以維持這些特質。不知不覺中，這變得越來越像「運作程式」，而非一個「健康的家庭」。在家中聚會聽起來很棒，但當教會增長時會怎樣呢？當主將人數天天加給他們時，教會該如何調整？答案只有兩個字：倍增。蘋果樹真正的果子並不是蘋果，而是更多的蘋果樹；一位堅壯領袖真正的果子不是跟隨者，而是更多堅壯的領袖；一個健康教會真正的果實不是會眾，而是更多健康的教會。上帝設計這個世界的樣式，就是不斷地生養眾多及倍增。