“Sunset Ministry”? An AG Chinese Ministry Network NextGen and Worship Workshop that changes our perspective. Read the Chinese article.
“夕阳事工”？一场改变我们视角的工作坊——神召会华文部下一代与敬拜工作坊带给您全新眼光。
多年来，新加坡华文事工圈子里总流传着一个低语，为“夕阳事工”。然而，这真的是事实吗？或许我们需要换一个眼光，不是“夕阳”，而是“长青”。
2026年5月22至23日，新加坡神召会华文部的众教会齐聚一堂，参与了下一代工作坊、复兴之夜及敬拜工作坊。这系列聚会由马来西亚神召会华文部青年领袖事工“以利沙团队”主领。
许多人带着期盼而来，试图在人力稀少、资源有限的困境中，寻得开展青年或敬拜事工的“标准答案”。然而，团队带来的并非单纯的技巧，而是一种属灵叙事的重塑。从“夕阳”到“长青”，从“节目”到“生命”，从“掌控”到“遮盖”。
马来西亚神召会华文部总监官文豪牧师在开启下一代工作坊时，提出了一个扎心的问题： “尽管教会建筑升级了、节目丰富了、预算增加了，教会是否却在不知不觉中，在灵性上失去了我们的下一代？” 他的答案并非提供更好的敬拜编排或更精彩的课程，而是回归真实的生命见证、刻意的门徒训练，以及陪伴年轻一代发现并回应呼召的勇气。在“我们该做什么”之外，更深层的拷问随之而来。我们清楚自己身在何处吗？我们是在做节目，还是在塑造生命？我们是否敢于从“掌控”转向“属灵的遮盖”？
在当晚的复兴之夜中，官牧师继续劝勉疲惫的领袖们要持续为神焚烧。他提醒在场的各位，真正的坚忍绝非苦苦支撑或单凭意志力，而是被神的爱深深抓住。生命之火的重燃，不是源于外在的需要，而是源于与主面对面的更新、持续的祷告、神话语的光照，以及在敬虔团契中的彼此建立。
紧接着，马来西亚神召会华文部文书、以利沙团队核心成员李惠晶牧师以敬拜工作坊为这两天的聚集划下句点。她带领众人重新聚焦于那神圣的呼召，就是敬拜绝非讲道前的暖场表演，而是神与祂子民相遇的祭坛。这个呼召要求我们回归祭司的职分，勇敢跟随圣灵进入水深之处。核心的问题不再只是“我们如何把敬拜带领得更好”，而是“我们是否预备好承载祂的荣耀？”
或许，“夕阳”的叙事并不是一个定论，而是一个反思的契机。如官文豪牧师所说：“能力可以模仿，火却无法复制。” 对于渴望复兴的华文教会而言，真正的问题是: 今天，是什么在驱动我们的事工？或许现在正是时候，让我们放下一眼望去的资源、语言和人力限制，去承接一个从神而来、超乎想象的伟大异象。神对新加坡华语事工的呼召从未改变过。神已经预备好了，我们呢？
AG Chinese Ministry Network: Reframes the Narrative
“Sunset Ministry”? An AG Chinese Ministry Network NextGen and Worship Workshop that changes our perspective.
For years, Chinese-speaking ministries in Singapore have carried a quiet but persistent label: a “sunset ministry.” But is that label truly deserved?
On 22 and 23 May 2026, the Assemblies of God Chinese churches across Singapore gathered for a NextGen workshop, a Revival Night, and a Worship workshop. The sessions were hosted by the Elisha Ministry Team (以利沙团), the Chinese youth leadership ministry of the Assemblies of God, Malaysia.
Many came hoping to discover how to sustain NextGen and Worship ministries amid limited manpower and scarce resources. Yet what the team offered was not merely a set of practical strategies, but an invitation to reframe the narrative itself.
Rev Philip Koon, Director of the AG Malaysia Chinese Language Division, opened the NextGen workshop with a piercing question: “Has the church unknowingly been losing our children spiritually despite our upgraded church buildings, programs, and budgets?” The answer he proposed turned out to be far from the suggestions of better worship sets or more exciting curriculums. Rather, it was a return to authentic witness, intentional mentoring, and the courage to help the younger generation discover and answer their call. Beyond “what should we do,” the deeper questions linger: Do we understand where we stand? Are we shaping programs or lives? Dare we move from control to spiritual covering?
That same night at the Revival Night, Rev Philip exhorted weary leaders to keep their hearts burning for God. True perseverance, he reminded, is not grim endurance or sheer willpower. It is being gripped by God’s love. Rekindling does not come through added pressure, but through fresh encounters with the Lord, prayer, the Word, and a godly community.
Rev Christal Lee, Secretary of the AG Malaysia Chinese Language Division and a core member of the Elisha team, closed the two days with a worship workshop. She pointed everyone back to the sacred call: worship is not an opening act before the sermon, but the altar where God meets His people. She issued a pressing invitation to return to a priestly calling and to enter deep waters with the Spirit. She urged us to consider not just “how do we lead better,” but “are we ready to carry His glory?”
Maybe the sunset narrative is not a verdict but a question. As Rev Philip puts it: “Power can be imitated, but fire cannot.” The real issue for Chinese churches desiring revival is this: What fuels our ministries today? Perhaps it is time to dream beyond limitations of manpower, language, and resources, to a God-sized vision. The call on Chinese ministries in Singapore remains. God is ready. Are we?
