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唐崇荣博士,着名基督教华人布道家和神学家,世界华人福音事工联络中心副主席。创设印尼归正福音教会丶美国华府之归正学院,及唐崇荣国际布道团。自1957年迄今,向全球超过二千万人讲道,足迹遍及亚丶欧丶美及大洋洲。唐博士思想横贯中西丶鉴古知今,每以独到洞见精辟阐释上帝启示之真理。是各地青年丶知识份子爱戴的教师,普世教会敬重的牧者。为表彰他长期宣扬正统基督教信仰所树立的典范,神学重镇美国费城西敏神学院特於2008年颁予其荣誉博士学位。

唐博士以福音及文化双重使命致力於归正福音运动之实践。作为牧师,他还精研音乐丶哲学丶历史丶美术和建筑。他作曲丶指挥,创办雅加达神剧会社。设计监造归正千禧建筑群,其中有弥赛亚大教堂—世界最大椭圆顶基督教堂丶雅加达交响音乐厅—印尼全国最大的国际级音乐厅、博物馆,并继续规划筹建基督教大学及神学院。

Stephen Tong, is an Indonesian Reformed evangelist, Theologian, and Christian philosopher. In his ministry spanning 50 years, he has preached to more than twenty million people since 1957. As an evangelist, Tong has preached in Asia, Europe, Australia, North and South America, and guest lectured at many theological seminaries in Asia. He is the founder and the President of the Stephen Tong Evangelistic Ministries International (STEMI) which has established offices in the US, Europe, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Taipei.

Stephen Tong was born in 1940 in Xiamen, China, to a Chinese father and an Indonesian mother of Chinese descent. His family migrated to Indonesia when he was 9 years old. The family had seven sons (Tony, John, Peter, Caleb, Solomon, Stephen, Joseph), five of which would became Christian ministers later on, and one daughter (Mary). He was also known as a bright, attentive, passionate, and rush man. At the age of 17, he dedicated his life to Christ after hearing a sermon by Andrew Gih at a youth conference near Surabaya. His mother, who was a widow since he was 3, was instrumental in his spiritual life. He said of his mother, "When I was small, the first words I'd hear in the morning were those of my mother while she prayed. She prayed for each of us children by name, and asked God to guide us."

Stephen Tong obtained his Bachelor Degree in Theology (B.Th) from Southeast Asia Bible Seminary in Malang, Indonesia, where he later served on the faculty, teaching theology and philosophy for 25 years. In 1985, Stephen Tong was awarded an honorary doctorate in leadership in Christian evangelism from the La Madrid International Academy of Leadership in Manila, in the Philippines. Since then he has been usually formally referred to as "Rev. Dr. Stephen Tong". In May 2008, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the Westminster Theological Seminary.

Stephen Tong names his brand of theology as Evangelical Reformed, which is said to be aimed at meeting the challenge of the Charismatic movement as well Liberalism. It emphasizes on the importance of the Bible as the sole word of God and actively encourages evangelism. Tong also frequently mentions the need for churches to attend to the Cultural Mandate. Besides this he is also a fervent creationist, having promoted his creationist ideas in rallies held in Taiwan and Singapore.

Among his listeners, Stephen Tong is known to possess a unique flair of rhetoric in his preaching, often linked to influences of George Whitefield and Charles Spurgeon. Many of his sermons have been published into books.

Tong's ministry is mainly conducted among Mandarin and Indonesian-speaking audiences. Since 2000, Tong has preached expository sermons on the Gospel of John, Romans, Hebrews, James and other topics in Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, and Taipei every week. Every year, Christmas and Easter mark the occasions for evangelistic rallies in these cities, in addition to other rallies in these cities and others which he visits less frequently. As an evangelist, he is said to have influenced hundreds of thousands to become full-time ministers of the Gospel.

 

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