Action Research: A Methodology Towards a Model行动研究：一种方法，建立一个模型

I’ve been thinking about a few problems inherent within developing models of doing church in a post-[insert word here] context.我一直在思考的几个问题的固有发展模式的做法教会在后[插入Word这里] 。 The biblical way of conceiving of a church system (as far as I understand it) is relational, interdependent, decentralized, and fiercely pneumatological.  One could caricaturize the conventional church as a sort of opposite of these things: institutional, independently individualistic, centralized, and programmatic.  But any such caricature is misguided.  The Spirit has always been faithful to reveal Christ and form community in the Church–even when we unwittingly act in disconcert.圣经的方式构思一所教堂系统（ AS据我所知）是关联，相互依存，分散，而且激烈的pneumatological 。之一，可以caricaturize传统的教会作为一种相反的，这些东西：体制，独立的个性，集中，和方案，但任何这类漫画是一种误导。精神，一直忠实地揭示了基督和形式，在社区教会，甚至当我们在不知不觉法在disconcert 。

Nevertheless, there is truth to the caricature.  If we want to conceive of a church as a community created by the Spirit–a calling together of those who are in the process of being saved–an interdependent array of broken people who reflect the life and love of Jesus Christ to one another and the world, then we need to reconceive the way in which we do church.  Our current approaches are generally inadequate.不过，有真理，以漫画，如果我们要设想一所教堂作为一个社会所创造的精神-一，要求一起那些谁是在这一过程中被保存-一个相互依存的阵列破碎的人，谁反映的生活和爱耶稣基督到另一个和世界，那么我们需要reconceive以何种方式，我们的教会，我们目前的做法是普遍不足。

I’ve become intrigued by action-research and its potential for church development.  Here’sa definition of action research (which I got from我已经成为推出的行动研究和它的潜力，为教会的发展。下面的定义行动研究（我从 this site本网站 ): ） ：

Action research can be described as a family of research methodologies which pursue action (or change) and research (or understanding) at the same time.行动研究可以被形容为一个家庭的研究方法而采取行动（或变更）和研究（或理解）在同一时间内。 In most of its forms it does this by在其大部分形式，它是通过

• using a cyclic or spiral process which alternates between action and critical reflection and使用一个循环或螺旋的过程，候补之间的行动和批判性反思和

• in the later cycles, continuously refining methods, data and interpretation in the light of the understanding developed in the earlier cycles.在后来的周期，不断改进方法，数据和解释在参照发达国家的理解，在以前的周期。

It is thus an emergent process which takes shape as understanding increases;  it is an iterative process which converges towards a better understanding of what happens.因此，这是一个新兴的过程，形成的了解增加;这是一个迭代的过程，收敛迈向一个更深入的了解会发生什么。

In most of its forms it is also participative (among other reasons, change is usually easier to achieve when those affected by the change are involved) and qualitative.在其大部分形式，这也是参与（除其他原因外，改变通常是比较容易实现时，这些受影响的变化所涉及的）和定性。

In other words, this approach engages in research on the fly.  You research and analyse as you go.  You take the time to process your actions and refine them as you go.  This approach challenges the common approach, which is TO START WITH THE END IN MIND AND CONSTANTLY TRY TO MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM TOWARDS THAT END.在其他的话，这种做法所从事的研究果蝇，你的研究和分析，作为你，你考虑的时间处理您的行动和完善他们当作你到这种做法的挑战，共同的做法，这是开始与结束在铭记和不断尝试操纵系统，实现这一目标。

What is the alternative?  Here’sa perfect description (from是什么替代呢？以下是完美的描述（从 Vineyard Central葡萄园中央 ) of this system at work: ）这一制度的工作：

What does a typical house church meeting look like? 什么是一个典型的家庭教会会议样子？
They’re他们
all a little different.所有有点不同。 What we encourage people to do is just get我们鼓励人们这样做只是获得
together for a pot-luck meal and pot-luck worship ending with共同努力，建设一个盆栽运气吃饭和花盆-运气崇拜结束
communion.共融。 Pot-luck worship is based on 1 Corinthians 14 where Paul盆栽运气崇拜是基于一哥林多前书14那里保罗
writes "Everybody has a prophecy, word of encouragement, a song", etc.写道： “每个人都有一个预言，字的鼓励下，一首歌”等。
If everybody (or most people) bring something that becomes the agenda.如果大家都（或大多数人）带来的东西成为议程。
Eventually this will start to take a form that fits the group’s gift最终，这将开始采取的一种形式适合本集团的礼物
mix.组合。 So some groups have gifted teachers and those people can regularly因此，有些团体的资优教师和那些人可以定期
be counted on to bring a teaching.算对，把一个教学。 In the beginning, though, I just在开始时，虽然，我只是
encourage people to get together over a meal and start to build the为鼓励市民聚在一起，超过一餐，并开始建设
relationships.关系。 The last thing you want is a strict agenda and a过去的事情，你想要的是一个严格的议程和
programatic approach. programatic的做法。 The structure will emerge from the group itself结构将会出现从小组本身
over time.随着时间的推移。

It would be silly for a group to form without any sort of pre-conceived purpose.  But what if a handful of friends were to meet with the purpose of studying and praying about what it means to be church, and then let the pattern emerge as they pray together?  What if they allowed themselves to experiment–and allow for trial and error in developing a sytem?  This is perhaps a dramatic way of using action research in developing approaches to church development; there are a meriad of other applications to this approach to research.这将是愚蠢的为一组，形成没有任何形式的预先设想的目的，但如果少数的朋友们见面，目的是研究和祈祷，约是什么意思要教会，然后让格局出现他们一起祈祷什么，如果他们允许自己的实验，并允许试错，在发展一个系统呢？这也许是戏剧性的方式使用行动研究在发展中国家的办法，教会的发展;有一meriad其他的应用系统，以这种方法研究。

for further reading .为进一步读。 . 。 . 。

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