新加坡基督教

新加坡基督教徒
新加坡基督教徒
	新加坡以琳堂正門上方的彩繪玻璃窗上，刻有一段聖經經文。
總人口
	654,355 (2020年人口普查) ; (佔新加坡人口的19%)
宗派
	聖公宗; 羅馬天主教; 福音主義; 信義宗; 循道宗; 非三位一體派; 五旬節運動; 長老宗;
宗教經典
	聖經
語言
	緬甸語 · 英語 · 菲律賓語 · 印尼語 · 日語 · 韓語 · 中文 · 泰米爾語 · 泰語

截至2020年最近一次的人口普查，基督徒佔新加坡居民人口的19%^[3]。基督教是新加坡第二大宗教，僅次於佛教，位居回教之前。2020年的數據顯示，新加坡基督徒中約有37.1%為天主教徒，其餘62.9%被歸類為「其他基督徒」，其中多數為新教徒，也有少數是東正教徒或屬於其他基督宗教少數派^[4]。

基督教最早是由英國國教聖公會信徒引入新加坡，這些人是在萊佛士建立英國殖民地後不久抵達的首批英國定居者之一。新加坡基督徒的比例在過去數十年間穩步上升：1980年為9.9%，1990年為12.7%，2000年為14.6%，至2020年已達18.9%^[5]^[6]。這一增長部分來自於越來越多新加坡人皈依基督信仰，以及出生於基督徒家庭的人數上升^[7]^[8]^[9]。

新加坡大多數基督教教會隸屬於新加坡基督教協會（英語：National Council of Churches of Singapore, NCCS）^[10]。這些教會多屬於新教傳統，涵蓋眾多教派。另一個主要組織是新加坡五旬靈恩基督教聯盟（英語：Alliance of Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches Singapore, APCCS），這是一個由本地獨立靈恩教會、神召會教派以及其他基督教機構和牧者組成的網絡^[11]。

宗教間關係

新加坡是一個擁有多元宗教傳統的社會。於2003年發布的《宗教和諧宣言》是一份具有里程碑意義的文件，新加坡基督教協會支持並參與了該宣言的起草工作。2008年9月3日，當時為新加坡國立大學社會學系的訪問研究員的社會學家兼五旬節派牧師馬修・馬修斯（英語：Mathew Mathews）訪問了183 名新加坡教牧人員。透過這些訪談，他觀察到許多新加坡地區的基督教牧者對宗教間對話持保留態度。他指出，近50%的牧者認為宗教間對話可能會削弱他們自身的宗教信念。他於2008年9月2日在新加坡公共研究院（英語：Institute of Public Studies）舉辦的一場論壇上，發表了相關研究報告^[12]。

參見

參考文獻

^ Census of Population (2020): Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion (PDF). singstat.gov.sg. Singapore Department of Statistics: 200–206. 2020 [26 May 2023].
^ Religion (Microsoft Excel). singstat.gov.sg. Singapore Department of Statistics. 2020 [26 May 2023].
^ Census of Population 2020: Religion (PDF). Department of Statistics Singapore. 16 June 2021 [25 June 2021].
^ Singapore Census of Population 2015: Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion. Singapore: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore. January 2011. Table 59 ("Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Ethnic Group and Sex"). ISBN 978-981-08-7808-5.
^ Sng, Bobby E.K. In His Good Time: The Story of the Church in Singapore 1819–2002 3rd. Singapore: Bible Society of Singapore. 2003: 337. ISBN 981-220-286-2.
^ Better-educated S'pore residents look to religion. 13 January 2011 [26 February 2011]. （原始內容存檔於16 January 2011）.
^ Goh, Daniel P. S. State and Social Christianity in Post-colonial Singapore. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia). 21 April 2010, 25 (1): 54–89. JSTOR 41308136. S2CID 144235936. doi:10.1355/SJ25-1C. Christianity has flourished in post-colonial Singapore, especially attracting conversions from among young, urbanized and English- educated.
^ S. Chin, Clive. The Perception of Christianity as a Rational Religion in Singapore: A Missiological Analysis of Christian Conversione. Routledge. 2017: 166. ISBN 9781498298094. This socio-demographic characterizes Christian converts as mostly .. (2) well-educated, (3) belonging in higher-income brackets, (4) switching their religion between ten and twenty-nine years of age
^ Religious Revival Among Chinese in Singapore (PDF). SSA1201 Assignment. 14 May 2018. Converts to Christianity tend to come from the young, educated, English-speaking Chinese generation
^ National Council of Churches Singapore Website. （原始內容存檔於25 April 2011）.
^ Alliance of Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches Singapore Website. Alliance of Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches Singapore. [13 June 2022].
^ Li, Xueying. Clergy 'Wary of Inter-Faith Talks'. The Straits Times. 3 September 2008 [2 October 2018].

[1] Census of Population (2020): Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion (PDF). singstat.gov.sg. Singapore Department of Statistics: 200–206. 2020 [26 May 2023].

[2] Religion (Microsoft Excel). singstat.gov.sg. Singapore Department of Statistics. 2020 [26 May 2023].

[Singapore_Census_2020-3] Census of Population 2020: Religion (PDF). Department of Statistics Singapore. 16 June 2021 [25 June 2021].

[4] Singapore Census of Population 2015: Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion. Singapore: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore. January 2011. Table 59 ("Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Ethnic Group and Sex"). ISBN 978-981-08-7808-5.

[5] Sng, Bobby E.K. In His Good Time: The Story of the Church in Singapore 1819–2002 3rd. Singapore: Bible Society of Singapore. 2003: 337. ISBN 981-220-286-2.

[6] Better-educated S'pore residents look to religion. 13 January 2011 [26 February 2011]. （原始內容存檔於16 January 2011）.

[7] Goh, Daniel P. S. State and Social Christianity in Post-colonial Singapore. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia). 21 April 2010, 25 (1): 54–89. JSTOR 41308136. S2CID 144235936. doi:10.1355/SJ25-1C. Christianity has flourished in post-colonial Singapore, especially attracting conversions from among young, urbanized and English- educated.

[8] S. Chin, Clive. The Perception of Christianity as a Rational Religion in Singapore: A Missiological Analysis of Christian Conversione. Routledge. 2017: 166. ISBN 9781498298094. This socio-demographic characterizes Christian converts as mostly .. (2) well-educated, (3) belonging in higher-income brackets, (4) switching their religion between ten and twenty-nine years of age

[9] Religious Revival Among Chinese in Singapore (PDF). SSA1201 Assignment. 14 May 2018. Converts to Christianity tend to come from the young, educated, English-speaking Chinese generation

[10] National Council of Churches Singapore Website. （原始內容存檔於25 April 2011）.

[11] Alliance of Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches Singapore Website. Alliance of Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches Singapore. [13 June 2022].

[12] Li, Xueying. Clergy 'Wary of Inter-Faith Talks'. The Straits Times. 3 September 2008 [2 October 2018].

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