美國教會集體祈禱一個小女孩複活

在年幼的女兒不幸去世後，美國加利福尼亞州的一個家庭請求他們所在教會(位於加利福尼亞州雷丁的伯特利教會)的成員通過祈禱、吟唱以及讚頌的方式幫助自己嚐試令女兒奇跡般地複活。

上周五，兩歲的Olive Alayne Heiligenthal在睡夢中停止了呼吸，在女孩的父母撥打911後，盡管醫護人員趕到現場並盡了最大努力，但最終還是無力回天。

雖然她的遺體已被送去當地驗屍官辦公室，但她的父母卻拒絕相信自己女兒在這個世界上的生命已經真正結束，並呼籲他們的教會通過祈禱的方式來嚐試複活其女兒。Andrew和Kalley Heiligenthal都是伯特利教會的成員，他們希望通過集體祈禱、吟唱和讚頌的力量，能夠令Olive死而複生。

Kalley Heiliegenthal為此寫道： “我們相信死而複生的耶穌掌握了複活力量的鑰匙。我們需要用這股力量複活咱家的小Olive Alayne，她昨天停止了呼吸，並被醫生宣告死亡。我們請求全球教會與我們站在一起，進行一場大膽的統一祈禱，並堅信上帝將令這個小女孩複活”。

雖然基督教教會並未廣泛接納這樣的複活嚐試，但是據伯特利教會的官方聲明顯示，這個加利福尼亞州教會及其成員“相信《聖經》(馬太福音10：8)中關於治愈與肉身複活的故事，並且相信其中所描繪的奇跡在如今也有可能”。

在星期二晚上，成百上千人聚集於伯特利教會，並在一場呼籲Olive複活的儀式中進行集體祈禱和禮拜。根據一位教會發言人的說法，這是該教會有史以來第一次為祈禱複活而舉辦的公共祈禱。

除了協助Heiligenthals複活其女兒外，伯特利教會還發起了眾籌運動，最終目標為100000美元，以此支付“ Heiligenthal家庭將出現的不可預見開支、醫療費用以及其他費用”。

在撰寫本文時，已有343人捐贈了超過43000美元。不過這項眾籌也引發了一些批評之聲，一些人在社交媒體上指責教會與這對悲傷的夫婦合夥謀劃了這場“騙局”。

與此同時，試圖通過祈禱與吟唱令Olive死而複生的努力還在繼續。

本文譯自 Odditycentral，由譯者 HTT110 基於創作共用協議(BY-NC)發布。

 

 

Megachurch and Family of 2-year-Old Girl Who Died Suddenly Try To Bring Her Back to Life Through Prayer

 

 

Following the tragic death of their young daughter, a California family has asked members of their church, the Bethel Church in Redding, California, to help them attempt a miraculous resurrection through prayer, singing and praise.

Early on Friday, 2-year-old Olive Alayne Heiligenthal stopped breathing in her sleep, and despite the best efforts of paramedics, who arrived on the scene after the girl’s parents called 911, she could not be resuscitated. Her body was taken to the Shasta County Coroner’s Office, but her parents refuse to believe that their daughters time on this Earth has truly come to an end, and have appealed to their church to attempt a resurrection through prayer. Andrew and Kalley Heiligenthal, both of whom are members of the Bethel Church in Redding, hope that through mass prayer, music and praise, Olive can be revived.

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“We believe in a Jesus who died and conclusively defeated every grave, holding the keys to resurrection power. We need it for our little Olive Alayne, who stopped breathing yesterday and has been pronounced dead by doctors,” Kalley Heiliegenthal wrote. “We are asking for bold, unified prayers from the global church to stand with us in belief that He will raise this little girl back to life. Her time here is not done, and it is our time to believe boldly, and with confidence wield what King Jesus paid for. It’s time for her to come to life.”

Such resurrection attempts are not widely accepted by the Christian Church, but according to an official statement from Bethel Church, the California church and its members “believe in the stories of healing and physical resurrection found in the Bible (Matthew 10:8), and that the miracles they portray are possible today”. On Tuesday night, hundreds of people  gathered at Bethel Church for prayer and worship in a ceremony calling for Olive’s resurrection. According to a church spokesperson, this was the first-ever public prayer that Bethel has hosted to pray for a resurrection.

 

 

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