德國新教教會發表震驚福音派團體的言論

One of Germany’s largest Protestant regional churches has come under fire from other Christians for speaking out against efforts to convert Muslims just as tens of thousands of refugees from the Islamic world are streaming into the country.

In a new position paper, the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland says the passage in the Gospel of Matthew known as the Great Commission — “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” — does not mean Christians must try to convert others to their faith.

Migrants receive bananas, soup, bread and tea before crossing the Austrian-German border in Achleiten, Austria, across from Passau, Germany, on October 29, 2015. Photo courtesy REUTERS/Michaela Rehle