盧俊文 Chunwen Jacob Lu

Pastor Chunwen Jacob Lu was born on April 22, 1957, in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Both his father, Rang-Quan Lu, and mother, Ya-Fang Lu were from Liuyang, Hunan Province. His parents fled to Taiwan from mainland China in 1949. Jacob was the third child in the family, he had one older brother, Junzhe Lu; one older sister, Ziyun Lu; one younger sister, Junying Lu. Jacob graduated from Christ College in Guandu in 1983 and met his future wife, Daihao Ruth Tang. They got married on July 7, 1985. After graduating from China Evangelical Seminary in 1987, he and his wife were called by God to pastor a small local church, Tainan Gospel church in southern Taiwan. In 1991, he and the family went back to Taipei. In 2004, he got a Doctor’s degree from the Chinese Evangelical Seminary. At the end of 2007, he moved to Texas, USA. February 23, 2022, he rested in peace with the Lord.

After going back to his home church, the Bread of Life Church in Taipei in 1991, he started working on the “Marriage, Family, and Singles” ministry plus setting up the Counseling Center. God granted him two precious sons, Yenchun Joshua, the older one (01/19/1990); and Yenlun Caleb, the younger one (10/02/1992). He then moved to the USA at the end of 2007. First, he participated in the ministry at Austin Chinese Church. In 2014, he started pastoring at Dallas/Fort Worth Christian Assembly which was planted by Travis Christian Assembly in Austin. He was contracted with COVID and was taken to the heavenly home by our Lord on February 23, 2022. He had rested from the labor on earth, to enter into the resting place and be with the Lord forever which is greater than any other thing.

Several things had been a burden to Pastor Lu throughout his life. The relationship between husband and wife in marriage, pre-marital counseling, parenting education, single emotional life, the cultivation and training of couple leaders, and writing daily devotional materials. “Prevention is better than remediation” was the core concept of his marriage and family ministry. He started with education so that couples who were ready to enter a marriage could clearly understand the difficulties they may face after marriage. At the same time, they had to decide whether to marry the one they were dating.

Pastor Jacob and his wife started premarital series courses in 1988, first one-on-one, and in 1991, in small groups, with six couples in each group participating in the course. Till 2006 they had supported more than six hundred couples. Hundreds of married couples learned how to listen to their spouses. He was also a visionary pastor. He hoped that more cross-denominational couple leaders could be nurtured and become the help of others. Therefore, many co-workers and couples were established, they were not only able to do the ministry on their own but even better than Pastor Jacob. More than a thousand single brothers and sisters learned how to understand the opposite gender, interact in a healthy way, and find a future partner. Pastor Jacob and his wife often said, “No matter what it costs, save your and my families.” Actually, there was nothing to brag about. Without the grace and mercy of God, nothing could be accomplished. Therefore, we give all the glory to God! It was He who accomplished all these!

After coming to the United States at the end of 2007, Pastor Jacob entered the wilderness of spiritual life. God had special guidance for him, and He took him into the depths of his spiritual life while facing quite a few other challenges. I believe that this was the hand of God, in order to gain him completely, and let him know that God did not evaluate a man by what he had done, but to connect with His Life. In order to shepherd the spiritual needs of the brothers and sisters, he quietly meditated on the scriptures of the day before God every day, wrote the spiritual material, and then posted them in the church group chat or on Facebook.

On April 14, 2020, he experienced a major health crisis with severe acute pancreatitis that nearly took his life, but God rescued him from the fowler’s snare. In one year, he was hospitalized four times for a total of 93 days, including 31 days in the intensive care unit. In February 2021, he was almost recovered completely, giving him the opportunity to spend a year of sweet time with his wife. The brothers and sisters of the Dallas/Fort Worth Christian Assembly and Travis Christian Assembly prayed for him earnestly every day. At the same time, they also provided loving meal delivery actions and even offered donations to him. It made him feel the love and support from God’s family!

The most grateful thing was that on June 29, 2021, Pastor Jacob and his wife had the opportunity to participate in a small gathering of God’s southern part of America family members in Kansas City, Missouri. This could be regarded as the most beautiful gift from God to him, because he had found a home, returned home, returned to the Father’s home to walk with the rest of His family, and no longer felt alone. Before, he had attended several Christian family gatherings, but most of the time he was an outsider, however, the experience of last summer allowed him to truly enter the intimacy of the family, so he was eager to participate in the 2021 Christmas gathering in Austin. Those few days he spent with others made him feel more at home. Thank you to the family who went to Austin from different cities of Texas and other states to gather together and share life, which was very precious!

On January 23, 2022, I didn’t expect that he was infected with COVID and got pneumonia, and was admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital. On February 2, he was moved to the intensive care unit. Put on a ventilator, fell into a deep sleep, and did not wake up anymore. On February 23, at 1:23 pm, God took him to the heavenly home. During the most difficult period of his hospitalization, the Christian family members kept praying for him every day, not only in his own church, but also from Texas, North America, and China, for 40 continuous days, even tears running down from people who had not even met him yet.

The result is not what I wanted, but I still firmly believe that the God we believe in is always good, faithful, loving, and a very merciful God. Since He loves his own people in the world, he will love them to the end. (John 13:1) I am convinced that God has foreseen what is to come and knows what I could bear, so He took the hardest burdens away, lest I be overwhelmed. God also gives us the thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give us hope in our latter end. (Jeremiah 29:11) As Papa Gideon said, God has a divine purpose in this matter. I believe and expect that I will see him in heaven in the future, and now he is just sleeping, as the Bible records: “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. …. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thess. 4:14, 16-17)

wife-Daihao Ruth Tang on March 12, 2022

盧俊文牧師生平略傳

盧俊文牧師於 1957 年 4 月 22 日出生於中華民國台灣省台北市。父親盧讓泉，母親魯亞芳皆為湖南瀏陽人，雙親於 1949 年逃離大陸到台灣。盧牧師在家排行老三，有一兄，盧俊哲；一姐，盧紫昀；一妹，盧俊瑩。盧牧師 1983 年畢業於關渡基督書院，同年遇著未來的妻子，唐代豪，兩人於 1985 年 7 月 7 日結婚。1987 年由中華福音神學院畢業，隨即蒙 神呼召與妻一同去台南福音堂牧會。1991年回到臺北。2004年獲得中華福音神學院的博士學位。2007年底，搬至美國德克薩斯州。2022年2月23日安息主懐。

1991 年回到自己的母會-台北靈糧，從事婚姻家庭和單身的事工，也參與輔導中心的建立。神賜給他兩個寶貝的兒子，老大-盧彥群 (Yenchun, Joshua)，1990 年 1 月 19 日出生；老二-盧彥倫 (Yenlun, Caleb)，1992 年 10 月 2 日生。2007 年底，盧牧師搬至美國，先在奧斯丁華人教會服事 (Austin Chinese Church)，2014 年開始在傳福基督徒聚會 (Travis Christian Assembly) 的子教會，達福基督徒聚會 (Dallas/Fort Worth Christian Assembly) 牧會。2022 年 2 月 23 日，因為感染新冠肺炎，而被主寵召，先回天家，息了地上的勞苦，進入安息之所，永遠與主同住，好的無比！

盧牧師一生中，有幾件事一直是他的負擔。婚姻中的夫妻關係、婚前輔導、親職教育、單身的情感生活、領袖夫婦的栽培與訓練，撰寫每日的靈修材料。預防勝於治療是他從事婚姻家庭工作的核心理念，先從教育著手，讓準備進入婚姻的情侶清楚知道婚後可能會面對的難題，同時要確定是否和這位結婚。

盧牧師夫婦從 1988 年，開始婚前輔導，先是一對一，1991 年開始，以小組的方式進行，每組有六對情侶參加課程。直至 2006 年，至少幫助超過六百對的情侶學習如何進入婚姻。超過上百對的已婚夫婦學習如何聆聽配偶的心聲。盧牧師也是一個有遠見的牧者，他希望有更多的夫妻領袖能夠被培育出來，成為多人的幫助。因此，有不少跨宗派的同工夫婦被培养出來，他們不但能獨當一面，甚至青出於藍而勝於藍。超過上千位的單身弟兄姐妹，學習如何瞭解異性，健康的互動，尋得合適的伴侶。盧牧師夫婦常常說，“不惜任何代價，搶救你我家庭。 ” 其實，這些都沒有什麼可誇的，若不是 神的恩典與憐憫，一樣事情也無法完成。因此，要將所有的榮耀歸於 神！是祂成就了這一切的工！

2007 年底來到美國之後，盧牧師進入了屬靈生命的曠野時期。神對他有特殊的帶領，祂把他帶進屬靈生命的深處，同時面對相當多的挑戰。相信這是 神的手，為要完全得著他，讓他知道，神看人不是看他做成了什麼工，乃是要與 神的生命連結。為了牧養弟兄姐妹屬靈生命的需要，他每天都會在神面前安靜默想當天的經文，把他的領受冩下來，然後發到教會的群裡或是臉書上。

2020 年 4 月 14 日，他經歷了重大的健康危機，得了嚴重的急性胰臟炎，幾乎要了他的命，但 神救他脫離了捕鳥人的網羅。一年之內，前後住院四次，共 93 天，其中在加護病房就有 31 天。 2021 年 2 月算是恢復的差不多了，使他有機會和妻子共度將近一年的甜美時光。達福教會和傳福教會的弟兄姐妹們，天天迫切的為他禱告，同時也提供愛心送餐的行動，甚至為他奉獻。讓他感受到 神家裡的愛與扶持！

最感恩的事情是，2021年6月29日，盧牧師夫婦有機會參加美南家人在密蘇里州堪薩斯市的小型的聚集。這可以算是 神給盧牧師的一個最美的禮物，因為他找到家了，回家了，回到天父的家和其他的家人一起同行，不再覺得孤單。之前，他曾參加過家人聚集的聚會，但大部分是屬於在外圍觀的人，但是去年暑假的經歷，讓他真實地進入家人的親密關係，所以才渴望參加 2021 年聖誕節在奧斯丁的聚集。那幾天的相處，使他更有家的歸屬感，謝謝家人們從各地去奧斯丁一同聚集，分享生命，非常的寶貴！

2022年1月23日，沒想到他感染了新冠肺炎，住進醫院的隔離病房，2月2日，進入加護病房，戴上呼吸機，陷入沈睡之中，沒再醒過來，2月23日下午 1:23，神把他接回了天家。在他住院最艱困的時期，是家人們不離不棄的天天迫切地為他禱告，不但是自家的教會，更是美南家人，國內家人，北美家人與他一同站立，住院第三天才請家人為他禱告，40天不間斷的禱告，甚至素未謀面的人為他流淚代求。

結果雖然不是我想要的，但是我仍然堅定的相信，我們所信的 神是美善的，是信實的，是慈愛的，是蠻有憐憫的一位 神，祂既然愛世間屬自己的人，就愛他們到底 (約13:1)。我深信，神早已預先看見將來會發生的事，並且知道我所能忍受的，所以祂把最難擔的擔子拿走了，免得我承受不住。神也說，祂向我們所懷的意念神賜平安的意念，不是降災禍的意念，要叫我們末後有指望 (耶29:11)。 如同 Papa Gideon 所說的，在這件事上，神有一個神聖的目的。我深信並期待，將來在天上仍然能見到他，現在他只不過是睡了，如同聖經上所記載：“我們若信耶穌死而復活了，那已經在耶穌裡睡了的人， 神也必將他與耶穌一同帶來。...... 那在基督裡死了的人必先復活。以後，我們這活著還存留的人，必和他們一同被提到雲裡，在空中與主相遇。這樣，我們就要和主永遠同在。“ (帖前 4: 14,16-17) 妻-唐代豪 (2022.03.12)

There will be a Memorial Service at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at Allen Family Funeral Options. For those who cannot attend, the service will be streamed live and recorded for future viewing at: http://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/70270