Randy & Janet Adams

Randy and Janet have moved to Taipei after planting a house church in southern Taiwan. Based in Wanhua, they will seek to plant a church amongst the working class people in this spiritually dark area of the city.

Their three sons, Nathan, Joshua and Isaac, are currently living in the US.

Melanie Bister

Melanie has completed two years of Mandarin study and now is working amongst students at vocational schools in Taipei in partnership with Campus Evangelical Fellowship.

This is a strategic role as most student work is done amongst university students and in the top high schools. There are very few Christians in the vocational schools.

Andrew & Ruth Butler

Andrew joined OMF and met Ruth in Taiwan. They were married in 1978 and have worked together in Taiwan since then.They are involved in theological and mission education, at China Evangelical Seminary. Ruth also translates Christian material from English into Chinese, including books by Philip Yancey, David Bosch and John Stott. Their son David is now living in England and has just graduated in engineering.

Paul & Mary Jeanne Buttrey

Paul & Mary Jeanne come from Los Angeles. They have been in Taiwan for about 20 years and have served in a number of roles during that time. Paul is presently teaching at Christ's Disciples' Training Institute and also manages OMF Taiwan’s finances. Mary Jeanne is the OMF Taiwan medical advisor and also teaches interns and residents at Mackay Memorial Hospital. Their daughter Gail is attending graduate school in the U.S.

Tera van Twillert

Tera is from the Netherlands and has a burden for urban marginalised people . In previous terms, she helped lead “The Spring,” a worship center for the homeless in Wanhua. Now she is establishing a new ministry to prostitutes in the same area.

Linda McFerran

Linda is a counselor and spiritual mother for children who live at Bethany Children's Home , a Christian orphanage. These children come from broken homes and other difficult backgrounds. Linda is from Northern Ireland.

Philip & Irene Nicholson

Phil and Irene, with Zac, Ben & Matthew, come from Sydney, Australia. They have been in Taiwan since 1992, and Phil is currently OMF Taiwan’s Field Director. Prior to holding this position, Phil was involved in student ministry and leadership training with Campus Evangelical Fellowship. Irene is OMF Taiwan’s Serve Asia Coordinator, assists with the Wanhua family outreach and runs an evangelistic “coffee morning” for the parents at her sons’ school.

Veronika Rieben

Veronika is Swiss and has been living in Taiwan since 1993. She is involved in ministering to kids from dysfunctional families in the Wanhua district in Taipei. She has started several weekly programs that take place in an elementary school, a junior high school, and a low-income government-subsidised housing block. She is working on building a ministry team in Wanhua .

Katherine Tang

Katherine is serving in Taiwan as a ministry intern for two years. She is assists in a number of ministries including outreach to kids in Wanhua and the shopworkers outreach.

Katherine is from Texas.

Ina van der Schyff

Ina, from South Africa, helped pioneer ministry to AIDS patients in Taiwan. She continues to reach out to these people in hospitals and homes. She also helps educate the public about the needs of these often misunderstood people.

Elisabeth Weinmann

Elisabeth has established a thriving ministry for shop-workers (department store workers, hairdressers, restaurant workers, etc). She is involved in evangelism, discipleship, counseling and the provision of practical needs for those in her ministry. Most of her activities take place late at night, after shops have closed.

After successfully planting a congregation in Panchiao, Taipei County, Elisabeth moved into the heart of Taipei, where she is currently planting a new church. The recently released book, "Dead Women Walking", tells the story of three Christians in her ministry. Elisabeth comes from Germany.

Margret Zingg

Margret is from Switzerland. She works with juvenile delinquents, by visiting them in prison and assisting them after their release. She started a worship service in a juvenile reformatory and helps lead gospel camps held there during school breaks.

Margret is also involved in various ministries to young people in Wanhua as a part of OMF's ministry in that area.