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.

Two of their sons, Nathan and Joshua are currently in the US. The youngest son Isaac is teaching English in Taiwan.

Melanie Bister

Melanie is now beginning her second term continuing 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 in the UK, 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 has translated a number of books into Chinese, including authors such as Philip Yancey, Alister McGrath, David Bosch and John Stott. Their son David works in London.

Paul & Mary Jeanne Buttrey

Paul & Mary Jeanne come from Los Angeles. They have been in Taiwan for about thirty 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 Adviser and also teaches interns and residents at Mackay Memorial Hospital. Their daughter Gail is working as a speech therapist in the USA.

Chi Pin Hoon

Pin Hoon is Singaporean. Her ministry focus is Christian education and has completed a degree in Christian spirituality, a much-needed topic in Taiwan.

Pin Hoon recently moved to Taoyuan to teach at the Alliance for Grassroots Training Ministry, a school which prepares people for ministry amongst working class people.

David & Sigrun Jansen

David comes from Texas in the USA and Sigrun is from Berlin in Germany. They have 2 sons: Emmanuel and Nathan. They joined the Wanhua Hope Team, working with low-income families, in the middle of 2011.

Audrey Lin

Audrey arrived in Taiwan in 2009 from the US. She spent a year studying Taiwanese, and is now serving in Wanhua, at the Pearl Family Garden's outreach to urban marginalized women.

Linda McFerran

Linda is from Northern Ireland. She works with young adults who have grown up in Bethany children's home, providing them with ongoing support and a safe place to visit.

Will & Edna McKelleher

Will and Edna, with Joshua, are from Australia. They moved to the Wanhua area of Taipei in early 2012. Edna is working with the Pearl Family Garden ministry to prostitutes. Will's continues Mandarin study and also is involved in outreach in a juvenile reformatory.

Steve & Megan Noble

Stephen and Megan, with Conrad, Isaac, Liam and Faith came from Australia in 2009. Stephen is the Finance Manager for the Taiwan Field whilst Megan is the teacher/librarian at Morrison Academy, Bethany campus. They are passionate about TCK care and encouraging missionaries.

Philip & Irene Nicholson

Phil and Irene, with Zac, Ben & Matthew, come from Sydney, Australia. They have been in Taiwan since 1992, and serve as the Taiwan Field Directors. Irene also focuses on mobilizing more workers for the field.

Veronika Rieben

Veronika is Swiss and has been living in Taiwan since 1993. She leads the Wanhua Hope team which has a special focus on kids/youth at risk and dysfunctional families in the Wanhua district in Taipei. Veronika is involved in several weekly programs that take place in an elementary school, a junior high school, and a low-income government-subsidised housing block.

Katherine Tang

Kat is from Texas. She previously served in Taipei as a ministry intern and in 2011 she returned to serve long-term. She is the Taiwan Serve Asia Coordinator, with oversight of the field's short-term ministry program.

Teo Sin Ee

Sin Ee previously served with OMF as an intern in Hengchun for one year. She has now returned long term. She is involved in the Pearl Family Garden ministry, reaching out to marginalized women in Wanhua and in prison.

Tera van Twillert

Tera is from the Netherlands and has a burden for urban marginalised people . She previously helped lead “The Spring,” a worship center for the homeless in Wanhua. She has now established the Pearl Family Garden, an outreach to prostitutes in the same area.

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.

Mimi Yeh

Mimi Yeh was born in Taiwan but has lived in the US for over 30 years. She joined OMF Taiwan in 2010 and is teaching at the Bread of Life Theological Seminary in the areas of pastoral care & counseling and the minister’s personal growth.

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 as a part of the Wanhua Hope Team .