• Led to God by God.
    11/07/2007 9:00 am

    Last week at the university graduating students' thank you dinner, Dave sat by a teacher and his wife called Lisa and Cecil. We do not know them well but Lisa was very open in asking Dave questions about the Christian faith. She asked if she could talk some more with him and me another time. A few days later she called to make an appointment. Today she came to our home for a couple of hours. She told this story as I sat in total amazement...
  • Reaching shopworkers
    30/06/2007 9:00 am

    In the intense summer heat of July, wouldn’t you like to have a nice, cool, air-conditioned place to go to? I invite you into Taipei’s modern department stores, not to go shopping, but to get to know the shopworkers.

    There are some forty major department stores in Taipei City and many churches, but almost no church meetings that shopworkers can attend. The doors of the department stores are open eleven or twelve hours a day, seven days a week – open also for people who want to take the gospel to the workers inside.
  • Outreach to Kids
    30/05/2007 9:00 am

    If you came to the Kids’ Club in the Wanhua Dali Elementary School, you would probably think that we hardly mention the gospel. We are not allowed to evangelize openly in this public school where we have been given an open door. However, our outreach is not a ministry without a gospel focus.

    Out of this ministry God has provided opportunities for us to tell the children more about Him. One regular opportunity we have is at a park behind the school. On Saturdays some children specially come and sit with us in the park. We play games and tell them Bible stories. Because we have taken the time to build a relationship with the parents and grandmothers, the adults are happy to see us teach their children about God.
  • What are Mini-Bibles?
    26/04/2007 9:00 am

    One hot afternoon Hong dropped by the office to have tea and chat. As he sat down, he saw the bookshelf with many books and Bibles, and cheerfully asked if he could have a Bible. Tim, pulled a Bible off the shelf and opened it up with him. While Hong politely listened to the explanation of the format, and as he squinted at the small text, his enthusiasm waned. Afterwards Tim took down a mini-Bible and told him that the same story (and some others) was in that booklet as well. As he eagerly put down the larger book and took the mini-Bible, he said, “This I can deal with!”

    Mini-Bibles have shown themselves to be a great way to spark people’s interest in the God of the Bible, while not overwhelming them...
  • High School Outreach
    27/03/2007 9:00 am

    A Christian boy sits in front of his computer for eight hours a day; the heart of a 19-year old girl breaks because her 17-year old boyfriend with whom she had a sexual relationship didn’t want her any more; a beautiful young girl sits in a dark corner at home and cries because her parents seem to be only concerned about her grades at school, and Grandma wants to take her to the temple to pray for help. These are the stories of Christian young people in Taiwan whose lives are blessed because they know God. They struggle, but yet with hope. They have people who accompany them, pick them up when they are down, and minister to them the love and grace of God.

    But what about the thousands of young people who don’t belong to a Christian youth group? Taiwan has about 720,000 senior high schoolers, and there is a large number of young people who haven’t been able to make it into high school. They might work in little factories, hang around on the streets, or …….?