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• Learning to relate
  20/01/2011 9:00 am
  The church in Taiwan has a large back door. One of the reasons for the large back door is that the model of relating to people in the minds of many Christians is not informed by the truths of Christianity. With all the best of intentions church leaders sometimes treat people in an unhealthy and non-biblical way. The Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills workshop is one effort seeking to help believers and leaders address this need.
• Seedlings in Wanhua
  03/01/2011 9:00 am
  In many of our encounters we only have a short amount of time to share Jesus with the children. In the park a child may come to listen to us for five minutes before running off to play football, or going home because their parents called them for dinner. The pressure to do well at school is often the distraction for teenagers, and though they may promise to come along to youth club and hear more about Jesus, at the last minute they may send a text message saying: “Too much homework.” A child may come to the summer camp but then we may never see the child again or have the opportunity to follow up. Can God use these tiny glimpses of the gospel in these children’s lives?
• Patience in sowing and reaping
  23/11/2010 9:00 am
  I met Mr. Tiu, a machinist living in Taiping city, about 3 years ago during a visit to Taichung.  After we moved to the Taichung area and began ministering in the Taiping area, we saw a lot of Mr. Tiu.  We had a weekly men’s tea night, where we would have tea and discuss a Bible story.  He attended  regularly and was very engaged in the discussions that we had.  It was clear that he had a strong curiosity about who Christ is...
  
• Working Class Youth
  22/10/2010 9:00 am
  At 5pm in Chiayi, the traffic and noise level in the city increase noticeably. The streets and shops start to crowd. But it’s not all the traffic of people getting off work - it’s also hundreds of high school students getting out of school, descending onto the streets, swarming tea stands, crowding food stalls, flooding bookstores, or making their way to cram schools and the train station. Major streets fill with uniformed students from all different vocational and private high schools. Last summer, some of this ‘student traffic’ took a rest stop at our Gospel Center, located near a major cram school and the train station...
  
• StorySeed Bible Telling Ministry
  20/09/2010 9:00 am
  Two or three years after attending a Bible storying workshop, Julie, mother of 2 from an abusive working class background, began to reach out to the hapless and hopeless people in the mountains surrounding her home. It soon became apparent that God has given her a gift for telling His stories unforgettably. Her church recognized the gift, which coupled with Julie's self-sacrificial service and powerful prayer, has since brought over 200 to know and obey Him.
  
  How can people like Julie be trained and motivated to use Bible stories in their own neighborhoods and families, instead of calling in professional clergy?
• The Pearls of Wanhua
  22/08/2010 9:00 am
  Wanhua seems like a typical working-class neighbourhood in Taipei. But venture deeper into the alleys, you will see the tea shops with women sitting outside, waiting for customers. The spiritual darkness is palpable. Through God’s gracious provision, the Pearl Family Garden women’s centre was set up 2 years ago in the heart of Wanhua. It is a warm, cozy apartment that the women can call home and a safe place where they can come for Bible study, English class, craft, lunch fellowship and prayer.
• Training Leaders
  07/07/2010 9:00 am
  Most OMFers in Taiwan have a part in leadership training, either formally or informally. Many of us are helping to train lay leaders among the different groups we work with, and some of these will go on to pastor churches or Christian organizations. So we look out for people who have the potential to influence others, and we spend time with them, doing whatever it takes to help them to be prepared to share their faith with others.
• Steps to planting a church in Taiping
  17/05/2010 9:00 am
  For some months Tim McCracken, a member of the Taiping team, has spent Saturday evenings at the home of Mr Tiu, chatting, eating snacks and each week looking closely at a small portion of God’s word. Recently Mr Tiu responded to one of the Bible Studies by saying he wanted to become a Christian.
• The students who don't "make it" - vocational school ministry
  21/04/2010 9:00 am
  Many students in Taiwan don’t succeed in entering the top high schools or universities. They attend a technical high school or university or a 5 year vocational college. There are usually only a handful of Christian students in these schools. The students are often struggling in relationships, financially, with their school work and difficult family situations. Many work long hours in a part-time job to support themselves through school. Others spend extra hours in cram schools in the evenings or weekends to improve their academic results. They want to know is God real and does he answer prayers?
• Who will care for these children?
  23/02/2010 9:00 am
  She sits in the corner of the supermarket, doing her homework whilst Mum takes care of customers. They will be there until 11 this evening. Ever since Dad came out of prison, life has been much harder for Lucy and Mum. He can't find a job, but drinks, gambles, and then gets into debt. Lucy's Mum has to foot the bill. If she refuses, it means violence. But she's too scared to leave...