Posted in Prayer and Praises on Feb 10th, 2010
Who Are These Like Stars Appearing
Heinrich T. Schenk
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Who are these like stars appearing,
These before God’s throne who stand?
Each a golden crown is wearing;
Who are all this glorious band?
Alleluia! hark, they sing,
Praising loud their heav’nly King.
Who are these of dazzling brightness,
These in God’s own truth arrayed,
Clad in robes of purest whiteness,
Robes whose lustre ne’er shall fade,
Ne’er [...]
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Posted in A God Thing, Prayer and Praises on Jan 31st, 2010
God has been completely involved since the beginning as our church as now successfully found a new place to rent. He confirmed our need to move when the landlord appeared one day at our current location to announce his desire to sell. He guided us through the search process through difficult times of faith when [...]
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Posted in Prayer and Praises, Taiwan on Jan 4th, 2010
Taipei brought in the 2010 new year by lighting the 101 building off like a roman candle. The 101 building already dominates the city’s other major high-rises, so adding the fireworks to the building makes for a spectacular show. The theme this year was “Taiwan Up.” In Changhua, it was a much different story… I [...]
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Posted in Prayer and Praises, Taiwan on Nov 28th, 2009
Ed Stetzer and the Lifeway Research team visited Taiwan a few months ago to ask questions and observe the religious climate of the island. He explains the religious culture he was confronted with is far from what is usually published in almanacs. The Buddhism and Taoism are more like umbrella to some of the deeply [...]
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Posted in Prayer and Praises on Nov 12th, 2009
This is a prayer request from the OMF Facebook page sharing about Taiwan and asking God prepare new workers to go to Taiwan:
Religion in Taiwan is extremely complex. it is a mixture of folk religion and traditional Chinese religion.
Folk religion in Taiwan may be described as animistic, polytheistic and syncretistic. It is animistic because Taiwanese [...]
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Posted in A God Thing, Prayer and Praises on Oct 11th, 2009
After meeting in one location near the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE) for more than 10 years, our church is looking for a new place to meet. God has blessed our small church for several years with a great location to be able to reach out to the surrounding community and university. Over the [...]
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Posted in Prayer and Praises, Taiwan on Oct 1st, 2009
Recently, as I was searching for some statistics to compare with the new Taiwan church demographic maps from TEAM, I found an article from this past summer about places of worship in Taiwan. The numbers could be a little skewed considering the amount of unregistered temples around the island. So I believe it would be [...]
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Posted in Prayer and Praises, Taiwan on Aug 19th, 2009
It has ben about two weeks after the Father’s Day Typhoon hit Taiwan (8/8). Many people throughout Taiwan and in the international community have partnered with local churches and the Chinese Christian Relief Association to give support to families in Southern Taiwan. The numbers of missing or unaccounted is still growing, but there has been [...]
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Posted in Prayer and Praises on Jul 15th, 2009
Silas, me, Gretchen, and Levi on the suspension bridge in Taroko Gorge, Hualien County.
We are back in Changhua, which is really nice after traveling for the past 18 days. Things are familiar again and it is nice not to pack up a bag to move every few days. This is the last stop for the [...]
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Posted in Prayer and Praises on Jul 7th, 2009
We are in Hualien County for the next week. Gretchen, Levi and I will be helping out the Aboriginal youth in the area. Please pray that we can learn to better share the love Jesus has given us and serve however we can. We will be serving needs in many ways while working with the [...]
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