Eric on November 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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Eric on November 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 [...]

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Eric on October 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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Eric on October 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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Eric on August 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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