wfn.org | Taiwan's Churches Mark World Aids Day

[Taiwan Church News <pctpress@ms1.hinet.net>]

Taiwan Church News, 2648, December 1, 2002
Reported by Li Yi-shin. Translated and Rewritten by David
Alexander

   The director of the United Nations Aids Prevention Project,
Peter Piot, has said that the most effective way to face Aids is
to replace shame with unity, and fear with hope. In Taiwan's
Presbyterian Church (PCT}as in many churches around the world,
the first Sunday in December is AIDS Sunday.  The PCT's Church
and Society Committee invites churches to say special prayers
regarding AIDS and to speak to the subject on this day.
   Ms Chiou Hsu-mei, the director of Taiwan's Aids foundation, is
a member of a Yi-li Presbyterian Church in Taipei.  She says,
"The church's Aids concern work can be in the form of support,
education and comfort.	Clergy can discuss AIDS with church
members, teaching facts about the condition, and leading
believers to Bible based attitudes.  In leading prayers, they can
remember the suffering of persons with Aids. In mission outreach,
they can take concrete actions towards support of Aids work.
   Ms. Chiou said, "Aids should not be regarded as a problem just
in Africa or South East Asian countries, but as an important
topic of concern for Christians who care about suffering people
anywhere."

For More Information: Church & Society Committee
service@mail.pct.org.tw
		   Chiou Hsu-mei  ili@www.ili.org.tw

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