Spiritual revival begins among youths in east Taiwan

      Taiwan Church News

      3048 Edition

      July 26~August 1, 2010

       

       

      Spiritual revival begins among youths in east Taiwan

       

      Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

      Written by Lydia Ma

       

       

      Taiwan’s east coast recently held the largest Christian youth conference 
in years, with 1,500 

      youths registering for a 4-day youth camp and as many as 3,500 youths 
attending the gospel 

      meeting on the last day.

       



      “Hualien Passionate Youths Conference” began on July 12 at Hualien 
Gymnasium, sponsored 

      by Asia for Jesus, Taipei Truth Church Youth Zone, and House of Dreams 
Youth Development 

      Center.

       



      According to Rev. Huang Lien-hsing from East Coast Presbytery, this 
conference was the 

      largest youth gathering he had seen in his 26 years of ministry in 
Taiwan’s east coast. It was 

      quite a magnificent sight to see so many youths worshipping God together.

       



      The main speakers of this conference were Pastor Philip Mantofa from 
Mawar Sharon Church 

      in Surabaya, Indonesia and other prominent youth pastors in Taipei area. 
They called on 

      youths to give their lives to God and to dream big when it comes to being 
in God’s service and 

      being the leaders and influencers of this generation.

       



      The conference began with an Aborigine performance from a PCT church in 
Taoyuan on the 

      themes of revival and bravery – just a few of the main themes emphasized 
during the 

      conference – as youths were encouraged to “take back the land of Canaan” 
given them by 

      God.

       



      One youth counselor from a PCT church reported that youths at his church 
who used to be shy 

      and introverts were transformed and emboldened by this conference. 

       



      He hoped the conference would serve as a stepping stone for more youth 
ministries and 

      kickstart a spiritual revival in eastern Taiwan. He said an outreach 
center for youths in Hualien 

      and Taitung would start soon to train and equip youths in eastern Taiwan.

       

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