Pastors report Taiwanese Christians making a difference in Armenia

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October 18~24, 2010

Church Ministry News

Pastors report Taiwanese Christians making a difference in Armenia

Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

Written by Lydia Ma



Six pastors representing Bread of Life Church, Presbyterian Church in 
Taiwan, and Change 

Life Church were recently invited by World Vision Taiwan to tour 
Armenia and get a glimpse of 

the difference Taiwanese people are making in that country through 
their financial donations 

and other forms of aid.



Luo-Tung Presbyterian Church pastor, Rev. Wang Jung-hsin, reported 
afterward that his church 

had already partnered with World Vision for a while and the trip 
afforded him a view of World 

Vision’s ministry in Armenia and what this organization hoped to 
accomplish in that country.



Wang added that, prior to this trip, he hadn’t felt a strong sense of 
urgency when it came to 

overseas missions because he felt his home church was already his 
mission field and the 

harvest of souls before his eyes and in his congregation was already 
a humongous task for 

him. But this trip to Armenia completely changed his perspective and 
convinced him that, when 

it comes to missions, “God makes all things work together for good” 
so that there’s no 

difference in terms of urgency or importance between domestic and 
foreign missions.



Rev. Wan Hsiao-yun from Bread of Life Church observed that a 
country’s financial poverty is 

often the result of a flawed social structure and a less-than-ideal 
geographical environment. He 

added that World Vision has been successful in Armenia mainly because 
it has succeeded in 

partnering with public agencies and community leaders in advancing 
basic infrastructure, 

education, and farming technology. It has also collaborated with 
churches in sponsoring 

summer camps for children, which are truly excellent opportunities to 
plant gospel seeds in the 

hearts of little children.



One pastor commented that, for the average Taiwanese living in 
Taiwan, donating NT$700 

every month to World Vision toward ministries in Armenia may seem 
feel like donating spare 

change, but for Armenian children, this donation from many in Taiwan 
is making a night-and-

day difference in their lives and helping them find a hope and a 
future again.



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