Editorial: An inspiring story that moved people into action

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3124 Edition

January 9-15, 2012

Editorial

Editorial: An inspiring story that moved people into action

Translated by Lydia Ma

The 2012 presidential campaign in Taiwan was not only intense but also filled 
with twists and turns. One of the highlights of the campaign was DPP's “Three 
Little Pigs” campaign. The significance of the “Three Little Pigs” campaign and 
the moral behind it is something worth pondering.

The inspiration for “Three Little Pigs” came from an incident that took place 
during a DPP campaign rally in Tainan on October 9, 2011. On that night, a 
grandfather brought his triplet grandchildren to the rally and they held a 
piggy bank as they came on stage and expressed their desire to donate the 
little money they had toward DPP's presidential campaign.

This incident was noticed by the pan-blue camp, which was quick to blow the 
whistle and point out that it was illegal to accept campaign donations from 
minors. But to the KMT's dismay, this incident became an inspiration for the 
“Three Little Pigs” campaign. 

This campaign was a success and in the days leading up to election night, more 
than 140,000 piggy banks worth of donations were received by the DPP. This 
story made people realize that political participation could be very simple and 
very cute.

The moral behind the “Three Little Pigs” campaign is that a simple story can go 
to great lengths in capturing people’s attention and inspire them to action. 
This story awakened many people and reminded them that they could do something 
small toward building a better future for their country. It wasn’t so much the 
amount of donations, but rather, the moral support expressed through these 
donations that counted. 

The “Three Little Pigs” campaign is reminiscent of the PCT’s Doubling Movement 
when it was first introduced in 1954. At the time, people were inspired by the 
vision of planting at least one church in every township or village in Taiwan. 
PCT encouraged its members to participate in this vision by offering what they 
had whole-heartedly, either through time or financial donations, and in so 
doing, commit themselves to God’s kingdom in their own unique way.

Because of this vision and inspiration, many touching stories emerged from that 
period of time about people sacrificing themselves to lead others to Christ and 
churches being built despite many challenges. These stories are a reminder 
that, when all is said and done, the PCT’s hope rests in every member’s 
commitment to God’s kingdom through small gestures. 

Another story reminiscent of the “Three Little Pigs” campaign is a story that 
happened in central Taiwan during Rev. Campbell Moody’s time. According to 
reports, Moody found a way for poor people in his congregation to stay involved 
in Changhua Church’s church building project by urging each family to raise a 
“gospel pig”, which could later be sold in the market. The proceeds from this 
sale would then go toward building the church sanctuary. What was special about 
this idea was that such an effort wouldn’t become a heavy burden for poor 
families.

As we move forward with PCT General Assembly’s “One-leads-One, New Doubling 
Movement” let us not forget these precious lessons given us by God. Though many 
of our evangelistic strategies need to be adjusted due to changes in time and 
demographics and it might seem more difficult to rally people together 
nowadays, if we review our history again and add some realistic and doable 
strategies, every local church should be able to come up with its own unique 
“One-leads-One” movement.

 

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