wfn.org | TCN: Discovering Taiwan's church history the fun way

["Lydia Ma" <enews@pctpress.org>]

>Taiwan Church News

>2977 Edition

>March 16~22, 2009

Discovering Taiwan’s church history the fun way

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying, Chen Yi-shuan

>Written by Lydia Ma

To encourage believers to get acquainted with Taiwanese church history,  the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan Church and Society Committee created a  contest with two adventure routes for participants to complete. One  adventure route focuses on northern Taiwan while the other focuses on  southern Taiwan. Participants only need to bring a digital camera and a  2B pencil as they visit the five sites in each route. Once they reach a  site, they must take a picture of themselves at the site and complete a  monograph of a plaque stationed at each site especially for this  competition. After completing one of the routes, they must mail their  work to PCT headquarters to receive their prize – a miniature plaque  similar to the real ones displayed at each site.

However, interested participants must hurry, for there are only three  hundred miniature plaques available. The contest is open to individuals  and groups and will last until the end of July.

According to PCT Church and Society Committee Secretary Chang Meng-yi,  sites included in the southern route include Tainan Theological College  and Seminary, Taiwan Church Press, Tainan East Gate Barclay Memorial  Church, Thai-Peng-Keng Maxwell Memorial Church, and Kau-Pi Church. The  sites for the northern route are Taiwan Theological College and  Seminary, North Gate Church, Gi-Kong (Yi-Kuang) Church, PCT headquarters  office, and Tam Kang High School.

Taiwan Church Press is one of the stops for the southern route due to  its key role in Taiwanese church history. The organization was often  persecuted during Japanese colonization and martial law era. In 1987,  one edition of the organization’s newspaper, namely Taiwan Church  News 1825 Edition, was confiscated by the government for publishing  articles related to the February 28 Incident. The government’s  actions triggered a street protest by pastors who sought to protect  freedom of speech.

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