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

>      Taiwan Church News

>2988 Edition

>June 1~7, 2009

Churches in central Taiwan retrace journey of famous old  evangelist

>Reported by Chen Wei-jian

>Written by Lydia Ma

To remember the street evangelist who proclaimed the gospel in  central Taiwan a hundred

years ago, many Presbyterian churches in central Taiwan are  organizing bike tours across

Changhua and Taichung cities. Rev. Campbell N. Moody founded many  churches in central

Taiwan nearly a century ago. Today, many members of those churches  hope to retrace his

journey, learn more about Taiwan church history, and get a taste  of the hardships involved in

preaching the gospel back in the days when technology wasn’t  as advanced.

The bike tour began on May 30th at Liu-Yuan Presbyterian Church in  Taichung city and

participants biked to the first church in central Taiwan, Da-She  Presbyterian Church, where

they were treated to a detailed overview of the history of  missions in central Taiwan.

Afterward, participants biked to Shen-Gang Presbyterian Church  before returning to Liu-

>Yuan again.

More than 120 people participated in this event, ranging from  kindergarteners to seniors in

their seventies. According to Taichung Presbytery Moderator Rev.  Chen Bing-shiun, this

event not only helped many people get some exercise, it also  allowed them to reflect on the

hardships many missionaries of the past faced while serving in  Taiwan. Chen urged

everyone to emulate the love these missionaries had for Taiwan.

In Changhua Presbytery, a similar event was conducted on April  20th. Participants had a

service at the tomb where Mrs. Moody was buried and also toured  several churches and

>organizations founded by Moody.

One participant who was a youth in senior high school commented  that he had never heard

of Moody before but was very happy to know more about church  history through biking. He

couldn’t imagine how missionaries of old were able to walk  such distances just to spread

the gospel. Though he had read from history books about  missionaries in Taiwan, these

accounts became more personal and powerful to him after having  traced their journeys

personally and seen their legacy with his own eyes.

Churches and organizations across Changhua and Taichung will  organize more events to

commemorate Moody throughout the rest of this year, including  writing contests, choir

>performances, and joint-services.

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