wfn.org | TCN: PCT leaders lay out goals for 2010~2011

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

>      Taiwan Church News

>2991 Edition

>June 22~28, 2009

>PCT leaders lay out goals for 2010~2011

>Provided by Taiwan Church News

>Summarized by Lydia Ma

Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) program secretaries gathered  at

Presbyterian Bible College in Hsinchu from June 16~18 to  brainstorm new

directions for their respective ministries. Led by General  Secretary Andrew Chang,

secretaries participated in this year’s first seminar for  program secretaries.

Besides confirming a general theme for the upcoming two years,  secretaries also

established mission goals and paved the way for their next meeting  in August

where they will flesh out specific strategies.

The seminar began with the reading of John 11:17-44 and  secretaries were

encouraged to start anew and view their ministries from God’s  perspective. To help

these leaders see, hear, and understand problems and needs facing  Taiwanese

churches and society, as well as set realistic mission goals,  leaders invited Rev. Lin

Wei-lian from Kaohsiung Presbytery and General Editor Fang  Lan-ting from Taiwan

Church Press to present qualitative and quantitative analyses on  Taiwanese society

and churches. Lin reminded attendees to make good use of helpful  statistics

>provided by the Ministry of Interior.

After much discussion in small groups, secretaries agreed that PCT  still exerted a

great deal of influence in Taiwanese society and it should use  this influence to

encourage self-rule and local employment in aboriginal reserves.  Churches should

also encourage interaction and resource sharing among aboriginal  churches and

>city churches.

The second and third day of the seminar focused on topics such as  evangelism and

culture, service with a loving heart, taking care of God’s  creation, parenting, and

>social reforms.

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