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>3036 Edition

>May 3~9, 2010

CWM members share experiences at roundtable conference in Taiwan

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

To support mission and ministries within its member churches,  Council for 
World Mission

(CWM) organizes a roundtable conference every year and every  member church 
takes turns

hosting the conference. The conference allows CWM to get first  hand updates on 
its

members’ ministries and helps it determine how to allocate  financial support 
to every church.

This year’s conference was held in Taiwan.

CWM currently has 6 member churches from East Asia region from  places such as 
Myanmar,

Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Delegates  from 
churches in

these areas and CWM leaders held “2010 CWM East Asia Region  Roundtable 
Meeting” at

PCT Bible College in Hsinchu from April 23-30.

One by one, church leaders shared with each other what they’d  been able to 
accomplish with

funding from CWM. Delegates from Singapore, Myanmar, and South  Korea shared 
about

ministries they’d begun with the elderly and the poor with  the help of CWM and 
their vision for

>these ministries.

A delegate from Gereja Presbyterian Malaysia shared that recent  policies 
enacted by the

Malaysian government favoring native Malaysians had prompted many  Chinese 
Christians to

emigrate and had decreased the number of Christians available to  serve in 
church ministries.

Hence, churches in Malaysia desperately need support from churches  in other 
countries to

>train its youth, deacons, and elders.

According to reports, PCT receives nearly NT$5 million every year  from CWM in 
financial

support. These funds are used toward publishing “Reading the  Bible with New 
Eyes” (a

devotional booklet), training members in rescue and relief  operations, and 
supporting

>education ministries.

In contrast to previous years, CWM delegates got to see some  ministries 
first-hand this year.

They boarded a bus that took them to Ali Mountain (Alishan) in  central Taiwan 
to visit Tsou

District’s Chashan Presbyterian Church. Once there, they saw  post-Morakot 
reconstruction

efforts spearheaded by PCT in the past few months.

According to PCT Associate General Secretary Lyim Hong-tiong, he  had suggested 
during

last year’s CWM East Asia region roundtable meeting that  delegates tour a few 
places during

future conferences to see one another’s ministries  first-hand. He thought such 
experiences

would help delegates gain exposure and learn more from each other.  Lyim’s 
suggestion was

welcomed by other CWM members and paved the way for this  year’s trip to 
Chashan Church.

During the trip, Rev. Lyim and PCT Ecumenical & International  Committee 
Secretary Hu

Hong-chi shared with CWM delegates about PCT’s work and  involvement in 
post-Morakot

reconstruction efforts. After visiting Chashan Church, delegates  were divided 
into two groups

and engaged in a lively discussion on what they’d seen. They  were very 
impressed by the

scope and effectiveness of PCT relief efforts.

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For more information, refer to PCT website below:

http://www.pct.org.tw/english/enNews_pct.htm?strBlockID=B00176&strConte 
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