Seven Stars Presbytery sets 10-year plan on eve of 60th anniversary

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      Taiwan Church News

      3054 Edition

      September 6~12, 2010

       

       

      Seven Stars Presbytery sets 10-year plan on eve of 60th 
anniversary

       

      Reported by Lin Yi-ying, Joe Ko

      Written by Lydia Ma

      Photo by Joe Ko

       

       



      As Seven Stars Presbytery will celebrate its 60th anniversary 
next year, many pastors 

      gathered on August 30-31, 2010, in Hsinchu to get a head start 
on finding new ways to make 

      this anniversary meaningful.

       



      A forum outlining the presbytery’s future goals and strategies 
was held during this gathering 

      and pastors discussed how to align these goals with PCT’s 
“One-leads-One Doubling 

      Movement”. Seven Stars Presbytery currently boasts 81 churches 
and there are plans to start 

      another church in the near future, increasing the total count 
to 82.

       



      Keynote speakers at this forum spoke on Calvin’s efforts to 
make Geneva a model Christian 

      city, WCC’s core values vis-a-vis theology and missions, and 
WARC’s Accra Confession, 

      using them as models to inspire pastors to preach the gospel 
and devote to missions.

       



      According to former PCT Ecumenical Relations Secretary, Rev. 
Hsu Hsin-te, who presented 

      an analysis of Seven-Stars Presbytery, of the 81 churches 
belonging to Seven Stars, 56 have 

      a membership of less than one hundred people. In other words, 
about 69% of churches in this 

      presbytery are small churches. 

       



      This trend corresponded with the overall trend among PCT 
churches, but Hsu pointed out 

      small churches could also be stable and vibrant churches if 
their pastors were strong and well-

      trained. He was confident that as long as all PCT members 
continued to fan their passion for 

      evangelism and received some training, they would certainly be 
a force to contend with.  

       



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