Churches in Puli commemorate 921 Earthquake with evangelistic outreach

From "Taiwan Church News" <[email protected]>
Date Tue, 5 Oct 2010 14:25:19 -0700

      Taiwan Church News

      3057 Edition

      September 27~October 3, 2010

       

       

      Churches in Puli commemorate 921 Earthquake with evangelistic 
outreach

       

      Reported by Chen Wei-chien

      Written by Lydia Ma

       

       



      Just as residents living in southern Taiwan scrambled to 
clean-up the mess left by 

      Typhoon Fanapi, Christians in Puli got ready to commemorate the 
11th anniversary 

      of another national disaster – 921 Earthquake. 

       



      On the night of September 24, 2010, Christians from various 
denominations and 

      churches in Puli held an evangelistic meeting at a local night 
market that included 

      performances by Music Stone and sharing by Elder Liao Ming-fa. 
The event 

      attracted an enthusiastic crowd of listeners, many of which 
most likely never heard of 

      the gospel before. 

       



      To make sure that God’s salvation was proclaimed on that night, 
many Christians 

      from Taichung and Atayal presbyteries, as well as Christians 
from non-PCT 

      churches, helped at this event by distributing gospel tracts 
and offering counseling to 

      people who wanted to accept Christ. They also helped collect 
contact information left 

      by people who said they wanted to know more about Christianity.

       



      Rev. Chen Ching-en from Ai-Lan Presbyterian Church in Taichung 
said many 

      religious organizations rushed to help victims in the aftermath 
of the earthquake. 

      Now, 11 years later, that passion witnessed then needs to be 
rekindled. 

       



      “Almost all of the elementary schools and high schools in Puli 
were rebuilt by 

      Buddhist Compassion Relief,” said Chen, adding that Buddhist 
organizations have 

      an extensive ministry in the area, including sending volunteers 
on home visitations 

      and gifting residents with Buddhist prayer beads. In short, 
Christians have their work 

      cut out for them in Puli, including more prayers and more 
inter-denominational outreach events.

       



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