Christians urged to adopt “weapons of mass communications” to further the gospel

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3084 Edition
April 4-10, 2011
Headline News
Christians urged to adopt “weapons of mass communications” to further the gospel
Reported by Lin Yi-ying
Written by Lydia Ma
April 17 is the day the PCT honors mass media and communications ministries and 
tries to shed light and raise funds for such ministries. Currently, PCT’s 
mass-media communications ministries include New Eyes Television, radio program 
shows hosted by local pastors regularly, and PCT’s official newspaper Taiwan 
Church News. The goal of these ministries is to edify Christians and nurture 
them in their spiritual journey with God. 
With this in mind, Taiwan Church Press, in partnership with other ministries is 
urging interested people to get involved by being a citizen reporter, also 
known as a reporter at large so that Christians can use various means of 
communication to share the gospel far and wide.
It is no secret that many Taiwanese are tired of cable channels’ biased 
reporting and sensationalized newspaper headlines and they are also weary of 
watching more pharmaceutical commercials as their only alternative. Many have 
turned to the internet but worry about the veracity of news on the net. For 
this reason, PCT members felt that mass media and communications ministries 
were important and dedicated every third Sunday of April to fundraising for 
such ministries.
Maintaining a communications ministry is no small feat - just ask any New Eyes 
Television employee about the network’s ups and downs in the past two years. 
Besides producing quality programs, fundraising enough to stay on the airwaves 
is another monthly challenge.

Taiwan Church News (TCN) has faced the same level of difficulties over the past 
century - albeit of a different kind. Founded by Rev. Thomas Barclay in 1885, 
Taiwan Church News was banned during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan and was 
later twice confiscated during martial law era in Taiwan. 

Swept along into the Internet age, TCN launched Taiwan Church News Network 
(TCNN) on December 27, 2010. TCNN’s purpose is to supplement TCN – not only is 
it an electronic version of TCN, it strengthens TCN by adding instant news and 
audiovisual coverage if necessary. With the advent of TCNN, more people from 
around the world - especially younger generations who depend on Internet to 
access news – can read TCN via Internet.

The launch of TCNN also signals TCN’s need for citizen reporters from around 
the world. As natural disasters afflict this world more and more frequently in 
the near future, mass media and communications ministries will play an 
increasingly important role in giving people hope through hearing the gospel. 

Yes, Christian mass media and communications ministries have high potentials of 
becoming a powerful tools for furthering God’s kingdom on earth in this new 
era. That is the reason why we covet your prayer support and financial support.

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