台灣教會公報新聞網

In response to the implementation of Taiwan’s language policy and Development of National Language Acts, the Control Yuan released an investigation report on June 17. The conclusion of the  report criticizes the government’s language policies in the past decades have resulted into an existential crisis for indigenous languages, Hakka and Taiwanese.

The PCT enters into a new era of coordinated missionary-sending framework across presbytery boundary. In the afternoon on June 22 at Tatana Church of Bunun Presbytery, ‘Amis Presbytery and Bunun Presbytery jointly signed a contract approving evangelists to serve and help each other in church ministries. 

A prayer and fast assembly, entitled as "Burnt but not consumed, let’s stand up to witness -  prayer and fast assembly for the house churches persecuted in China”, was held at PCT Chi-Nan Church of Chi-Hsin Presbytery in the evening on June 9. Nearly 2,000 people participated the assembly in chapel or virtually online to care and concern the House Church Christians, who had been sentenced, imprisoned, charged and temporarily bailed across China. On June 14, some church members of the Early Rain Covenant Church were reported bring arrested.

After more than two years of planning and groundworks, Guei-Shan Church of Hsinchu Presbytery held the opening ceremony of Taoyuan Gueishan 115 Scout Group on May 30. Besides inviting children from the community to participate, Rev Hsiao Wen-chieh, pastor of Guei-Shan Church, also encouraged parents to take time and accompany these new scouts. He found many primary school teachers were very much enthusiastic to promote scout group activities and was willing to encourage their students to attend.

Led Rev Choi Sang-do, general secretary of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK), 49 pastors and full-time staff of 41 Presbyteries, visited the General Assembly Office of Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) on May 28.