[3059] Taiwan Justice Action Church officially joins PCT

Taiwan Justice Action Church officially joins PCT

Reported by Sam Lee

Written by Lydia Ma

Taiwan Justice Action Church (TJAC) was welcomed as an official member of PCT on October 10, 2010. This church is the first “roadside church” in Taiwan with a vision to live out Christ’s gospel of love and justice through action.

TJAC was founded earlier this year as an extension of Urban Rural Mission (URM) when many URM members were inspired to follow Jesus’ example as an itinerant preacher of the gospel. Its founding members envisioned a church by the roadside and without a roof.

With this in mind, a few people began meeting at 228 Peace Memorial Park in Taipei and the church later began holding services and meetings at the park every week. Taipei Presbytery decided to sponsor this new church soon afterward. October 10 marked the day when TJAC officially became a PCT church.

Since its inception, TJAC has managed to attract about 50 people every week to its weekly outdoor services and about 70% of them are either Christian-seekers or non-Christians. They have slowly been introduced to the gospel and to Christianity.

A typical Sunday service at TJAC begins with a short fitness exercise. Seminars on various topics usually follow Sunday worship services. Because meetings are held outdoors, they also attract the attention of many a passerby.

In an interesting and newsworthy twist, the church’s Sunday service on October 10, 2010, which coincided with Double Ten National Day this year and was originally scheduled to be held at 228 Peace Memorial Park in Taipei as usual, was relocated when the government closed the park to the public on that day.

Despite this inconvenience which served as a blunt reminder to many that Taiwan still had a long way to go in terms of justice and national sovereignty, more than 300 people gathered to attend Sunday service on that day.