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Taiwan Church News 3048 Edition July 26~August 1, 2010
Spiritual revival begins with youths in east Taiwan
Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong Written by Lydia Ma Photo provided by Hualien Passionate Youth Conference
Taiwan’s east coast recently held the largest Christian youth conference in years, with 1,500 youths registering for a 4-day youth camp and as many as 3,500 youths attending the gospel meeting on the last day.
“Hualien Passionate Youths Conference” began on July 12 at Hualien Gymnasium, sponsored by Asia for Jesus, Taipei Truth Church Youth Zone, and House of Dreams Youth Development Center.
According to Rev. Huang Lien-hsing from East Coast Presbytery, this conference was the largest youth gathering he had seen in his 26 years of ministry in Taiwan’s east coast. It was quite a magnificent sight to see so many youths worshipping God together.
The main speakers of this conference were Pastor Philip Mantofa from Mawar Sharon Church in Surabaya,Indonesia and other prominent youth pastors in Taipei area. They called on youths to give their lives to God and to dream big when it comes to being in God’s service and being the leaders and influencers of this generation.
The conference began with an Aborigine performance from a PCT church in Taoyuan on the themes of revival and bravery – just a few of the main themes emphasized during the conference – as youths were encouraged to “take back the land of Canaan” given them by God.
One youth counselor from a PCT church reported that youths at his church who used to be shy and introverts were transformed and emboldened by this conference.
He hoped the conference would serve as a stepping stone for more youth ministries and kickstart a spiritual revival in easternTaiwan. He said an outreach center for youths in Hualien and Taitung would start soon to train and equip youths in easternTaiwan.
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