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Taiwan Church News 3045 Edition July 5~July 11, 2010
Aborigine college ministry tackles hot issues at exciting summer camp
Reported by Chen Wei-chien Written by Lydia Ma Photo provided by Center for Taichung Aborigine College Ministry
With the start of summer vacations finally here, a lot of summer camps are sprouting across the nation. Aborigine college students are spending this summer exploring important issues relevant to their lives and faith.
They’re also taking time to visit Aborigine reservations in Nantou to get a grasp of challenges facing Aborigines who live in remote reservations.
A youth camp was held at Central Bunun Presbytery’s Kalibuan Churchfrom July 1~4, 2010, co-sponsored by PCT Campus Ministry Committee and Indigenous Ministry Committee. More than 80 college-age Aborigine youth attended this camp.
According to Campus Ministry Committee Secretary Rev. Tan Ho-Tek, this year’s camp focused on the book of Romans and its application to everyday life.
Speakers sought to increase biblical literacy among youth and generate discussion on a few hot issues. They hoped that college youth would learn to reason clearly on important hot issues of the times, such as sex.
“Our hope is to get away from dogmatic approaches when training our youth because that’ll only make church more repulsive to them,” said one pastor.
He added that since sex is a gift from God that must be handled with care, it’s imperative to teach youth about their relationship with God and tackle problems with biblical perspectives.
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