Taipei14: Pastor Tu Muheng, who was appointed to coordinate Taipei14, the Mission to the Cities (MTC) evangelistic meetings of Taiwan Conference, invited Dr. Jairyong Lee, president of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD); Robert Costa, the General Conference MTC coordinator; and Kwon JohngHaeng, NSD MTC coordinator; to train pastors in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan. They visited Taipei several times for revival meetings and trainings.
Pastor Ko Mawfeng, pastor of Songshan Adventist Church, which is located next to Taiwan Adventist Hospital, worried about the renovation of the old church building as he faced the Taipei14 evangelistic meetings. After he and his church members prayed together, the answer to prayer came through Mr. Jiang Qingfu and Taiwan Adventist Hospital. Mr. Jiang, the husband of a deaconess at Songshan Church, donated 100,000 US dollars for the renovation of the church even though he was not a church member.
Dr. Jairyong Lee(right) preaches on the last day of Taipei 14
Dr. Huang Hui-Ting, president of Taiwan Adventist Hospital, decided that the hospital would donate 170,000 dollars for the renovation of the church. Although the church was located in the same place as before, passers by began to notice that there was a beautiful church. Pastor Ko Mawfeng organized a series of evangelistic meetings, three days each during three weekends in October 2014. Songshan Church, a Chinese-speaking church, and New Life Church, an English-speaking church, prepared evangelistic series together. Pastor Jason Canfield, the new pastor of New Life Church, spoke for the meetings.
Pastor Kwon JohngHaeng was the guest speaker for the other Taipei14 meetings, which took place at Taipei Church and Neihu Church. Taipei Church (Pastor Hwang Qingfu) and Shilin Church (Pastor Wang Yuren) met together at Tapei Church every night from October 24 to 31, 2014. Jesus stated, “For where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also” (Matthew 6:21). Mr. Jiang Qingfu, who had donated a great amount of money for the renovation of Songshan Church, attended every night at the Taipei Church meeting with his Adventist wife.
In addition to speaking at the Taipei Church meetings every night, Pastor Kwon also spoke every morning for the Neihu Church meetings. Neihu Church was planted by Taipei Church two months before the Taipei14 meetings. Pastor Kim InSu, a Pioneer Mission Movement missionary from Korea to Taiwan, was assigned to the church planting after his Chinese language training. Churches near Neihu sent their members to participate in the evangelistic meeting.
Churches in Taipei specially organized a joint choir for Taipei 14
The last day of Taipei14 was November 1, 2014, and 1,600 members from all the churches in Taipei and other places in Taiwan met at the municipal hall of New Taipei City to celebrate God’s guidance and grace during Taipei14. Dr. Jairyong Lee spoke a powerful message about the family of God as God’s remnant people. As he closed his message, he made an altar call. Fifty individuals decided to accept Jesus as their Savior and join the remnant church of God. Mr. Jiang Qingfu, who gave a major donation for the renovation of Songshan Church as they prepared for Taipei14 and attended the prophecy seminar by Pastor Kwon JohngHaeng every evening, was found standing among the fifty who had decided to be baptized.
Dr. Lee offered a special dedicatory prayer for them. Pastor Steven Wu, president of Taiwan Conference, gave each of them a Bible with the Adventist logo in gold foil. In the afternoon, after the lunch provided by the conference, the Golden Angels singing group from the division who had supported the MTC evangelistic meetings with their songs and praises offered a concert. Churches in Taipei organized a joint choir for this special occasion and gave beautiful praise. Several local groups presented very impressive special numbers.
The Sabbath programs were not the finale for Taipei14. The following Sunday, varied programs were prepared by the conference at Huabo Park, a multipurpose exhibition area. There was a revival meeting in the amphitheater with Dr. Jairyong Lee as the speaker, music festivals in the stage, and a fair market. Taiwanese members enjoyed the Adventist culture day and shared special Adventist Christian love together. Surely, our heavenly Father was pleased to see His children dwell together in unity (Psalms 133:1).
All attendees of HongKong 14 stand up and sing a song of praise
Hong Kong14
Hong Kong14 MTC evangelistic meetings were held October 3-5, 8-10, and 16-17 in Kowloon Church. Eight pastors from the conference spoke on eight topics. The main theme was “It is time.”
Churches, schools and many young people and children plus elderly members participated in this evangelistic series by giving special music, worship dance, and skits. Every night an average of 30 children came for the children’s classes. During the eight nights of meetings, an average of 300 adults attended the meeting. About 20 percent of those who attended the meetings were non-Adventists. By the leading of the Holy Spirit, at the end of the Hong Kong14 MTC evangelistic series, 12 people were baptized and four accepted Adventism by profession of faith. Two of the newly baptized members were more than 90 years old. More than 20 people also made a decision to join the Bible study class on a regular basis.
The MTC evangelism organizing committee of Hong Kong-Macau Conference would like to thank God and to also express many thanks to all the participants from various churches, institutions and schools who contributed their effort to make the meetings successful.
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A group of people sing special music in Hanshin 14, Japan
All Japan15
After the Tokyo13 MTC evangelistic meetings in September 2013, Japan Union Conference leadership and members gained confidence in the leading hands of the Lord and planned a conference-level MTC evangelistic meetings. East Japan Conference held Saitama14 at four churches in the Saitama area, and West Japan Conference won 14 souls through Hanshin14 at three churches in Osaka and Kobe, and Okinawa Mission Naha14. Japan Union Conference already announced All Japan15 in 2015 which means that in 2015 all the churches in Japan will participate in public evangelism to lead the people of the community to the Kingdom of God.
Kwon JohngHaeng, Mission to the Cities Coordinator for NSD