Taiwan Pioneer Mission Movement (PMM) Family Revival Meeting was held in Yilan Church in Taiwan from March 9 to 10, 2014. During the meeting, 13 families who serve as missionaries in Taiwan had valuable time to pray together, share each other’s mission spirit, and recharge themselves with God’s message. Dr. Jairyong Lee, president of the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD), Pastor Steven Wu, president of Taiwan Conference, Pastor Kim SiYoung, NSD PMM director, and Choi YoungIl, NSD assistant PMM director, were invited to preach the message.
In the opening remarks, Dr. Lee stated, “When we look at reality from a human point of view, delivering the gospel never seems easy in this age. As Jesus said, the harvest is plentiful. Let us be prepared for labor through prayer and through God’s word, and let us go out to the field with strong faith.” He also suggested three convictions that missionaries should possess: Conviction of God’s calling, conviction of God’s promise, and conviction of God’s presence.
Pastor Kim SiYoung delivered a message entitled, “Take Off Your Shoes.” He said, “We Seventh-day Adventists are ’the three angels,’ who are on a special mission to preach the gospel in the last days. Please remember that you are the three angels who have been called to evangelize Taiwan and to strive for the work of soul-saving in Taiwan.” Pastor Steven Wu shared the history of evangelism in Taiwan, emphasizing that the PMM is a great blessing from God for reviving mission work in Taiwan. Meanwhile, PMM missionaries shared the status and progress of each one’s mission field. Some pastors and their wives also shared their missionary experiences.
Taiwan is a Buddhist country as well as a polytheistic country. Also, there is silent discrimination between aborigines and the Han Chinese. However, Taiwan PMM missionaries push the limits within these circumstances and broaden the horizon of Taiwan Adventist ministries. They have a good understanding of Buddhism from their experience of the Buddhist culture in South Korea, and they are able to interact with both Taiwanese aborigines and Han Chinese. Furthermore, because “the Korean Wave” is rolling over Taiwan, Korean missionaries are needed more than anyone else. They run Korean language classes and interact with young people, which leads people to Adventist churches. Soon young people filled with the Holy Spirit will rise up throughout Taiwan and dedicate themselves to evangelizing their nation.