Taiwan is a colorful, vibrant, open and exciting society. But underneath the modern façade, there is a dark side of superstition, fear, idolatry and spiritual oppression. OMF works to bring the hope of the gospel to these deeply religious people.
Our particular focus is on the working class: disaffected youth, "at risk" kids, hurting women, the urban poor, hard working families. About 70% of Taiwan's 23 million people are working class. Over 99% of these people do not know Jesus Christ. There are tremendous needs for the gospel and the transformation it brings to lives and communities.
New Video Clips
See our latest video clips introducing homeless ministry and mini-Bibles . Ed Stetzer and the Upstream Collective have also uploaded videos about the spiritual needs of Taiwan and some of our ministries on Youtube and on our Video page .
Recent Real Life Stories
- Prayer walking
- Church planting in Wanhua
- AIDS, Drugs and Prison
- Youth outreach in Chiayi
- Christmas Carnival in the Park
- Looking for a Home
- Making Prostitutes Beautiful
News and Stories
-
16/12/2008 7:50 am - Religion and Worldview in Taiwan Religion in Taiwan is very complex. Most people should probably be defined as followers of traditional animsitic Chinese folk religion. However, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucian values have a significant influence on the lives and religion of most people.
Read more about this religious complexity and how this affects evangelism in Taiwan.
-
16/12/2008 3:27 pm - Building Bridges into Unreached Communities The goal of OMF in Taiwan is to bring the gospel into the most unreached segments of society, to establish healthy, multiplying churches amongst these people. The starting point of most ministries is building bridges into these communities to create opportunities to share the gospel. This article looks at the wide variety of methods missionaries use to build these bridges.
-
28/07/2009 12:00 am - Mission Strategies Mission work is built on the biblical essentials of faithful gospel preaching, persistent prayer and practical love.
But we also spend a lot of time considering "how" we do these things in a cross cultural context. "Chronological Bible Storying" and "Indigenous Biblical Church Movements" are two of the key strategies OMF uses.
So what do we mean by these?