Taiwan Church Press

3284 Edition

Feb 2 - 8, 2015

Headline News

Say Yes To God - Become A Loyal Servant

Reported by Lin Chia-jin

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of PCT's mission in Taiwan, the third missionary conference, entitled as "Become A LoyalServant", is held from Feb 2nd to 5th at Taiwan Biblical College. About 100 PCT pastors and elders attend this seminar. Rev. John McCall, the stationed missionary from PCUSA, is invited to deliver a keynote speech for this conference. "It is God say yes to us first, then we are able to say yes to God", says Rev. McCall, as each loyal servant responds to God's calling from her/his baptism. In order to witness love and justice of the Kingdom of God, McCall emphasizes that Christian is called by God to start her pilgrimage of faith to enter this world with His Words and Deeds.

McCall says, when many Taiwanese people ask him: why he want to leave USA and come to Taiwan as a missionary?, he alwaysreplies: "Before I leave USA, God has 100% loved me. I did not come for he would love me more and special. I come because I want to respond God's love and be obedient to Him". Many Christians used to live and separate a life between the holy and the secular, observes McCall, but the teachings of the Bible show us there is no such difference existed! Christians have to be loyal to Jesus Christ in every fronts of life. McCall reminds the pastors and the elders to live an integrated ecclesiastic life, a good health and a happy family can not be absent from the heavy church ministry.

Rev. Lo Ren-quei, Moderator of PCT Assembly, encourages the participating members to imitate the obedient lives of biblicalfigures: Maria, Joseph and Paul. For the sake of good news, urges Rev. Lo, we Christians should follow the spirit of Maria, "Let it be with me according to your words!", when the angel declared her destiny; take up the wisdom from the life of Joseph and Paul's ministry when the unexpected troubles occurred: "Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?". Rev. Lo reminds the audience that to be a loyal servant starts from an obedient mind to follow our Lord Jesus.

Translated by Peter Wolfe