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Prayer Meeting (1st Tuesdays, 8:00pm) Contact: Paul Wong

Book Club Contact: Hubert Wong

Missionary Y

“Jesus Always” and “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

Although I have read these two little books on devotion before, reading them again helped my heart to be quiet and feel that the Lord was speaking to me. Reflect on myself, and listen to G’s tiny voice.

Missionary D

Love Matters More by Jared Byas

For years, Christians have argued, debated, and fought one another while “speaking the truth in love,” yet we are no closer to the grace-filled life Jesus modeled.

During my COVID lockdown time in VN, God made clear to me that we need to focus on Unity in Love. This book postures that a biblically-based Christian life is not grounded in having all the answers but in a living relationship. This ultimately shifts our focus from collecting the “right” answers to loving others deeply and authentically.

My deepening walk with Jesus leads me more and more to trying to live out my faith through agape love. I fail every day and yet get up to try again. This book is an encouragement and inspiration for me.

Missionary S

The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism by Carl F. H. Henry

“The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism” is one of the helpful books I read this year. Especially, the part about the responsibility of Christians from the perspective of social work and social care is a good reminder for me. Because of the current roadblock condition for evangelism, we have been considering how to influence the students through social works. The location of our house church is beside a tumor hospital; our church is trying a new ministry of visiting the patients living nearby. Hoping we can invite some students to join in the future. This book helps me know and think about more in this field.

Terry Yu

天國的奧秘 

I read the book “天國的奧秘”，which reminds me the most important thing in our life is to lay up treasures in heaven. I really enjoy serving international students, seeing so many lives transformed, and they share the gospel and make more disciples!

Missionary Z

Pursuing God’s Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups by Ruth Haley Barton

This is one of three books Joint Advisory Council members are required to read in preparation for our September work retreat.

Missionary KT

“The Soul of Shame” and “The Soul of Desire” by Curt Thompson

This year, the two books that made the most impact on me are Curt Thompson’s “The Soul of Shame” and “The Soul of Desire”. He is a Christian neuroscience doctor. He explains much of the human emotional dynamics integrating Scriptural references with neuroscience discoveries. Shame is a huge part of Chinese culture. Understanding the dynamics behind it equips me to help the Chinese workers address their own shame and how to help their children outgrow their shame.

Missionary J&R

Confessions by Augustine of Hippo
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

For our personal understanding of and relationship with God, the ancient church father Augustine’s “Confessions” has been a powerfully formative book, impressing upon us our complete dependence on God and inability to help ourselves apart from his reaching out to us through his grace and mercy. For our view and appreciation of the church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Life Together” gave us a vision of church and Christian living that is both deeply challenging but radically beautiful; of the church as a place full of saints and sinners – sinners who are still imperfect, but saints who have been redeemed and who will be perfected one day. 

Missionary J&I

As Fragile As An Egg? by Rev. Youssef Yacob

Missionary B&S

The Mission of God by Christopher Wright

Missionary Henry Hwang

The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Lesslie Newbigin

This was one of the books I read in recent months, and it helped put to words something that I had been feeling as I visited the local churches here in Taiwan. Many of the local churches that I’ve visited this past year gave off a western vibe to me, in that sense, they all seemed the same for better or for worse. Newbigin in his book introduced the term “mission station,” which he took from a missionary in the 1920s named Roland Allen. Allen used this term to describe churches that even though it had initial success in converting locals had become mission stations, meaning they are no longer moving forward or growing. Converts are plucked out of their culture and into the church, but they’re not being equipped to go back into their own local church to bear witness. This has been helpful for me to think about as I consider the possibility of God calling me to plant another church in the future.

Missionary T&C

Moses: A Man of Selfless Dedication by Charles R. Swindoll

This book accompanied us through the valley last year. Moses’ life encouraged us, especially the chapter on the lessons he learned in the desert

Missionary Dahlfred

Mission Affirmed: Recovering the Missionary Motivation of Paul by Elliot Clark

I am currently reading “Mission Affirmed: Recovering the Missionary Motivation of Paul” by Elliot Clark, which was just published this past January.  Among other good points and reminders, the author stresses that Paul’s primary motivation in ministry was seeking God’s approval.  This is not in relation to Paul’s ultimate salvation, which is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.  Rather, Paul’s evangelism, discipleship, leadership training, travel plans, etc. were motivated by a desire to please God, rather than to seek rapid church multiplication or unreached peoples as quickly as possible, or to stay in the background as an encourager rather than a leader or some other trendy modern missionary goal.  The author pushes back against several popular ideas in modern evangelical missions and offers biblical correctives.  I would recommend it to anyone on the mission field or thinking about going to the mission field.  Even if you are not a missionary or planning to become one, it is still a good book for understanding what made the Apostle Paul tick and shaped his life and ministry priorities and motivations.

Missionary Derek Leung & Sindy Chow

「 泉旁多結果子的枝子: 約瑟 」焦源濂牧師, 中國信徒佈道會 

This book is about the life of Joseph who had a life full of difficulties and challenges, but he was able to overcome all the hardships because he respected God totally even when he did not understand what had happened to him. The writer was able to take all the readers to see Joseph as our model for us to learn from him. Yes, when we are taking the journey of faith step by step, we can learn the lessons from the life of Joseph to trust the Lord no matter what, respect and appreciate the plan God has for us.

Missionary A

The Soong Dynasty by Sterling Seagrave

The book “The Soong Dynasty'' written by Sterling Seagrave has been translated into Chinese and published in China. The book records the history as well as the social and political influences of the Soong family in the 19th and 20th centuries. Charlie Soong, the father of the Soong family, and his children, mostly the famous three Soong sisters, played a very important role in Modern Chinese history. Interestingly, the book also uses many paragraphs to describe the details of the influence of Christianity upon the Soong family. The Soong family members including the three husbands of the three Soong sisters, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Kung Hsiang-hsi, are all Christians. Christianity helped the Chinese government to establish a closer and stronger relationship with the United States, mostly during World War II. China and the USA became allies partially due to the shared Christian faith of the Chinese leadership and American people in the first half of the 20th century. The book reminds us of the contribution of Christianity toward the relationship between China and the USA. I feel excited to share this contribution and history with our Chinese scholars.