All articles in category Taiwan
By Andrew Butler
Article
February 2000
Taiwan
Missionary Spotlight-Taiwan
Taiwan’s churches under pressure The Protestant church in Taiwan grew particularly during the final part of the nineteenth century as a result of missionary endeavour. From the 1890s, Taiwan was colonised by Japan, who controlled it into the first half of the twentieth century and throughout two world wars. As time wore on, Japanese…
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Article
February 2000
Taiwan
Missionary Spotlight – Taiwan Fact File
Taiwan Fact File Area – 13,900 square miles. Previously known as Formosa, it is about 100 miles from the Chinese mainland. It comprises the island of Taiwan, and the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands. Environment – A tropical climate, with typhoons during the monsoon season (June to August). Forested mountains (highest point 13,113…
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By OMF Taiwan
Article
February 2000
Taiwan
Missionary Spotlight-Frontier between Faith and Idolatry
Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, is situated in the South China Sea, approximately 100 miles from the Chinese mainland. It is a leaf-shaped island slightly smaller than Switzerland. Its population of twenty-two million is mainly urban and crowded into the western coastal plain, one of the most crowded parts of the world. Except for…
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