I’ve become a Christian for several years now, during all these years, I have been to different churches across Taipei City to attend Sunday services and I would like to share my first hand observation about why it is difficult for megachurches to exit in Taiwan.
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As I recall, the Christianity really got my attention for the first time was when I saw Pastor Joel Osteen's book "Become A Better You" in a local bookstore back in 2008. The cover of this book was really appealing to me, because after all Pastor Joel is a really handsome guy. Then I opened the book, flipped through the pages and found out that as a non English native speaker as myself, his writing is totally readable and understandable, therefore I gladly bought the book and quickly finished reading in a couple of days. I have to admit that reading this book was a truly pleasant experience for me, because I did not have to check my dictionary all the time. And besides readable and understandable, I also found all of his books very encouraging and inspiring, so I started to watch his weekly TV broadcast as well. Pastor Joel always ends his sermons with "Get into a good Bible based church and keep God first place." And I followed his instruction, found a nearby church, baptized after 6 months and have become a Christian ever since. Long story short, I have become a Christian all because of this charismatic pastor's books and TV sermons. How ironic in some way!
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And now, I would like to take some time to talk about the pastors in Taiwan. Most of them are male and look old. They have gray hair, wear thick glasses and old fashioned suits. There are female pastors as well, most of them are single and hardly attractive, they look like they still live in the ancient Israel, they do not wear any makeups and their dresses are outdated. No wonder they are still single and they do not look like they will be getting married any sooner. I know God tell us not to judge people by their appearances, however I must say most of the Taiwanese pastors are disgrace to God. Because according to Genesis "God created Mankind in his own image" and every time when I look at these pastors, I do not see the image of God. I see really boring people preach really boring sermons. No surprise that they can not attract new people to join their churches. I mean, if you can not look like Pastor Joel Osteen or his lovely wife Victoria Osteen, at least try to preach like Pastor Rick Warren, be funny and articulate.
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What I really want to express is that there is practically no pastors with charisma in Taiwan and that is the main reason why Christian population can not grow in this country. It is for that reason, there won't be any megachurches in this country. Unappealing and unpersuasive pastors are the first reason why megachurches do not exist in Taiwan.
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The second reason is that even though Taiwan is considered to be a developed country, but thanks to our “genius” government and totally inactive female President, this country is extremely poor, poorer than Thailand and the Philippines, not to mention China. The Gross national income has not increased in 16 years. The Young Generation has no hope, live like the Israeli slaves in Egypt and do not know where the future lies. The young people in Taiwan desperately need to hear the encouraging and inspiring Prosperity Gospel. They need to become prosperous first, so they can be saved, then become the true living testimony of Jesus Christ.
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I personally think this World desperately needs megachurches, especially in poor Countries. Taiwan needs megachurches as well, because the people in Taiwan are getting poorer and poorer. Every citizen in this country is suffering and desperately need to become prosperous and be saved at the same time. People represent power. The more people, the more influential churches become.
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Finally, I want to stress that to repent is equally important. In whatever way, the top priority is to attract sinners to go to church first. Sometimes people need to get out of poverty, so they will be willing to learn the true meaning of the Gospel and repent, then ultimately become Christians.
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