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Ministry Requirements for Partnering With Crossing 7 Taiwan


This page details the various qualifications that any new partners with Crossing 7 Taiwan must fulfill. It's also very important for you to read through the Teaching Qualifications and Visa Qualifications pages, which any new partners are also required to agree to.

    1. Mission minded, born-again Christian. Members of Crossing 7 Taiwan are expected to be flexible, teachable, servants of God. They should be people who are passionate about using their gifts and abilities to reach out to the Taiwanese people with the love of Christ.

    2. One-year term minimum commitment. For one year you commit to serving at Taipei Truth Lutheran Church, in their English ministry programs.
        • Additionally, you commit to integrating into this local church body by regularly attending their Sunday morning service and prayer meeting (occurs immediately after the morning church service)
        • Attend occasional co-worker meetings to pray for and plan the ministry you are involved in. (Currently, we run an annual Fall Bilingual Alpha course. We try to keep the summer months more open from structured ministry, since many foreigners like to use that time to travel, rest, etc.)
           
    3. Commit to being involved in the regular life of a cell group that meets once a week. Our church offers various English and Bilingual cell groups which meet on different weeknights.
       
    4. Network of prayer supporters: Living in a different country is challenging and will bring unexpected frustrations. Having a group of people “back home” who are committed to praying for you on a regular basis is indispensable when serving the Lord anywhere.

 

The following is not required but strongly suggested based on our experience:

  1. Language learning: One important way of feeling connected to a culture is through the language. While full-time language study is not required or expected, some language training is strongly advised. There are various avenues in which to do this such as: language exchange with a Taiwanese friend, summer classes at a local language institute, or private tutoring. If there is enough demand, we can also open a Chinese class for beginners through Truth Church.