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Winfield Reformed Church (恩惠歸正教會) is a protestant church founded in 1880, located in Woodside, NY, USA. The church was originally located on Queens Blvd, and moved to its current location in 1910. The current building was built in 1914. [1] It is part of the Reformed Church in America (RCA) denomination. It is the oldest Taiwanese church established in North America. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Woodside is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... A view down Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills. ... The Reformed Church in America (RCA) is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination that was formerly known as the Dutch Reformed Church. ... This article is about the history, geography, and people of the island known as Taiwan. ... North American redirects here. ...

Present church building

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History

The church was historically Dutch-speaking and remained a mainly white congregation until a large wave of Taiwanese immigrants came in the community in the 1960s. It became mostly Taiwanese in the late 60s and became the first mainly Taiwanese congregation in North America in 1969. Preaching continued in both English and Taiwanese. [2][3][4] The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Look up Taiwanese in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Taiwanese activism

Winfield was a hotbed for Taiwanese independence activism outside of Taiwan for many decades. Pastors and worshipers frequently engaged in Taiwan rallies and causes. When China replaced Taiwan on the United Nations in 1979 NBC sent reporters to interview the opinions of New York Taiwanese at Winfield.[5] UN redirects here. ... This article is about the television network. ...


Notable people

The church was led by many renown Taiwanese ministers, beginning with Rev. Andrew Kuo (郭得烈) in the 1960s who volunteered to serve as minister while working for the American Bible Society. [6] After Winfield, Rev. Kuo was also influential in founding another presbyterian church in New Brunswick, NJ. [7] The American Bible Society (ABS) is a group, founded in 1816, that publishes, distributes, and translates the Bible. ...


Acclaimed Taiwanese independence activist and pastor Dr. Wu-Tong Hwang (黃武東) also served as senior pastor at Winfield from 1973-1978. Hwang was trained in the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan and came to the United States in 1973 after being politically exiled by the Kuomintang government. Rev. Dr. Hwang passed away in November 1994. [8] Taiwan independence (台灣獨立, pinyin: Táiwān dúlì, Taiwanese Church Romanization: Tâi-oân To̍k-li̍p; abbreviated to 台獨, Táidú, Tâi-to̍k) is a political movement whose goal is — depending on ones interpretation of the state of affairs between the land directly administered by the Peoples Republic of China (from Beijing... An issue of the Taiwan Church News, first published by Presbyterian missionaries in 1885. ... The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) [1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China (ROC), now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in terms of seats in the Legislative Yuan, and the oldest political party in the...


Rev. Dr. Martin Wang (王成章), a former professor at Taiwan Theological Seminary, served as minister in the 1980s. He passed away in 2007 [9] Dr. Wang was a translator of the Chinese Bible.


Taiwanese musician and composer Michael Cheng (鄭明堂) attended Winfield and directed the church choir before moving back to Taiwan. [10]


Recent

Rev. Dr. Chao (2nd from left) in Argentina posing with 3 officials of the Argentine Parliament of Religions (PAR), organization denounced by the Catholic Church[11].

Currently the senior pastor is Rev. Dr. Peter Chao (趙主亮), a noted Taiwanese community leader, author [12] and third generation missionary. Chao graduated from the Taiwan Theological College and Seminary (台灣神學院) in 1984.[13] Before Winfield, he worked at a baptist church in Memphis, Tennessee. Chao frequently attends Taiwanese community events, leads senior programs and supports anti domestic violence efforts by sponsoring a project called "The Garden of Hope”.[14][15][16] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Baptist is... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ...


Rev. Dr. Chao made a trip to speak in Argentina in December 2006 as part of a “Peace Tour” of the Universal Peace Federation of the Unification Church of Rev. Sun Myung Moon as a “Peace Ambassador”. Rev. Dr. Chao spoke and praised both the Unification Church and Rev. Moon even though Chao himself is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in a mainstream protestant Christian denomination. [17][18] The Universal Peace Federation (UPF), a non-partisan organization to resolve conflicts, was launched in New York on September 12, 2005, in presence of over 300 world leaders from 156 nations, from politics and religion. ... The Unification Church is a new religious movement started by Sun Myung Moon in Korea in the 1940s. ... Sun Myung Moon (born February 25, 1920; lunar: January 6, 1920) founded the Unification Church (later renamed Family Federation for World Peace and Unification) on May 1, 1954, in Seoul, South Korea. ...


The church presently worships only in Taiwanese.


References

  1. ^ http://www.pct.org.tw/news_pct.htm?strBlockID=B00001&strContentID=C2007041900002&strDesc=Y&strPub=&strASP=
  2. ^ http://www.laijohn.com/BOOK1/087.htm
  3. ^ http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/winfield2/winfield.html
  4. ^ http://www.wufi.org.tw/wufi/wufiusa.htm
  5. ^ http://www.pct.org.tw/news_pct.htm?strBlockID=B00001&strContentID=C2007041900002&strDesc=Y&strPub=&strASP=
  6. ^ http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch01664
  7. ^ http://www.tafpc.org/TWebPage/History/History.html
  8. ^ http://gospel.pct.org.tw/AssociatorArticle.aspx?strSiteID=S001&strBlockID=B00007&strContentID=C2007050200021&strDesc=Y&strCTID=CT0005&strASP=default
  9. ^ http://www.gospelherald.com/template/view.htm?code=edu&id=7982
  10. ^ http://church.chhs.com.tw/music/About.asp
  11. ^ http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=25924
  12. ^ http://www.pctpress.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_29&products_id=545&osCsid=aeee3e55f91b41187315e3981939f7cf
  13. ^ http://www.taitheo.org.tw/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=010-2&Category=37
  14. ^ http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/3/1/10/n264354.htm
  15. ^ http://news.epochtimes.com/b5/3/3/15/n286711.htm
  16. ^ http://www.goh.org.tw/resources/e-news%5C2003%5C163-0213.asp
  17. ^ http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks2/Chao/Chao-061220.htm
  18. ^ http://www.peace-tour.org/tour5_2006/nation/argentina.php

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