In 1906 the Southern Fujian Mission sent Young Ten-Seu, who came to Taiwan as a colporteur.
He led about 20 young people to God; then, when the Japanese came, they expelled him out of Taiwan.
In March of 1934 the Japan Mission sent Pr. Her-Di Yongsun and his family to Tainan, Taiwan. He left Taiwan in March of 1942, after which Pr. Ching Gwang (Hatake) continued pastoring in Tainan. Then the second world war began.
The law prohibited all spreading of the Gospel, forced churches to be closed, and he was sent to jail.
When the war with Japan ended in 1947, the Chinese Mission conducted the first national meeting in Taiwan.
At the executive committee meeting they planned to start the new mission in two areas of southern China: Hainan Island and Taiwan.
They sent Pr. Lin Bpeun-San to Taiwan as its Mission Director.
They also sent Pr. Lee Tien-Tze to Xiamen, Pr. Young De-Sing to the north of Fujian, and Pr. Zhe Shiang-Long to Shantou
and they worked together to open the Taiwan ministry. Later
in Taiwan they became known as the Four Pioneers.
After Taiwan had been returned, in the spring of 1947, the Chinese branch sent Pr. Carl Currie and Pr. George John Appel,
two American pastors, to Taiwan: Elder Currie, as president and Pr. George John Appel as the treasurer.
When they arrived, they bought land for the construction of the mission office and for living quarters for staff and workers at #26 Junkou North Rd. Taipei, to hasten the spread of the gospel in Taiwan.
After 1964 the Taiwan ministry made a spurt of progress, developing Gospel work quickly, and in that year the mission split into two missions, one was the Taipei Mission, and other one was the South Taiwan Mission. Our church was in a period of rapid expansion, and soon discovered that the mountain
churches were different from the plains churches. Thus, in 1969, our church reorganized its administration system, and separated the mountain churches from the plains churches, setting each one under its own mission mission within its own region: the plains region called Taiping Mission, and the Mountain Churches called Taian Mission. The following year (1970), Pingtung built an indigenous evangelism and education building, opening a new page in its Gospel work.
Taiping Mission's office moved from Taipei to Taichung, into what was once the VOP office) and later, after six years at end of 1976, the Union Conference hoped the Taiwan Mission could be independent, and decided to join the two missions as Taiwan Conference, with an address at #153 Mingchung Rd, Taichung (1977 to 1989), until the new building could be completed, then moved to the current address of #195 Chunghwa Rd, Sec. 2, Taichung.
