Presbyterian Church in Taiwan | |
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Tâi-oân Ki-tok Tiúⁿ-ló Kàu-hōe 臺灣基督長老敎會 | |
Abbreviation | PCT |
Type | Christianity (Western) |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Mainline |
Polity | Presbyterian |
Governance | General Assembly |
Moderator | Rev. Ti Sik-khim |
Associations | World Council of Churches Christian Conference of Asia National Council of Churches of Taiwan World Communion of Reformed Churches Council for World Mission |
Region | Taiwan |
Founder | James Laidlaw Maxwell George Leslie Mackay |
Origin | 1865 Taiwan |
Congregations | 1,219[1] |
Members | 238,372[2] |
Ministers | 1,205[1] |
Hospitals | 3 |
Secondary schools | 3 |
Tertiary institutions | 2 |
Seminaries | 4 |
Publications | Taiwan Church News |
Official website | www |
Slogan | 焚而不燬 "Burning, but not destroyed" |
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT; Chinese: 臺灣基督長老敎會; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Ki-tok Tiúⁿ-ló Kàu-hōe) is the largest Protestant Christian denomination based in Taiwan.[3]
The PCT is a member of the World Council of Churches, and its flag features a "burning bush", which signifies the concept of burning yet not being destroyed.