Byron & Melissa Manners
Serving Hope International Missions as
Missionaries in Taiwan
A word from Byron & Melissa Manners
Our ministry is pastoring a church in the northern part of Taiwan's second largest city, Kaohsiung. The church was started in the early 1990's, so in some ways it is established. The church is self-supporting and self-governing; however, we are not yet self-propagating, meaning that they still need missionaries to be their pastors.
Some of our work is very similar to what a pastor does in the States. We preach, visit, pray, and minister as opportunities arise. One never knows when and where a door may open. In the past, we have been invited to teach the Christmas story at a public school. Another time we were privileged to pray with several people that had lost everything after a bad typhoon.
The side of our work that is different is all the Bible studies that we do. Right now we are involved in four a week. One of them is especially for unbelievers, and in that class we teach English as we teach the Bible study. Anyone that speaks English and has the ability to teach can start Bible studies here. Since teaching is my strongest gift, Byron enjoys that part of the ministry most. Melissa enjoys the months when it is her turn to teach the children's class on Sundays.