Presbyterianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Taiwan==== The [[Presbyterian Church in Taiwan]] (PCT) is by far the largest Protestant denomination in [[Taiwan]], with some 238,372 members as of 2009 (including a majority of the island's [[Formosan Aboriginals|aborigines]]). [[English Presbyterian Mission]]ary [[James Laidlaw Maxwell]] established the first Presbyterian church in [[Tainan]] in 1865. His colleague [[George Leslie Mackay]], of the [[Canadian Presbyterian Mission]], was active in [[Tamsui]] and north Taiwan from 1872 to 1901; he founded the island's first university and hospital, and created a written script for [[Taiwanese Minnan]]. The English and Canadian missions joined as the PCT in 1912. One of the few churches permitted to operate in Taiwan through the era of Japanese rule (1895β1945), the PCT experienced rapid growth during the era of [[Kuomintang]]-imposed martial law (1949β1987), in part due to its support for democracy, human rights, and [[Taiwan independence]]. Former [[Republic of China|ROC]] president [[Lee Teng-hui]] (in office 1988β2000) was a Presbyterian. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page