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Joel & Judy Linton Missionaries to Taiwan The Linton family, November 2010

About the Missionaries Joel was born in South Korea into a family with a multi-generational legacy of mission work in Korea. Judy was born in Taiwan into a non-Christian family. God brought both of them to know Him in their childhood --- Joel in middle school, Judy in high school. During their college years, God put missions on their hearts. They both pursued graduate degrees useful for "tentmaking" in East Asia. They married in 1998, and soon after, God called them to Taiwan to a lifetime service of church planting and evangelism. So they began training and raising support for the mission field. In 2000, God blessed them with a beautiful daughter, Faith. He has since added two more daughters to the family, Charis and Ashlyn. In 2002, the Linton's moved to Taiwan to begin their work. They helped start New Hope Church - Taipei in January 2003, then Chidu Hope Church in August 2003 and the Lotus Hill Community Church in January 2005 In addition to caring for a growing family, Joel & Judy keep busy. Joel continues his language studies (Taiwanese & Mandarin), helps oversee the church plants and evangelistic projects, and maintaining the websites of taiwanchurch.org and judylinton.com that further the work of both of their ministries. In the Fall of 2004, Joel took a series of written then oral exams for ordination. He was ordained as a pastor and missionary on November 19th, 2004 by the Northern California Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America. (He is now currently a member of the Providence Presbytery in north Alabama.) Because of her life story, the tragedy that befell her family and made her known throughout Taiwan, Judy has been focusing on more public evangelism in the mass media through her music and the release of her autobiography and her 2006 book on infant care. Many times in interviews of secular radio station talk shows, she is asked to share "the reason for the hope she has." We pray many more opportunities will come. She published an infant care book in Taiwan in 2006 which has enabled her to connect with thousands of moms around Taiwan. See Linton family photos, blog

Mission Work Reports New reports are posted on our blog Winter 2008 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 10.4 August 2008 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 10.3 New Year 2008 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 10.1 October 2007 * see picture of Intro to Christianity Class members March 2007 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 9.2 January 2007 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 9.1 Winter 2006 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 8.3 Summer-Fall 2006 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 8.2 Spring 2006 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 8.1 December 2005 * Taiwan Prayer Letter 7.3 October 2005 * Our evangelistic outreach to Taiwanese in Brisbane, Australia - ( Mandarin Language page with pics) June 2005 * See pictures of the first baptism I have done as a minister of the Gospel. Spring 2005 * TPL 7.2 January 2005 * Winter 2004-2005 Prayer Letter [or in PDF format] December 2004 * Back in Taiwan November 2004 * Ordination Report Summer 2004 * update [pdf document for download] May 2004 * The Great Adventure April 2004 * Easter Evangelism in Hsin Chu City, Taiwan My course of study for ordination Special Events Audio/Video online 5-22-2007 Joel's talk on The Value of Learning to Read and Write Taiwanese at a Taipei junior high school 4-8-2007 Joel's Easter Sermon in Taiwanese Language [Video] 4-15-2006 Concert [ video - WMV / [ audio - MP3] Judy's writings on the web: * Judy's testimony * Short testimony * 1/2006 -- "Children are a Blessing" [Mandarin-language with pictures] - on Taiwan's National Department of Health Website Joel Linton's sermons on the web: * Sermons. * Easter 2007 at Gikong Church, Taipei: Taiwanese - P.O.J., English Translation Joel Linton's articles published on the web: * Exegetical Paper on 1 Timothy 3:8-13, Summer 2004 Note: A better formatted pdf document version can be downloaded here see a historical survey on this question * Baptism with the Spirit in the book of Acts, Summer 2004 * Church History Study Guide * Movies and the Goals of Mankind * J. S. Bach, Born to Praise His Maker * Celebrating Sex the Way God Intended * Christian Magazine Review Originally published under the pen name, "Ralph Gilchrist" * Dog sense: sniffing out regurgitated folly * St. Patrick's Day and Taiwan * The Value of Learning to Read and Write Taiwanese transcript Posts on Timesdaily forum. Joel's OpEd and Letters to the Editor as an individual foreigner living in Taiwan * Taiwan Tribune The Wealth of Taiwan is Her People republished by the San Diego Taiwan Center * Taipei Times 10/13/2008 * Taiwan News 2/20/2008 * Taiwan News 12/8/2007 * Taipei Times 12/3/2007 * M & C News talkback On Attempts to Ban Spanking in the U.S. 11/28/2007 On Taiwan's Political History 11/24/2007, A Nation's Transition from Authoritarianism 11/23/2007 * Taipei Times 10/21/2007 * Taipei Times 10/14/2007 * Taipei Times 6/13/2007 * Taipei Times 5/27/2007 * Taipei Times 10/23/2006 * Taipei Times 12/5/2004 * Taipei Times 7/18/2004 * Taipei Times 3/7/2004 * Taipei Times 11/14/2003 * Taipei Times 8/7/2003

Supporting Churches with Websites: Atlanta Chinese Christian Church, Tucker, Georgia Chinese Bible Church of Maryland Chinese Christian Church of Virginia Decatur Presbyterian Church - Decatur, Alabama (PCA) Evangelical Formosan Church - Alhambra, California First Presbyterian Church - Tuscumbia, Alabama (PCA) Grace Christian Church, Herndon, Virginia (PCA) Huntsville Chinese Christian Church, Huntsville, Alabama Newtown Reformed Church - Mandarin & Taiwanese, English, Elmhurst, New York Open Door Community Church, North Georgia (PCA) Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Florence, Alabama (PCA) Trinity Presbyterian Church, Kailua, Hawaii (PCA)

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