The Protestant Community of Modern Taiwan: Mission, Seminary, and Church (Taiwan in the Modern World)

n this chapter, we have seen that the island of Taiwan has had a long and complex history and that its peoples were affected by many cur­
rents and influences from the Chinese mainland, from Japan, and, most recently, from the West. We have traced the evolution of the Protestant community on this island and have learned how both missionaries and Chinese Protestants contributed to the development of the larger Tai­ wanese society. Finally, we have become aware that it is possible to view the Taiwanese Protestant community as being structured as if it were a church community in any part of the United States.