Breaking the Barriers to Salvation among the Hakka People

Rev. Wen Yongsheng

Breaking the Barriers to Salvation among the Hakka People:

Preface  

1. What are the barriers to salvation among the Hakka people? The Monkey King on Bangka Island, Indonesia? The Tua Pek Kong Temple at Shoushan Pavilion in Kuching? The Yimin Lords and the Three Mountain Kings in Taiwan? Fortune-telling and feng shui practices? Tzu Chi Foundation? The issue of ancestor worship? Facing the heterodox customs of the Hakka people
2. Polytheistic background: Buddhism and Taoism
3. Know yourself and know the other: understanding the Hakka worldview

Example: Rev. Ye Minghan, “Discussing the Gospel from Folk Customs”

I. Facing the Tzu Chi Foundation

1. The core value of the Chinese people: doing good deeds
2. The pre-evangelism work of the church: love

Example: Blessed Holistic Care Association

II. Facing the Ancestor Worship Issue among the Hakka People

1. Why do they value ancestor worship so much? Ancestor worship has three major functions

• Ethical function: promoting filial piety and moral education
• Religious function: praying for the blessing of ancestors
• Social function: uniting the family and stabilizing the nation

2. Why must the issue of ancestor worship be taken seriously?

• “Reference group” in times of decision
• A deeply unforgettable experience

3. The theory and practice of Christian ancestor veneration ministry

• Reflection on the theology of filial piety
• Establishing models of ancestor veneration
• Practicing ancestor veneration ministry

Conclusion:

Breaking the schemes of the devil through spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:10–20)

At the age of 75, Jiang Taigong believed in the Lord.