Checkpoint Autumn 2022: A hard conversation brings insight
Posted on: 25th February 2022
CMS missionary Shan-Shan Chrisp, with her husband Sam, is serving in Taiwan. In this article she tells how tension in a discipling relationship led to deep and valuable insights. I had been discipling a Christian woman from church by meeting one-to-one with her and working through Paul’s letter to the Colossians. One time as we […]
Grace, the undeserved reward
Posted on: 6th December 2021
CMS missionaries Sam and Shan-Shan Chrisp serve in Taiwan. They share their surprise at the practice of rewarding good behaviour in many areas of Taiwanese culture. One thing we’re learning about in Taiwan is what we call the ‘reward’ culture. Elijah often comes home from preschool with new small toys or food snacks. When we ask him […]
Taiwan: Gospel to grandma and beyond
Posted on: 4th June 2021
CMS missionaries Sam and Shan-Shan Chrisp are learning language and culture as they prepare to work with students in Taiwan. Here Sam shares some recent answers to prayer for ministry opportunities. Sharing the gospel Over Easter, Shan-Shan was able to use her imperfect Taiwanese to share the gospel stories of Jesus’ death and resurrection with a local […]
Mission in Taiwan: Checkpoint Winter 2021
Posted on: 28th May 2021
CMS missionaries Sam and Shan-Shan Chrisp are in the refreshing context of a country where COVID did not spread as expected. Sam writes that even in Taiwan they have still been discussing questions of why God allows the suffering that COVID has caused. In the early days of the COVID outbreak, scientists predicted Taiwan would […]
Seeking an end to spiritual and physical drought
Posted on: 15th April 2021
CMS missionaries Sam and Shan-Shan Chrisp are learning culture and language in Taiwan as they prepare to work in student ministry. As Taiwan suffers its first water shortage in a decade, they reflect on our need for spiritual and physical water. “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will […]
Student ministry in Taiwan
Posted on: 11th February 2021
CMS missionaries Sam and Shan-Shan Chrisp are learning language and culture in preparation for ministry to university students in Taiwan. They’re excited about student engagement in outreach and training. Throughout December we continued to visit different university fellowships in our city, Taichung. It’s been exciting to get a glimpse of university life, get a deeper […]
