Hey Ashlan! Love your threads :)

It is! 2% is evangelical and it is very much rooted in ancestor worship and Daoism. The big issue is that to a Taiwanese person they have a VERY strong family structure that is also rooted in religious beliefs. So a person converting to being Christian has numerous hurdles. First they have to give up polytheism and put one God as the true God (Meaning many just put Jesus on a shelf with other gods).

Second if they do choose to believe, they may be a closet Christian at first because openly proclaiming faith is difficult. They can get thrown out of homes, cut off from inheritance, or worse. It's strange because the Taiwanese people are very kind and moral and sweet, but the act of stopping ancestor worship is basically condemning relatives to hell so it becomes a very intense challenging experience.

Due to this baptism is often the "Sign" that someone really believes but it creates other problems like people confusing baptism for salvation. So we do a lot of work educating people on the gospel and how baptism is a sign of public confession.

But when a person does believe, it often costs them. This means that some really do count the cost and lose their old life. That means a real conversion isn't some wishy washy decision that someone makes. When life hits them hard, they man up, walk with Christ and hit back because they really believe.

Here is a recent video circulating about the situation with missions in China. We're praying that God would raise up so many through his church!

https://youtu.be/71fOCLjmVbo