It has
been over 150 years since The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT)
established
which has played an important role in many sphere like politics, education,
medicine and
other social services in Taiwan society. However, most studies of PCT
focus on their
political participation, some focus on the development of other
dimensions,
but little did PCT membership’ church life seen in recent studies.
Data cross 48
years were collected from 11 churches located in the north, middle, and
southern Taiwan and were divided into 8 periods according the evangelized
movements of PCT. Using the documents of weekly services, this study
picked up the most popular hymns of each period into analysis. Researcher
use textual analysis and social network analysis to examine the structures
of concepts of the PCT membership’s church life in different periods. It
was found that normal church life of the membership of PCT is not
completely corresponding to the state -church relationship. The pattern of
the normal church life of PCT was effected by the evangelizing movements that
PCT has pushed, the influence of other demonstrations, and the needs of
the members hip of PCT under different social context.
