Celebrating 50 years of the gospel in Taiwan – LDS Church News

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Sultry weather failed to dampen the spirits of hundreds of LDS Church members and full-time Mormon missionaries gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Taiwan's dedication for the preaching of the gospel.

The Taiwan Latter-day Saints were assembled on the hillside overlooking Taipei where Elder Mark E. Petersen of the Quorum of the Twelve gave the dedicatory prayer on June 1, 1959. He was surrounded by a small group of Taiwanese converts and some of the earliest missionaries called to serve on the island.

In his dedicatory prayer, Elder Petersen said, \"Let Thy Spirit bear testimony to the hearers of the truth.\"

Over the past five decades, Elder Petersen's plea has been answered in Taiwan.