{"id":6468,"date":"2026-09-12T15:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gna.news\/?p=6468"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:30:40","slug":"u-s-navy-officer-becomes-pastor-in-taiwan-a-missionarys-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gna.news\/es\/story-item\/u-s-navy-officer-becomes-pastor-in-taiwan-a-missionarys-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Officer Becomes Pastor in Taiwan &#8211; a Missionary&#8217;s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"vc_section vc_section_visible\" data-section-name=\"\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row_visible vc_custom_1690387206194\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10 text-left\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"pix-el-text w-100   vc_custom_1789485824531\" ><p class=\"text-18  text-body-default  font-weight-bold\" >Can a missionary life make a lasting difference? Wendell Philleo Fiest arrived in Taiwan as a U.S. Navy officer. Through the influence of Taiwanese Christians, he came to faith in Christ and found his missionary calling. <\/p><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1226250434?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"pix-el-text w-100   vc_custom_1789485834919\" ><p class=\"text-18  text-body-default\" >After many decades of service as a pastor he passed away peacefully at 90 years of age. In this report, pastors across Taiwan share powerful testimonies of his enduring impact on their lives and ministries.\r\nGNA reporter Peter Wooding speaks to CRU&#8217;s President David Robbins to find out how this ministry has grown into an international movement.<\/p><\/div><a  href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/progressive_redirect\/download\/1226250434\/rendition\/1080p\/u.s._navy_officer_becomes_pastor_in_taiwan--a_missionary%27s_legacy%20%281080p%29.mp4?loc=external&amp;signature=8891e5af5b1b0112c90a0c0230f94a2a497860dfea02accc88068d94c9d74251\" class=\"btn mb-2 download-button    btn-primary d-inline-block      btn-md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"    ><span class=\"font-weight-bold\" >Download video<\/span><\/a><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1789485943746 logged-only\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>VIDEO SCRIPT<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-test-id=\"submission-valid-input\"><\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"submission-valid-input\">\n<div class=\"Section__StyledSection-pfAyh bczoLq\">\n<div data-test-id=\"submission-input-value\">\n<div data-test-id=\"formatted-input-0\">\n<p>As Wendell Friest\u2019s favorite hymn, \u201cWe Love Our Native Land,\u201d was sung, nearly 500 pastors and ministry workers gathered at Taipei Truth Church on August 21. Together with his daughter and granddaughter, they remembered the missionary who served Taiwan\u2019s churches for more than 30 years. Friest passed away in the United States on July 1 at age 90.<br \/>\nMy father came to Taiwan while serving in the U.S. Navy. It was here that he truly came to know the joy of knowing Jesus. Taiwanese Christians led him to faith in the Lord. Our whole family is very grateful to Truth Church for loving my father and our entire family through all these years.<br \/>\nWhat did Pastor Friest see through the eyes of faith? He saw these jars of clay. He loved to say, \u201cWe have treasure in jars of clay.\u201d God promised to reveal His unconditional love through the body of Christ. We talk about unconditional love, about an incomprehensible love. What did he call it in Chinese? He called it \u201ca love that makes people faint.\u201d I said, \u201cThat is such a wonderful Chinese expression! Only a missionary could come up with it.\u201d We tend to say \u201cincomprehensible,\u201d all refined and literary. He put it very plainly: a love that makes people faint.<br \/>\nOver the past 40 years, the development of the Taiwan Lutheran Church has been closely connected with Pastor Friest\u2019s Gospel theology. At the same time, he brought this theology to North America and blessed many churches there.<br \/>\nPastor Friest held doctorates in theology, counseling, and therapy. He first came to Taiwan as a young serviceman and came to faith in Christ here. After studying theology in the United States, he returned in 1966 and served for 34 years. His Gospel theology brought the Gospel into everyday life and pastoral counseling, while training many pastors.<br \/>\nFor seven years, I was able to serve in the church together with my parents and observe him at close range: how he preached, how patiently he cared for people, how joyfully he was with Mrs. Friest, and how he accompanied his children. I truly saw the power for life and ministry that the Gospel brings.<br \/>\nI met Pastor Friest when I was 20, and I knew him for 25 years. He shepherded, counseled, and accompanied me\u2014from when I was dating, when he gave me premarital counseling, and through ten painful years after I was married. How fortunate I have been. I give all glory to God.<br \/>\nOnce I encountered a setback. I called him that evening and told him about it. I began to cry, and he immediately said, \u201cWhere are you? I\u2019ll come find you.\u201d That was his instant response. Of course, I calmed down quickly, so he did not need to come. But I will remember that one sentence for the rest of my life.<br \/>\nI realized that I am much like Pastor Friest. The pastoral counseling he taught enabled me to do pastoral counseling for more than 30 years. The love of Jesus he expressed throughout the counseling process has deeply influenced my ministry.<br \/>\nThe pastors remembered Friest with gratitude. For the sake of the Gospel, he crossed the ocean and became a grain of wheat, planted in Taiwan\u2019s soil, tirelessly teaching Jesus\u2019 \u201clove that makes people faint.\u201d<br \/>\nPrayer of the Late Pastor Wendell Friest<br \/>\nLord, may Your Gospel, Your good news, Your love, and Your grace flow out from here, so that many, many people may see and know that we are Your disciples. May they also know that the heavenly Father sent You, believe in Jesus, and receive in Jesus the abundant life and satisfying joy that You said You would give us. Thank You, Lord. Hear my prayer. In Jesus\u2019 name, amen.<\/p>\n<p>People Interviewed and their Titles<br \/>\nChairman of the Asia Missions Alliance<br \/>\nPastor Peter Yang<br \/>\nBishop of the Taiwan Lutheran Church<br \/>\nPastor Caleb Kao<br \/>\nPastoral Team,Taipei Truth Lutheran Church<br \/>\nPastor Daniel Su<br \/>\nBanciao Gospel Church<br \/>\nPastor Samuel Chang<br \/>\nPastor Feng-Ching Hsieh<br \/>\nTaiwan Sanmin Christ Lutheran Church<br \/>\nPastor Chuang Tung-Chieh<br \/>\nChristian Pastoral Training Association<br \/>\nPastor John Yao<\/p>\n<p>Recording Location<br \/>\nTaiwan<\/p>\n<p>Organization featured in this Story<br \/>\nTaipei Truth Lutheran Church<\/p>\n<p>Reporter\/Producer for the story<br \/>\nGOODTV<\/p>\n<p>Story Provider\/Contact<br \/>\nDavid Wang<\/p>\n<p>Producing Organization<br \/>\nGOODTV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"custom-sidebar wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2 text-left\"><div 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