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Rev. Mingyuan Hsu (許明遠)

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Rev. Mingyuan Hsu (許明遠)

Rev. Mingyuan Hsu (許明遠牧師) is the full-time pastor of |GSTPC (July 2019–present) and a Minister of Word and Sacrament in Los Ranchos Presbytery, PC(USA). He wrote a foreword for the 2025 republication of |Toward A Community of Hope and, in 2023, brought |Rev. Pinghsi Liu (劉炳熹) into that translation project.

Not |Ashton Hsu. Not |Hsu Hsin-hung (徐新宏). |ITPC’s “Dr. 許明遠” book-launch line is a different name-string unless a 漢名 match is shown.

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Rev. Ming Yuan Hsu / Mingyuan Hsu
  • Chinese: 許明遠
  • 籍貫: 台南 (GSTPC pastor page)
  • Wife: 周美玲 (married 1990; GSTPC)
  • Residence: Los Angeles suburbs (GSTPC)
  • Standing: Minister of Word and Sacrament, Los Ranchos Presbytery, PC(USA)
  • Official profile: GSTPC 神的牧者

Education

  • 國立藝專 — broadcasting / television (廣播電視) — GSTPC pastor page

Employment

  • TV evangelism program executive producer (電視福音節目執行製作)
  • Taiwan civil-service qualification (公務人員資格檢定)
  • 成功大學航空太空研究所視聽中心
  • 成功大學醫學院視聽中心
  • |GSTPC — full-time pastor — July 2019–present

Predecessor listed by TAH: |Rev. David Huang (黃德利), GSTPC senior pastor 1980–2002.

Timeline

  • 1982 — Converted at a 靈修會; committed to ministry (GSTPC)
  • 1982–1992 — Ten years of prayer before ordained ministry (GSTPC)
  • 1990 — Married 周美玲
  • 2018 — Hosted |劉炳熹 family in North America (Liu foreword)
  • July 2019– — GSTPC full-time pastor
  • 2020– — GSTPC 靈修默想 / daily devotion archive (devotion; ~123 entries in 2020)
  • 2021 — GSTPC40 牧者前言 (設教 1980-12-07; thanked 歷任牧者)
  • 2023 — Invited Liu to translate Lai’s dissertation
  • 2025 — Foreword, Toward A Community of Hope reprint (Taiwan Church Press)

Quote

“More than fifty years later, I had the privilege of reading this dissertation… ‘This history ought to be seen; this grace must not be forgotten!‘”

— Rev. Ming Yuan Hsu, 2025 republication

“In early 2023, I visited the Rev. Ping Hsi Liu（劉炳熹）… we swiftly reached a consensus to embark on a translation and publication endeavor.”

— same 2025 republication

Lai on the approach:

“When my esteemed Rev. Mingyuan Hsu of the Los Angeles Good Shepherd |Presbyterian Church in Taiwan informed me that Rev. Pinghsi Liu and his team from the Tainan East Gate Barclay Memorial Church were interested in my dissertation…”

— |Albert S. Lai

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Title Mentions (1 article)

  1. 2025 — |Toward A Community of Hope (2025 Foreword) — catalyst for republication

Publications

  • 2025 — Foreword to the 50th anniversary republication of Toward A Community of Hope — A Mission to Formosan Community in Los Angeles (Taiwan Church Press). His foreword catalyzed the translation and publication project with |Rev. Pinghsi Liu.

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  5. national-taiwanese-presbyterian-council
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Sources (1)

  1. toward-a-community-of-hope

Sources

  1. GSTPC — 神的牧者 / Our Pastor
  2. GSTPC 靈修默想
  3. |Toward A Community of Hope (2025 reprint)
  4. |NTPC
  5. |GSTPC org page

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