The Service of the Ministry of the Word
The Transmission of the Ministry of the Word
Brother Wu was a pattern of being wholly faithful for God's house and absolutely one with the age's ministry. For eighteen years, to have obtained mercy to serve in the Taiwan Gospel Book Room, and to have had the opportunity, under Brother Wu's leading, to have a part together in the service of the ministry of the word and in the transmission of the ministry of the word, was truly the Lord's grace and His mercy. In the ever-changing, unpredictable digital age, although Brother Wu did not understand computer programs, was not versed in internet technology, and had no deep knowledge of artificial intelligence or cloud technology, he nevertheless provided an excellent environment for the digital publishing of the ministry of the word, seized the best timing for the release of each product to serve all the saints, and initiated a brand-new model of digital transformation and reconstruction.
Whether it was the office, the storefront, or the warehouse, Brother Wu was always very concerned about the ecological environment of the service. He always set himself as a pattern; even the drawers of his own desk were kept neat and orderly. To the very last stage, he was still concerned about whether our equipment and apparatus were properly managed, whether the working space was clean and orderly, and whether each week's work was done with the heart and strength exhausted to the uttermost. Under a disciplined, orderly management, over these years more than two hundred kinds of electronic products were abundantly produced—for example, the gospel machine, the children's hymnal player, the hymns player, the App software, and so forth—serving tens of thousands of saints at home and abroad.
Brother Wu himself testified that he lived to be constituted by the age's ministry and to propagate this age's ministry. In order to propagate the Recovery Version of the Bible, Brother Wu made a major decision in an intensive care unit in America—namely, to provide the iOS and Android electronic Bible Apps for everyone to download free of charge with free payment. Within a few months the number of users grew sevenfold over the past ten years, and it is still continuing to increase to this day. In the last three months, Brother Wu discerned the relevant limitations to the long-term development of the existing App software, and week after week he convened meetings urging us to review and improve, finally successfully bringing forth the formally released, high-quality "Electronic Edition of the Collected Works of Witness Lee—Cross-Platform Reading Plan." This kind of "gospel reading" plan is actually a subscription service worth far more than its cost; it is a brand-new model of more broadly propagating the age's ministry into the hands of the saints and thence storing it up in the hearts of the saints.