Faith And Hope League

The Faith And Hope League (FHL; Chinese: 信心希望聯盟; pinyin: Xìnxīn xīwàng liánméng) is a Christian political party in Taiwan formed in 2015. The party emerged from the fifth "Conference of National Affairs Forum of Taiwan Pastors" hold by Taiwan Christian Union.[1] The party is led by presidium, consisting of Chen Chih-hung, a pastor of Taiwan Lutheran Church; Joanna Lei, former legislator of New Party; Benson Wang, a businessman and member of Taichung Banner Church; Chung Tung-chieh, pastor of Sanmin Church, a church of the Taiwan Lutheran Church in Kaohsiung; and Chang Hsin-yi, pastor of City Spring of Life Full Gospel Church.

Faith And Hope League

信心希望聯盟
Xìnxīn xīwàng liánméng
AbbreviationFHL
ChairmanChen Chih-hung
SecretaryJoanna Lei
Founded6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
IdeologyChristian democracy
Social conservatism
Political positionCenter-right
ReligionChristianity
Colors   Teal and white
Legislative Yuan
0 / 113
Website
fhltw.org

The FHL nominated 16 candidates in the 2016 general election, 10 for Constituencies and 6 party list, but failed to gain any seats.[2]

Platform

The FHL was formed in order to oppose the legalization of same-sex marriage via its counterproposal, a referendum petition that advocated "family protection" by only allowing the husband-wife relationship, consanguinity and familial ethics, and cannot be passed without a national vote.[3]

History

The party was established on 6 September 2015, which is for running the proportional seats in the Legislative Yuan.

Leadership

Presidium Terms
Order Term Executive chairman Secretary Presidium Terms Assumed office Left office
1 1 Chen Chih-hung Joanna Lei Chen Chih-hung(陳志宏)

Joanna Lei(雷倩)
Benson Wang(王秉森)
Chung Tung-chieh(莊東傑)
Chang Hsin-yi(張信一)

 6 September 2015 Incumbent

Election

Taiwan legislative election, 2016
Main article: 2016 Republic of China legislative election
Election Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader
2016
0 / 113
 206,629 1.6951% 0 seats Chen Chih-hung

See also

References
  1. 2015牧者國是論壇總結：培養人才、2020三目標. www.ct.org.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. "Taipei Watcher: Gold at the end of the rainbow - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. "'Family protection' drive proponents claim success - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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