TAIPEI, Taiwan — Angie Cheng, a veteran Christian worker with the Chinese Diaspora, died May 7 in Taipei, Taiwan, after complications associated with a bone marrow transplant. She was 62.
Her career spanned 25 years, working in six different countries. After she and her husband were appointed Aug. 11, 1985, they worked to equip leaders through theological training in Costa Rica, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Longtime friend Naomi Taylor (name changed for security reasons) said Cheng made a significant impact on so many students throughout the years.
“She mingled with the students as a student, not holding herself above them in anyway. She became their friend and was able to have an influence on their lives,” Taylor said. “Angie was quick with her smile and always had a good word to say of everyone.
“When one got to know Angie, one could readily tell she was a lady at peace with herself because she was at peace with God,” Taylor added.
Cheng did not grow up in a Christian home. She was born Nov. 15, 1948, in Canton, China. She lived in China for less than one year, in Hong Kong for one year and then in Taiwan. She migrated to the United States in 1975. It was during college, studying to be a chemistry teacher, that she became a follower of Jesus Christ.
She married Roland on Feb. 2, 1974. After he felt a call to work with the Chinese Diaspora, Cheng felt the same pull to training leaders. She helped to start many small groups to study the Bible as well as a women’s fellowship for migrant workers. Right up until her death she proclaimed the good news, witnessing to nurses and cancer patients.
Cheng is survived by her husband and three children. One daughter preceded her in death. She died of meningitis when she was 21 months old.
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