Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
{'<entity_0>': 'Presbyterian Church in Taiwan', '<entity_1>': 'Taiwan', '<entity_2>': 'Protestantism', '<entity_3>': 'Presbyterianism'}
[['Presbyterian Church in Taiwan', 'instance of', 'Presbyterianism'], ['Presbyterian Church in Taiwan', 'instance of', 'Protestantism'], ['Presbyterian Church in Taiwan', 'country', 'Taiwan']]
The <entity_0> (PCT; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Ki-tok Tiúⁿ-ló Kàu-hoē; Chinese: 臺灣基督長老敎會) is the largest <entity_2> denomination based in <entity_1>. The <entity_0> was started in the 19th century by James Laidlaw Maxwell of the Presbyterian Church of England in the Southern <entity_1>, and George Leslie Mackay of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in the Northern <entity_1>. In <entity_1>, <entity_3> have historically been active in promoting the use of the local vernacular Taiwanese, both during the Japanese colonial period, as well as after the transfer of rulership to the <entity_1>, during which the exclusive use of Mandarin was legally mandated. The PCT did not formally advocate for the <entity_1> independence movement until a third statement was released in August 1977, A Declaration on Human Rights by the <entity_0>. Immigrants from <entity_1> to the United States and Canada have also started Taiwanese-language churches which are closely related to the <entity_0>.
['Protestantism', 'Presbyterianism']