In 1955, Captain Stanley Simiskey, an American soldier stationed in Taipei, stumbled across other Mormons in the service. Cheerful by nature, Simiskey took it upon himself to begin organizing meetings and he asked other Mormon members of the US military to join him in prayer.
1955 年，駐紮在台北的美國大兵 Simiskey 偶然發現他在台北的同僚當中也有幾位摩門教徒，個性開朗的他開始主動舉辦聚會，邀請同為摩門教徒的美軍一起祈禱。