This month was filled with travels doing all sorts of ministries--visiting churches, addressing current local church issues and turn-over services for newly assigned pastors The picture below is Ptr. Greg still on his helmet in the boat going to Boengkrum village to meet church leaders on the building of a pastoral house at the church property.The picture above shows Greg handing over a certificate certifying Rev. Kung, Kimsan as the new pastor of the Good News Church in Phnom Penh. Ptr. Greg reminded the members that Wesleyan pastors in Cambodia are now working voluntarily, no more support/salary from the National church, therefore the members were charged that they are to help support their pastor.
Ptr. Romdenh Chamnol was assigned during the District Conference to pastor the church in Kampong Spue. During the turnover service, he challenged the members by saying "I cannot do the job alone, we need to work together. At this point, I believe that spiritual growth of this church is more important than the numerical growth." Burdened with the numerous needs in his church both physical and spiritual Ptr Titus travels from Phnom Penh to Kampong Spue every weekend to minister to th people. He has been working hard to help the members grow, teaching them to share their resources to improve the church. He has also sacrificed his personal resources to show example to the members on self-denial for the expansion of God's work!
During the District conference in June, Greg has been appointed by the GP leadership to be the chairman of the DBA of the Wesleyan Church of Cambodia. During his first DBA meeting in July, he spent more than 2 hours educating the DBA members on the rules of order of a business meeting. The meeting went smoothly due to the rules of order that has been introduced. Educating them is one way for their development towards strong leadership in the future.
Towards the end of the month of July, a team from Rochester, New York lead
by Phalkun and Ja
nelle Nov conducted a pastors seminar and did kids ministry in several local churches. During the pastors seminar Dr. Kerri taught the pastors on biblical understanding of emotions and the meaning forgiveness. The lesson was well presented and well accepted as well. There was a question and answer portion of the sem
inar that allowed the pastor to interact with the the lecturer.We concluded the seminar praying together with pastors and team members. It was a meaningful time bringing our concerns to God with a unified hearts. As we sung the song, "Cambodia is for Christ", we claimed that Cambodia is indeed for Christ and we are all committed to let this country know that Jesus is the Lord of this nation!
The team tra
veled to our churches and ministered to hundreds of children and a total of 162 children prayed for salvation. The presence of the team brought blessings and encouragement not only to our pastors and churches but to the missionary families as well! The Cambodian church are blessed to received a fund from the team for several projects in the national church(Note: Some photos are taken by the team).
Partner with us to build the Kingdom of God in Cambodia by developing the national leaders and the establishment of self-sustainable and strong churches. If you are interested send your donations to Global partners with fund WM06-1080 or click here to give online. For Philippines giving please contact Rev. Joel Pascua (Philippines Mission Director) at drleoj@yahoo.com Every amount you are investing is highly appreciated.
Together we can Accomplish the Impossible,
Rev. Greg, Resie, Aleeyah Charis and Esher Eirene
