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From 30 May to 5 June 2008, Pastor Soo Teck was in China to oversee the disbursement of funds for a church building project. New Creation Church (NCC) sowed a total of S$179,588.40 into the building fund. During this trip, 20 per cent (about S$36,000) was disbursed for the completion of the foundation works. Our church’s contribution will also cover the cost of constructing the new church building. |
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Pastor Mark was in Medan, Indonesia, from 3 to 4 May 2008. He was there on invitation by Pastor Johan Tjiunardi, senior pastor of Gereja Bethel Indonesia (GBI) Church, to be a guest speaker at one of their Sunday services. Pastor Mark preached in Hokkien at GBI Church’s Hokkien and Mandarin combined service with simultaneous interpretation into Bahasa Indonesia by an interpreter. About 280 people received the Word and there were seven salvations at the end of the service. |
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Between 20 and 27 April 2008, Pastor Joshua was in India to preach at a seminar held in Anantapur, a district in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh. Pastor Joshua conducted seven sessions which were attended by 52 village pastors. During one of the sessions, Pastor Joshua expounded on the benefits of speaking in tongues and 10 pastors received the gift of tongues. Apart from ministering to the village pastors, Pastor Joshua also ministered to the widows and orphans in a home run by Pastor Utham Kumar’s ministry, Isaiah 61 Ministries. |
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From 20 to 25 April 2008, five New Creation Church staff and a group of 19 students from Arrow’s SMU/SIM/PTE cluster were in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The team was there to minister to the children and staff of an orphanage, and to impact youths and Bible school students with the gospel of grace. At the orphanage, the team ministered to some 70 children who have cerebral palsy (a condition that results in physical and mental disabilities). Apart from organising simple activities for the children and praying over them, the team also helped to clean up the orphanage and brighten the children’s rest and play areas with a series of wall murals. There were two salvations and one of the children received the gift of tongues. In addition, the orphanage’s 18 full-time and part-time staff members were blessed with love gifts. On the evening of 24 April 2008, the team attended a youth service. There, the gospel of grace was shared with some 120 youths and Bible school students. |
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Pastor Mark and a team from our Hokkien•Mandarin Ministry were in Palembang, a city in South Sumatra, Indonesia, from 4 to 9 March 2008. He was invited by CSJA Maranatha Church to conduct a leadership training session and to teach at a healing session. On top of the two teaching sessions, Pastor Mark also preached at an evangelistic dinner, a youth meeting and two rallies. Pastor Mark’s teaching sessions blessed about 85 church leaders and members. About 300 people attended the evangelistic dinner, and some 100 youths were at the youth meeting. Between 100 and 200 people attended each of the two rallies held at Hotel Royal Asia on 6 and 7 March 2008. The last rally carried such a strong healing anointing that many of the people who came forward for prayer received instantaneous healing. In all, 49 people responded to the altar calls. |
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Between 18 and 26 February 2008, Pastor Joshua was in three cities in the Philippines — Iloilo City, Bacolod City and Manila — to preach the gospel of grace. He preached at six seminar sessions in Iloilo City and Bacolod City. Between 150 and 200 pastors and church leaders attended each of these seminar sessions. On the final leg of his mission, Pastor Joshua travelled to Manila to preach at a Sunday service and to conduct a seminar. Some 700 people attended the Sunday service. Around 200 to 300 pastors, church workers and Bible school students were impacted by Pastor Joshua’s teaching at the seminar. In total, there were about 30 salvations. |
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From 14 to 20 February 2008, Pastor Soo Teck and a group of 10 volunteers from our church were in China. There, they ministered to the local congregation and distributed love gifts to needy students. Pastor Soo Teck and Raymond Cheow, a care group leader from our Hokkien•Mandarin Ministry, were guest speakers at two Sunday services. About 260 people were impacted by their messages. The group visited needy families in several locations to distribute love gifts under the Sponsor A Student programme. On the final leg of their mission, the group visited two primary schools and a church. In total, about 115 students benefited from the programme. |
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From 21 to 25 January 2008, Pastor Joshua was in Sirkali, a coastal town in the north-eastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. There, he conducted a three-day Grace Conference for pastors and church leaders. Some 250 people came each day to hear Pastor Joshua share about the gospel of grace, which he did over seven sessions. Two persons, including the bus driver who drove Pastor Joshua around during this mission, responded to the altar call and gave their lives to Jesus. |
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