50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

Life
Bible-Presbyterian
Church
Sharing the Word
of God during a
home visit
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vet the piece before the leader set forth with
it and his team for the visitation.
Another encouragement from God’s
Word is Galatians 6:10, which reads: “As
we have therefore opportunity, let us do
good unto all men, especially unto them
who are of the household of faith.” We give
financial aid to the needy through love gifts
from the Pledge Fund.
The Lord has also burdened the MF
for those who are sick or bereaved. Members
are encouraged to make every effort
to visit the sick in hospital and to attend
wakes. We thank God for the exhortation
in 1 Peter 3:8: “Finally, be ye all of one
mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous.”
We have the burden to provide the
opportunity for Lifers, particularly MFers,
The Ladies
Fellowship
The Beginnings
IN 1978, the Church felt the need to start
a fellowship for women. Thus, with the
help of the pastors’ wives, the Life B-
P Church Women’s Fellowship (WF) was
inaugurated. Its theme verse was: “For the
love of Christ constraineth us”. (2 Corinthians
5:14)
The first president was Mrs Gladys
Sng. WF meetings were held monthly. In
its infant years, the meetings were held either
in Church or at members’ homes. The
membership was small.
to interact with one another. The MF organises
Families-Get-Together in which
three to four families gather at the home of
one of them for singspiration, a message
from God’s Word, prayers, and fellowship
over refreshments.
The MF holds a meeting in the Greek
& Hebrew Room on every 2 nd Friday of
the month at 7.45 p.m. for an evening of
songs, encouragement and edification from
God’s Word, followed by refreshments.
The MF’s current office bearers are
as follows:
Ex-Officio: Rev. Dr Timothy Tow
Adviser: Elder George Tan Chin Peng
President: Dn George Tan Kok Eng
Vice President: Henry Tan Siew Peng
Secretary: Lee Chee Weng
Treasurer:
Members:
Auditor:
Life B-P Church
Dn Seow Chong Kiong
Dn Henry Tan Kiat Siong
Lee Him Buan
Dn John Hoe Koo Cheng
Fong Fook Heng
Chan Heng Leong
Ricky Lum Yan Kan
Alan Chia Boon Siong
May all praise and glory be to Almighty
God as we pray for clean hands and
a pure heart to serve him.
Deacon George Tan
"For the love of Christ constraineth us . . ."
(2 Cor 5:14)
On Sundays, WF members helped to
run a nursery that was set up to look after
young children so that the parents could
attend the Worship Service undisturbed.
The WF supported various missions
in Kulai Besar, Kuala Lumpur, Northern
Thailand, Burma, West Kalimantan Gospel
Boat, the Far Eastern Bible Institute of
Indonesia and the Hilltop in the Philippines.
For a number of years, the attendance
at meetings was discouragingly low. Finally,
as reported in the WF Newsletter of