50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

members who were called separately to
serve in other fields. Coupled with the fact
that there was only a handful of young people
in the Chinese Service, the CYAF committee
had to stop the Fellowship meetings
for a season in 1990.
However, in 1991, the young people
in the Chinese Service, though small in
number, felt the need for a Fellowship to
encourage one another in the Lord as well
as to share the Gospel. Hence, the CYAF
was revived in October 1991 under the
leadership of sister Tan Joo Eng with fewer
than ten regular members. This new group,
with Elder Sng Teck Leong as adviser, met
once a month in the round room of Beulah
House to listen to God’s Word being
preached. We continued to have Colossians
2:6,7 as our theme verse: “As ye have
therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in
him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have
been taught, abounding therein with
thanksgiving.”
It could be discouraging to see only
three other believers during the CYAF
meetings on occasions; however, the love
of God spurred us on. More often than not
we had to invite speakers from other B-P
churches as we did not have a full-time
preacher in the Chinese Service. God was
gracious in supplying His messengers
though there were few Mandarin-speaking
preachers who held firmly to the separatist,
fundamental stand of the B-P movement.
More importantly, God also led more
young people to worship in the Chinese
Service. The bulk of this new influx came
to the Chinese Service with the vision to
serve together with the senior brethren in
the Chinese Service. It was through this
that God gave the increase to the CYAF;
consequently, we had about fifteen members
meeting once a month. Gradually, we
progressed to meeting fortnightly. Today
we have weekly meetings.
With the gradual increase in the frequency
of Fellowship meetings, the committee
planned for Bible study, messages,
visitation and evangelism in the programme.
While we still have to invite
speakers from other churches, God continues
to be faithful in calling brethren from
our midst to serve Him full-time, including
brother Hendro from Indonesia who
serves with Eden B-P Church and sister Tan
Bee Choo, who still studies in the Bible
college. Recently, brother Calvin Loh who
was with the English Service and graduated
in May this year, has answered the call
to serve full-time in the Chinese Service.
He is presently our preacher and leads the
CYAF in the study of Galatians.
Our adviser Elder Sng constantly encourages
the group to serve in the VBS
organised by various B-P churches like
Kelapa Sawit and Tanjung Uban to encourage
the brethren there. He also opens his
house to us for our meetings so that we
could have a cosy place for sharing after
the message.
The CYAF endeavours to continue
serving the Lord by sharing the Gospel
with the unsaved who are Mandarin-speaking,
be it locally through evangelism or
overseas through the VBS and short trips
to our mission stations. We pray that God
will continue to equip us to edify and build
up the saints in the love and knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ with the keen awareness
of His soon return. Concurrently, we
would continue to encourage our members,
as the Lord enables each of us through the
gifts and talents He bestows, to serve together
with other members in the body of
Christ. Members may help in teaching Sunday
School, in translation, as PA crew, or
in other areas. Please pray with us that the
CYAF will continue to shine for our Lord
with His enabling as He tarries.
Lee Chia Liang
Fellowship during
the Lantern
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