50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

Tadika/Gereja Selamat
B-P, Kuantan
TADIKA/GEREJA SELAMAT was
founded while Rev. John Ling was
pastoring the Kemaman Life B-P
Fellowship. It received the full support of
Rev. Timothy Tow of Life B-P Church. On
June 26, 1995, the purchase agreement to
buy a property for the Church was signed
between Southern Bank Berhad and Rev.
Ling Yok Hang and Dr Tow Siang Yeow.
A sum of RM 150,000 was paid to the vendor.
Renovation work cost a further RM
140,000. Rev. Ling was concurrently the
pastor of Tadika/Gereja Selamat.
On the 27 June 1997, the work at
Tadika/Gereja Selamat was handed to Rev.
Kim Kah Teck by Rev. John Ling, who had
to go to Singapore for urgent medical treatment.
After his discharge from hospital,
Rev. Ling returned to serve the Lord in
Kelapa Sawit. A Ford van was acquired to
facilitate the work, which included travelling
to serve the Lord twice a week in
Kemaman Life B-P Fellowship. The last
service was on the advice of Rev. Tow.
Tracting, conducting Gospel meetings,
Bible study and vacation Bible
schools and running a kindergarten are
some of our activities. We also conduct
Bible study in English and Chinese and
prayer meetings in Kemaman. The Chinese
Bible study group later developed into a
Chinese worship service. For a year, before
Rev. Joseph Liew was ordained, every
first week of the month, I had to administer
the Lord’s Supper in Tanjong Uban, Indonesia.
The first VBS from 17 to 19 December
1997, organised by Deacon Henry Tan
and sister Wendy Teng, proved to be successful.
There was an attendance of about
30 children, of whom ten were enrolled in
our Saturday School. The VBS that followed
were two each in 1998 and 1999,
which saw a good turnout.
Our kindergarten outreach has made
modest progress. It is very competitive to
operate a kindergarten because there are
over twenty such centres within 2 km of
ours. Also, the turnover rate for good registered
teachers is high. For the years 1998
and 1999, we had an average enrolment of
12 pupils.
Rev. Kim Kah Teck (Pastor)
N.B. In June this year, Mrs Simone
Wee of Kemaman Life B-P Church was
able to take over the administration of the
kindergarten outreach in Kuantan. This allowed
Rev. Kim Kah Teck to return to his
ancestral home in Malacca to start a new
church. This also makes him available to
assist in the growing work of Rawang and
Tangkak B-P Churches.
Saturday Gospel meeting
in February 1999.
Peace B-P Church in
Kuantan, registered as
Selamat Kindergarten
Rev. Kim preaching at
the new church in
Malacca
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