50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

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for in so short a time He
provided us with a beautiful
House of God, Bethel
(formerly owned by
A.O.G.), located in the suburb
of Oakleigh at 10
Downing Street. Dr Tow
Siang Hwa organised a
team of preachers from Singapore
B-P churches to
minister the Word in rotation so that the
needs of the pulpit are fully sustained
throughout the year. My wife and I have
been doing this shuttle ministry for almost
12 years, each time serving between three
to six months. The Lord in His own perfect
timing has provided a resident Pastor
in Rev. Stephen Khoo for Bethel B-P
Church since 1997.
God gave us another privilege and
opportunity to serve in Hope B-P Church
in Adelaide when Rev. and Mrs Ed Paauwe
left for the U.S.A. on furlough some years
back.
In 1998, we were called to help out
in the New Life B-P Church in Salusbury
Road, London, co-labouring with Dn J.J.
Lim (who is now an ordained minister serving
in Pilgrim Covenant Church). We
helped out for a couple of years, each time
for a period of three months. In 1999, the
Lord, through Dr Tow, arranged for us a
wider ministry; this time again to New Life
B-P Church in London, and thereafter to
Calvary B-P Church, Toronto to relieve
“When we are
available, God can
use us, when, where
and as He wills.”
- Homer Duncan
Elder Daniel Chew and
then to Vancouver B-P
Church for a short stint before
we returned to Singapore.
In the same year we
received a Macedonian call
to help out in Sydney B-P
Church, where Elder and
Mrs Koh Kim Hiang had
been appointed to look after the flock. Here
again we stood in the gap for them. Recently,
another call has come through Elder
Koh to relieve him for four Lord’s Days
from 5 March 2000. How true it is that the
labourers are few but the harvest is plentiful.
Jesus said, “The harvest truly is plenteous,
but the labourers are few. Pray ye
therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
will send forth labourers into his harvest”
(Matt 9:37-38). Furthermore, Jesus said,
“Say not ye, There are yet four months,
and then cometh harvest Behold, I say
unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on
the fields: for they are white already to
harvest” (John 4:34-35). How true it is that
“He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with
him” (Ps 126: 6).
In 1999 my wife and I went twice to
Brunei at the request of Rev. Peter Wong
to stand in for him as he came over to study
at the Far Eastern Bible College for a short
term. Some time in September of the same