50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College
50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College
50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College
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The Filipina<br />
Fellowship<br />
THE FILIPINA FEL-<br />
LOWSHIP was set<br />
up by Sister Jess<br />
Lim (now a missionary and<br />
pastor’s wife in Chiang<br />
Mai, Thailand) some years<br />
ago to provide a fellowship<br />
for the growing population<br />
of Filipina domestic helpers<br />
worshipping at the Life<br />
B-P Church. The main aim<br />
of the Fellowship is to provide<br />
a strong foundation in<br />
the Christian faith for the<br />
Filipinas so that upon returning<br />
home at the end of<br />
their contracts, they will not<br />
fall back to their old ways<br />
of idolatry.<br />
After sister Jess, sister Pauline Lee<br />
took charge in caring for the Filipina Fellowship<br />
followed by brother Tai Ji Choong,<br />
a student of the FEBC. It was at this juncture<br />
that Rev. Tow invited Mr Eduardo V.<br />
Morante to be the preacher for the Filipina<br />
Fellowship to help brother Ji Choong. As<br />
the preacher is a Filipino, Reverend Tow<br />
saw the potential and possibility of further<br />
growth for the Filipina Fellowship.<br />
“The main aim of<br />
the Fellowship is to<br />
provide a strong<br />
foundation in the<br />
Christian faith for<br />
the Filipinas so that<br />
upon returning<br />
home at the end of<br />
their contracts, they<br />
will not fall back to<br />
their old ways of<br />
idolatry.”<br />
After much prayer on<br />
God’s calling, Mr Morante<br />
and his wife decided to attend<br />
and became members<br />
of the Life B-P Church. He<br />
is now in charge of the<br />
Filipina Fellowship.<br />
A year after serving in<br />
the Fellowship saw an increase<br />
in the number of<br />
worshippers. In 1996 and<br />
1997, seven Filipinas were<br />
baptised. The attendance<br />
has increased steadily from<br />
10 to 15 worshippers at the<br />
12.30 p.m. Fellowship.<br />
During one of the<br />
10.30 am English services<br />
at the Life B-P Church, the Filipino<br />
preacher noticed a group of Filipina housemaids<br />
talking among themselves outside<br />
the FEK classrooms. He presumed that<br />
they were Catholic believers as they paid<br />
no attention to the worship service that was<br />
going on. He then began a 10.30 a.m. <strong>Bible</strong><br />
study for the housemaids. A year later,<br />
10 Filipinas from this group received Jesus<br />
Christ as their personal Saviour and<br />
Lord, and five were baptised.<br />
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