CMCA Methodist News 241 (Eng)

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轉化教會 • 改變社體 • Reforming the Church• Transforming the Community 

PIETY IN PRAYER, 

GOD’S DIVINE PRESENCE 

THE WORLD METHODIST COUNCIL 

SPIRIT OF METHODISM: 

PIETY IN PRAYER, GOD’S DIVINE PRESENCE 

HOLDING FAST TO THE TRUTH THROUGH 

THEOLOGICAL STUDIES 

“TENTMAKING” 

AS AN APPROPRIATE STRATEGY FOR MISSION 

TODAY 

EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD, ATTEMPT 

GREAT THINGS FOR GOD 

SOCIAL HOLINESS 

YOUTH WITH PURPOSE

* More photos front inside cover for Chinese. 

更多相片在中文版的封面背页。 

Bishop & Mrs Kwang with all the Pastors, Local Preachers and leaders, and members of 

Trinity MC at the 25th Church Anniversary. 

官会督伉俪与赴会之全体传道人、本处传道、教会领袖及三一堂会友们拍于廿五周年庆典上。 

Bishop & Mrs Kwang and Pastor Esther Yung 

with members of the newly constituted Local 

Church - Solomon Islands Methodist Church ( 溢恩 

堂 ) on 19 August. 

左图示 19/08 官会督伉俪与杨小琳传道及升格为所罗 

门群岛堂会 ( 溢恩堂 ) 之会友们同影。 

Solomon Islands MC ( 溢恩堂 ) new Local 

Church Executive Committee. 

右图示所罗门群岛溢恩堂之首届执事会留影。 

Cutting the 29th Anniversary cake – Eight Mile 

Plains Methodist Church on 26th August. 

左上图示 26/08 福恩堂欢庆二十九周年切蛋糕时影。

BISHOP’S 

EXHORTATION 

E3 

ONE WORLDWIDE 

METHODIST FAMILY 

THE WORLD METHODIST COUNCIL 

Bishop Dr James Kwang 

As part of the World Methodist family, our Conference Lay 

Leader, Brother Joseph Ting, and I as your Episcopal head, 

were nominated by the Executive Board in our June 2016 

meeting to represent the CMCA at the World Methodist 

Council (WMC) for the quinquennium from 2016 to 2021. 

The first WMC meeting for this quinquennium was held after 

the 2016 World Methodist Conference in Houston, Texas on 

4 and 5 September. We attended the second meeting held in 

Seoul, Korea from 12 to 15 July 2017. 

The WMC is a worldwide association of Methodist, Wesleyan, 

and related Uniting and United Churches. It engages, 

empowers, and serves member Churches by encouraging 

unity in witness, facilitating mission in the world, and fostering 

ecumenical and interreligious activities. 

The Council corporately promotes evangelism and mission 

along with faithful worship and mutual learning as we are 

called to fulfil the Great Commission in making disciples of all 

nations (Matthew 28:18-19). Together, we are to encourage 

and build up one another to remain obedient to the Great 

Commandment of Jesus Christ to love God and to love our 

neighbour (Matthew 22:37-39). 

Currently, WMC has over 80 million members, affiliates of 

Wesleyan Methodists, and United and Uniting Churches, 

spread across 138 countries. 

This quinquennium second Council meeting was held in 

Kwanglim Methodist Church in Seoul; the delegates were 

aware of the high expectations for major progress in peace 

talks after the Inter-Korean Panmunjom Summit. At the 

opening session, the President of the World Methodist 

Council, Dr. J.C. Park, delivered a timely message on how 

we all need to participate in the work towards the goal of 

uniting the Korean Peninsula. He expounded on the story 

in Luke 5:18-25 of the paralysed man who was helped 

by his four friends as they came together to bring him to 

Jesus, and whom through their efforts was made whole by 

Jesus. Dr. Park brought home the point when he likened 

the ‘paralysed’ Korean Peninsula to the paralysed man – 

the combined support from nations in all four corners of the 

world is required to witness the ‘miracle’ of a united Korean 

Peninsula. We must believe in that, and much of this work 

will need our full prayer support. 

Moreover, we as contemporary Wesleyan Methodists 

must continue to follow in the footsteps of our founder, 

John Wesley, who started Methodism as an evangelistic 

movement. Therefore, Wesleyan Methodists must first and 

foremost evangelise to the lost and send missionaries into 

the whole world. The WMC member churches continue to 

carry out this task. 

In an age of migration, many Wesleyan Methodists seek 

new homes outside of their home countries. Like in our 

own context, the CMCA, it was immigrants who planted 

churches throughout the diaspora, sometimes in areas 

where other member churches are present. At this WMC 

meeting, we decided to start a Consultation Process to listen 

and learn from experience, strengthen communication and 

cooperation, and eventually draft and adopt a “covenant of 

mutual support”. 

At the opening session of this WMC meeting, all the 

participants were nourished by a lively time of worship led 

by the Worship and Liturgy Committee. The great hospitality 

of our Korean Methodist hosts enabled the officers and the 

delegates to achieve a lot in a short period of time. The WMC 

General Secretary Ivan Abrahams, the member from the 

Lake Junaluska Headquarters and treasurer Kirby Hickey, the 

President Dr. J C Park, and Vice President Gillian Kingston 

led the sessions with inspiration, grace and humour. 

I thank God that as World Methodist Evangelism Regional 

Secretary for East Asia, I was invited to be part of the 

decision-making Executive Team at this WMC meeting. 

May all glory be to God as we unite together to serve our 

Lord on the World Methodist Council. 

Servant of the Lord, 

James Kwang

THEME TOPIC 

E4 

SPIRIT OF METHODISM: 

PIETY IN PRAYER, 

GOD’S DIVINE PRESENCE 

Rev Dr King Tai Tie 

President, SCAC 

A few years ago, I was leading a devotion in a joint meeting of 

principals and deans of various seminaries in Malaysia. I led 

everyone in a song previously written for a prayer meeting in 

a Methodist church. After we sang, a non-Methodist seminary 

principal remarked, “The Methodist Church is a church of 

prayer!” This comment is positive encouragement in praise 

of the Methodist Church. After all, prayer was one of the 

unique features of the Methodist revival movement led by 

the Wesley brothers. Piety in prayer is a spirit of Methodism. 

A decade or two ago, I was conducting a revival meeting at 

a Methodist church. The title was “Kneel until the floor caves 

in”. The message was on the prayer of the prophet Daniel, 

on how he persisted in prayer despite what he faced in the 

lions’ den, and how he had since set the example of prayer 

for many generations to follow. I emphasised that prayer is 

speaking to God while also listening to God’s words; prayer 

is to enter into the divine presence of God, to express our 

love and need to him in faith. In the message, I used the 

prayer of John Wesley as a practical illustration, as John 

Wesley prayed at 4am every morning, followed by open air 

evangelism at 5am. His wooden kneeling mat in his prayer 

room even had dents in them from his knees. 

When I preached the message, the Holy Spirit not only 

used me, but also touched me to continue speaking of other 

prayers such as that of Daniel and John Wesley, which 

involved costly prayer lives. I declared to the audience, 

“Brothers and sisters, I don’t really care how this message 

will help you or what action you will take after hearing it, but 

I can tell you, I’ve decided, from tomorrow onwards, I will 

wake up at 5am to pray!” 

Thanks be to God! Since that day, a morning prayer at 5am 

has become my spiritual habit. Slowly, I realised that the 

5am morning prayer is practised in every part of the world; 

the Korean church, for example, has maintained morning 

prayers at 5am for over a hundred years; mainland Chinese 

church also has a “5am of China” (whether they have 

persisted with this 5am prayer is another matter), and even 

the Malaysian native people of Sarawak and Sabah, after 

the spiritual revival, would rise at 5am to pray, young and 

all. Thank God for his leading and for the unity among coworkers 

and students of the seminary; my personal discipline 

in prayer later influenced the Methodist Theological School 

to perform morning prayers at 5:15am. At the same time, the 

Holy Spirit also led some church pastors to practise daily 

morning prayer. 

Previously, I thought some older people or spiritual giants 

who shared how they woke up in the morning to pray for 

1 or 2 hours were able to do so because they were getting 

older and didn’t sleep as much, hence they woke up to pray. 

But the 30- to 40-year-old great evangelist and revivalist of 

China, Dr Sung, woke up early every morning to pray. He 

often wrote in his diary: “The morning has broken, I wake 

up to pray watchfully and earnestly.” He said, “In the past, I 

viewed evangelistic work as important, but now I see prayer 

as more important than anything else.” Dr Sung was a man 

of prayer. He actively collected and wrote down prayer 

requests, and spent many hours praying for the saints. His 

definition of faith was: kneeling to see God working. He 

emphasised: “Only united prayer can bring real revival to a 

church; united prayer is the priority for the church’s revival. 

Prayer is the strength to work for God. When prayer stops, 

work stops. If the church doesn’t pray, it will die, and when 

they face the Lord in the future, many people will regret that 

they didn’t pray enough on earth.” 

The founder of the Methodist Church, John Wesley, 

developed a life of discipleship, especially the habits of 

devotion and prayer, because of his mother, and he inherited 

the long lasting tradition of the puritans. His diary shows that 

for his whole life, he woke up at 4 or 4.30am almost everyday 

to pray consistently. Prayer was embedded in all his daily 

activities. During his afternoon rest and after afternoon tea, 

Wesley often had another devotion and prayer session. 

Prayer before sleep was also another routine for him. His 

teaching and words on prayer might not be as numerous 

or as detailed compared with his teaching on salvation, but 

his diary shows that he prayed unceasingly; his prayer life 

features more prominently than his teaching on prayer. He 

was a Christian who truly practised prayer. 

John Wesley said, “When we think of God or speak to him, 

when we work or suffer for him, everything is prayer; beside 

his love, we don’t long for anyone nor any desire, but to 

please him. … Everything a Christian must do, even during 

his meal or sleep time, is to pray.” 

John Wesley emphasised the five means of grace, which are 

prayer, bible study, fasting, fellowship and the Lord’s Supper. 

Among them, two are closely linked to prayer, i.e. prayer and 

fasting. 

From John Wesley till today, for over two hundred years, 

many Methodist pastors and members have stressed the

importance of prayer, but not many have practised piety in 

prayer like John Wesley, while there are even less who fast 

and pray. 

May the Spirit who touched John Wesley doubly touch the 

Methodist pastors and members of this generation so that 

they will emphasise and practise prayer — from personal 

piety in prayer to the family and church’s piety in prayer, from 

personal fasting and prayer to the family and church’s fasting 

and prayer — in unity and in one heart, to experience God’s 

divine presence. 

LAMM COLUMN 

E5 

WORDS FROM THE PRINCIPAL 

HOLDING FAST TO THE TRUTH 

THROUGH THEOLOGICAL STUDIES 

Rev Dr Timothy Lau 

Principal, LAMM 

Quite often, when lay members of the church heard the 

term “theology,” they feel uneasy about it. The first reason 

isbecause, to them, “theology” exclusively belongs to the 

business of theologians, and has nothing to do with lay 

members of the church. The second reason is that, in their 

eyes, theology is cold and filled with lifeless arguments, 

spiritual Christians shouldn’t engage in it. 

There are reasons for the above misunderstandings. 

Often times, theology is treated as philosophy which 

involves rational and academic explorations and debates. 

Consequently they are meaningless utterance and only end 

up in dead end. Furthermore, some so-called theologians 

even doubted the reliability of the Bible, and also Jesus’ 

divinity and miracles that he performed. Last but not least, 

there are stories about theological students who lost their 

zeals and ultimately their faith in the seminary. 

Certainly, if we don’t understand and study theology in a 

proper way, there are the above dangers. However, we can’t 

reject theology and its importance just because there are 

people who misunderstood the true nature and purpose of 

theological studies. Furthermore, the Bible never ask us to 

seek spiritual experiences devoid of the studying of God’s 

Word. 

In 1 Cor 11:2, Paul tells the Corinthians: “I praise you for 

remembering me in everything and for holding to the 

traditions just as I passed them on to you.” The verb “holding 

to” refers not just protecting the bible, or obeying God’s 

truth, but holding fast (or hold firmly)(κατεχετε,katechete) the 

gospel. Thus in 1 Cor 15:2, Paul says, “By this gospel you 

are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. 

Otherwise, you have believed in vain.” What Paul preached 

is the gospel, and through holding firmly to this gospel, the 

Corinthians are thus saved. This holding fast to the gospel is 

an important message for Paul in the Pastoral Epistles, e.g. 

“So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the 

teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth 

or by letter” (2 Thess 2:15), “they must keep hold of the deep 

truths of the faith with a clear conscience.” (1 Tim 3:9) 

On the other hand, in Paul’s exhortation, he also uses 

another verb, which is “guarding (φυλαξον, phulaxion)” the 

gospel. He exhorted Timothy: “Timothy, guard what has 

been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter 

and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge” 

(1 Tim 6:20), and “guard the good deposit that was entrusted 

to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in 

us.” (1 Tim 1:14) Evidently, to Paul, guarding the truth, one 

one hand would enable one to grow in the truth, while on the 

other hand, it is apologetic. This holding fast and guarding 

the truth certainly include the understanding and application 

of the gospel message, and consequently enables one to 

discern what is true and what is false. Hence, Paul exhorts 

Titus that “he must hold firmly to the trustworthy message 

as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by 

sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.” (Tit 1:9) 

Today, likewise, when we study theology (includes studying 

bible and other knowledge in relation to the church and 

ministries and the future), we are following Paul’s command 

to hold fast to the gospel message. And this implies that 

time and efforts must be put aside for the studying of God’s 

Word, so that we would understand the real meaning and 

significance of the gospel, so that we can faithfully explain 

the gospel to people in this generation, and to have the 

ability to discern the true gospel from that of the false. In 

effect, only when we are willing to spend time and effort to 

study God’s Word, we can only then avoid to own a faith that 

is fake, superstitious or superficial. 

May the Lord help us to have hunger and thirst for 

righteousness, constantly learning his Word, and to know 

what is authentic and lively theology.

LAMM COLUMN 

E6 

“TENTMAKING” 

AS AN APPROPRIATE STRATEGY 

FOR MISSION TODAY 

Jimmy Kong 

LAMM student attending Camberwell MC 

Introduction 

“Mission” is widely used in church circles and even in secular 

organisations to define their identity and direction. There are 

various strategies for church missions and tentmaking is one 

of them. This essay will discuss how “tentmaking” can be an 

effective strategy for church mission. 

What is “tentmaking”? 

“A tentmaker is a dedicated, spiritually mature Christian man 

or woman who views work in light of the Great Commission 

and as an opportunity to serve the Kingdom of God” (adopted 

from World Tentmaker’s website). But what is tentmaking 

got to do with church mission? The word “tentmaking” was 

first introduced at the time of Apostle Paul. Based on Acts 

4:34-37 and 18:3, Paul was a tentmaker and this is what 

he did outside his “church” work.Paul was able to support 

himself while he taught and preached and reminded the 

Thessalonians of his labour as a way of affirming his love 

for the people (1 Thessalonians 2:9), so that he might not 

make the gospel of Christ burdensome (2 Cor. 11:7; 2 Thess. 

3:8, 9), even though he was entitled to be paid or at least 

have some maintenance allowance for the effort and time he 

spent with them. 

Good candidates for tentmaking missionaries demonstrate 

personal commitment and ability to engage in their 

local churches. Johan Ferreira in his lectures at Logos 

Academyexpressed that“tentmakers are Christians with a 

clear call to serve God in mission using secular employment 

as one of the key strategies to carry out that ministry.” He went 

on to outline the characteristics of successful tentmakers 

which include: involvement in evangelistic ministry before 

going overseas, actively sharing their faith at home, primary 

motive of going overseas to share the gospel and have 

strong relationship with local church. 

Tetsuna Yamamori holds that tentmaking is the strategy 

of choice for the twenty first century, while Ruth Siemens 

suggeststhat far more tentmaking missionaries are needed 

than ever before in this millennium. To Carol Davis,“the 

greatest percentage of people will be going out in this way.” 

Why tentmaking is needed into the future? 

There are some existing obstacles to one being sent into 

the mission field. Some mission organisations have certain 

policies where missionaries have to raise sufficient fund 

before they are ‘sent’ to the field. This may take years before 

they achieved the targeted amount of fund. A further obstacle 

is that the traditional missionaries would need religious 

workers’ visa. But this category of visa can be particularly 

restrictive for some countries like China, North Korea and 

Middle East. 

However, tentmaking would have easily remove the concern 

related to visa restriction as well as with income and career 

as their work salary will cover their expenses. The issue 

with raising fund to support the missionaries are thus no 

longer required. Furthermore, there is substantially less time 

needed for preparation to become a tentmaking missionary 

in both open and restricted access countries. 

While preparation for tentmakers may not be as lengthy 

and bureaucratic compared to sending out traditional 

missionaries, tentmakers still have to be ready and prepared 

in terms of language and culture. 

I am privilege to receive news and updates of a tentmaking 

family under a mission agency for over 10 years now. As 

the husband applies his engineering skills in the mission 

field, his wife is engaged in teaching. Their testimonies and 

sharing are very encouraging and the challenges they face 

are so real. They never give up proclaiming the Gospel as 

God always open doors whenever they hit any obstacle in 

advancing the kingdom of God. From daily and ordinary 

things such as suffering from cold and flu, children education 

to meeting with government officers and renewing visa, they 

experienced being truly led by the spirit of God. There were 

times and times again when I follow and read their newsletter 

with much anticipation and just praise God for what He is 

doing in them and through them as tentmakers! 

Conclusion 

No matter what strategies being employed in mission, it is 

rare for the journey to be smooth sailing. On the contrary, it 

is more often than not that the missionaries will go through 

difficulties and suffer setbacks (eg. transportation, cultural, 

language, health) to the extent of martyrdom. No one knows 

the lasting effects of the legacies left behind by missionaries 

including tentmakers. One thing we know is “Unless the Lord 

builds the house, the builders labour in vain. Unless the 

Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.” 

(Psalm 127:1) 

Tentmakers are able to break through the areas where 

traditional method is finding it hard to access certain countries 

or unreached people group. Everyone has a God given gift 

and skills, which in turn may be used to help others come to 

salvation in a mission field. God will continue to call, equip 

and lead the tentmakers just as He led Paul to win souls for 

Christ.

PULPIT MINISTRY 

E7 

EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD, 

ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD 

JEREMIAH 33:1-9 

Rev Wong King Ping 

Kingsway MC 

Introduction 

The father of modern mission, William Carey, once said, 

“Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God”. 

He meant what he said and did just that. 

William Carey was born to a poor British family in 1761. At the 

age of 14, he followed in his father’s footsteps and became a 

cobbler apprentice. In his spare time,he taught himself many 

languages: Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Dutch and French. 

Later, he also learnt Bengali and other Indian languages as 

a missionary in India. 

He took faith seriously. He studied the Bible diligently. He was 

also a tent-maker, and served faithfully in various ministries 

while he worked. He had a clearlife’s purpose, i.e. to preach 

the Gospel in foreign lands. 

In 1789, at the age of 27, he became a full-time pastor. 

He worked tirelessly to encourage the church to send 

missionaries overseas. The church at the time was rigid and 

didn’t believe in mission. They believed that if God wanted to 

convert someone, He had His way. Why did the church have 

to be be concerned? When William Carey proposed that the 

church carry out foreign missions, he was rebuked by the 

church leader: "Young man, sit down! When God pleases to 

convert the heathen, He will do it without your help or mine!" 

William Carey didn’t give up.Instead, he worked harder, and 

eventually convinced the church and won much support. 

In 1793, at the age of 32, he left for Calcutta, India as a 

missionary. During his time there, he faced numerous 

difficulties and challenges. His wife did not support him. He 

lacked financial support. His son died at an early age. His 

wife couldn’t cope and eventually developed a mental illness. 

By God’s grace, William Carey overcame these difficulties 

and challenges. He served in Calcutta, India for 41 years 

and never returned to his home country. He died in India. 

William Carey achieved many great things in his life. He 

translated the Bible into several Indian languages. He set 

up a mission society and recruited many missionaries. 

He worked tirelessly with the local authority to abolish an 

awful Indian custom, which was to bury a wife alive with her 

dead husband. He set up schools, trained up scholars and 

pastors, started many churches, and propagated printing 

and agricultural technologies, the banking system, steam 

trains – the list goes on and on. 

William Carey’s achievementsare clearly manifest in the 

North-East Indian peninsular, especially in Bangladesh 

and Nagaland. Today, there are millions of Christians in the 

region,along with many churches, schools and seminaries. 

When Billy Graham once preached there,the event was 

attended by more than 100,000 attendees. The unsung hero 

behind this phenomenon was William Carey. 

“Expect great things from God, attempt great things for 

God.” William Carey did exactly that. What about us? Are 

we expecting something great from God? Are we attempting 

something great for God? 

Content 

A Vision in Mission 

What is the single largest mission field in the world today? 

Who needs the Gospel the most? What is the fastest 

growing religion in the world? The answer is Islamic nations 

and followers of Islam. The single largest mission field is the 

“The Belt and The Road” region, which I will talk about later. 

First, let us look at some statistics. 

As of 2016, there are about 1.6 billion (22% of the world’s 

population) Muslims in the world, surpassing the number of 

Roman Catholics. This number is increasing rapidly. They 

live all over the world today, including in many European 

countries. It has been predicted that at the current rate of 

spread, European nations will turn into Islamic countries 

in just a few decades. This increase is due mainly, but not 

limited to, the following three factors: 

Population expansion. Unlike people of other faiths, those 

who are born in a Muslim family automatically become 

Muslim. As they have been, they will continue to be so. 

The birth rate of European family is less than 2.0 while the 

birth rate in many Muslim family is more 8.0 (to substance 

the population growth, the birth rate must be greater than 

2.0). Moreover, those who are born in Christian families don’t 

automatically embrace the Christian faith. 

Migration. Muslim migration to Christian nations has 

surpassed Christian migration to Muslim nations several 

times over. In fact, hardly any Christians migrate to Muslim 

nations,while hundreds of thousands of Muslims migrate to 

Christian nations every year. 

Evangelism. We have very little knowledge on how Muslims 

evangelise, whether due to our lack of information or our own 

ignorance, but they are extremely active. Islamic evangelism

is much broader than we can imagine, and involves many 

methods, including migration, social-political and economic 

strategies, marriage and theocracy. Their goal is to Islamise 

nations one by one. We try to separate the Church and 

the State while they combine the two. We do not support 

theocracy, while they embrace it. 

“The Belt and The Road” 

A British politician once said that the 19th century belonged 

to Britain, the 20th century belonged to the United States, 

and the 21st century belonged to China. History has thus far 

proven this to be the case. 

The British call their nation Great Britain. They once called 

themselves “the nation without a sunset”. At one point in 

history, it had colonized many nations, from North America 

to Africa, from Africa to the Middle East and from the Middle 

East to the Far East. History tells us that Great Britain used 

to be great, but not anymore. Britain was a powerful military, 

economic, and political force in the 19th and 20thcenturies, 

but those were the good old days. Today, its influence has 

diminished. 

During the Second World War, the United States defeated 

Germany in the West and Japan in the East. After the 

Second World War, it surpassed Great Britain as a world 

leader and conquered the world with its economic might. The 

US dollar became an important world currency. Oil and gold 

were priced in the US dollar. The country controlled major 

world financial institutions. In 1960s, it even control 30% of 

the global economy. Globalisation was one way in which it 

conquered the world. 

What has happened to the United States today? Simply 

speaking, its glorious days are over. Today, America is 

battling many social and economic issues. Even though it 

still has a strong military force, the cost of several wars in 

the past few decades has worn it down. Federal government 

debts have surpassed $17 trillion, and may even be as much 

as $20 trillion. Just how much is $17 trillion? That’s equivalent 

to about $60,000 per American. A large percentage of the 

federal government’s expenses is fed into the debt’s interest. 

That’s almost unsustainable. 

China had a dream since the 1950s to “surpass Britain and 

catch up to America”.So far, China has come quite close to 

that dream. China has become the second largest economic 

powerhousein the world. Technologically, it is the third nation 

to have put human beings in outer space. China ranks as 

one of the top military forces in the world today, and has 

caught the attention of other nations. 

China has many strategies which have helped to boost it as 

a powerful world nation. One of them is the infrastructural 

link between China to Europe. By building a massive rail 

and train infrastructure to recreate the Silk Road, China is 

paving the way for unprecedented economic co-operation 

among the nations on the route. This is called The Silk Road 

Economic Belt. China is also creating a 21st century Maritime 

Silk Road route from East China to Europe. From East China 

to Southeast Asian nations to India to Middle Eastern nations 

to Europe– this is the “The Belt and The Road”. China 

formally announced the “The Belt and The Road” strategy in 

2009, which would link nations from China to Europe through 

three major rail and train networks: the China Asia Link, the 

Europe Asia Link and the Pan Asia Link. Together with the 

21st century Maritime Silk Road, more than 60 nations and 

67% of the world population will be involved in this project, 

which will create unprecedented economic opportunities and 

impact. 

In the first century, the Roman empire created road networks 

throughout their territories so that “all roads led to Rome”. 

China is using the same strategy in the 21st century so that 

“all roads lead to Beijing”. This would make China a major 

player in the region. 

In 2013, China formally adopted the “The Belt and The 

Road” strategy. Through the construction of infrastructure on 

an unprecedented scale and economic co-operation among 

nations in the region, China will gain a strong foothold on 

the world stage. To realise this strategy, China even set 

up an “Asia Infrastructure Development Bank”. As of April 

2016, more than 60 nations contribute to this bank, including 

several European nations and Australia. 

Why am I spending so much timeintroducing this concept?I 

believe that it has a lot to do with mission. Where will the 

church be in world mission tomorrow? 

Nations in the “The Belt and The Road” region have the 

largest concentration of Muslims. This isthe mission field of 

the 21stcentury. If Christians do not act, Muslims will act and 

Islam will conquer this region. May God help us to act quickly. 

Mission in Today’s World 

The world today is very different compared with 200 years 

ago during William Carey’s generation. In general, I believe 

there are four main differences: 

First, education. People nowadays are generally much more 

educated comparedwith 200 years ago. Many people have 

access to Eastern education as well as Western education. 

Secondly, globalisation. Globalisation has changed how we 

live. It has made the world much smaller. We might beon 

this side of the globe today but can be on the other side 

tomorrow. We can continue to work from wherever we are in 

the world. As I write this, you can be doing work and sending 

it to China right now. With the technology at our fingertips, 

we can do so much more today at a very fast rate. 

Thirdly, multicultural societies. People in the past were mainly 

exposed to monocultures. They spoke the same language 

and lived among the same people. Not anymore! We live in 

a multicultural societytoday. We encounter people from all 

over the world and people of different faiths every day. 

Finally, language. Education has enabled many people to 

master several languages. English and Mandarin are the 

two major world languages. If you are fluent in English and 

Mandarin, you can communicate with 3 billion people in the 

world todaywithout the need for an interpreter. That’s a very 

powerful tool. 

Why am I bringing this up? These are our tools for carrying 

out mission. Today’s mission is very different comparedwith 

William Carey’s generation. We have an advantage in 

mission unlike anything else before. We do not need to

spend 7 years in a foreign land to learn a new language like 

William Carey did. We already have the language skills and 

we can evangelise immediately.The convert can also access 

the Bible without being hindered by a language barrier. 

Share the Gospel 

The single largest mission field in today’s world is the 

“The Belt and The Road” region. This area has the largest 

concentration of Muslims. Who is willing to reach out to 

them? Who will go there and share the Gospel? Where can 

we get the knowledge and resources to evangelise to them? 

We can begin with prayer. Ask God for great things, and 

attempt great things for God, like William Carey did. 

About 2600 years ago, God spoke to prophet Jeremiah:“This 

is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD 

who formed it and established it – the LORD is his name: 

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and 

unsearchable things you do not know”(Jeremiah 33:2-3). 

Shortly after Prophet Jeremiah’s prayer, God did something 

great: God brought the Israelites back from a foreign land to 

rebuild their nation. 

We can ask God for great things and prepare to do great 

things for him too. One of them is to share the Gospel with 

the Muslims. Let us all take courage to share the Gospel. 

Second, build up your church. Do not be discouraged by 

small numbers. Build up your church regardless of numbers; 

when the time is right, God will do something great. Prepare 

your people well for mission – who knows what God can do 

through you. Jesus did not look at a big number. He chose 

just 12 disciples during his earthly ministry. But the work 

achieved by these twelve disciples was explosive when the 

time was right. I believe that if we work together, God can 

achieve great things through us as well. Therefore, do not 

be discouraged. 

Doorstep Mission 

After hearing all these, you might ask, I am not in the “The 

Belt and The Road” region, how can I participate in such a 

mission? The answer is simple. These people have come to 

our doorstep, they are in our midst. 

We have opportunities to share the Gospel unlike anything 

before, right here on our doorstep. Are we willing to share? 

Will we allow God to use us? 

Conclusion 

“Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you 

alone of all Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at 

this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from 

another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. 

And who knows but that you have come to royal position for 

such a time as this?” (Esther 4:13b-14) 

The call to reach out to Muslims has come. If we refuse, God 

will bring them to Himself through other means. How will we 

answer for our refusal then?May we respond to God’s calling 

and reach. 

ASSOCIATE 

YOUTH DIRECTOR’S 

MESSAGE 

E9 

Rev Sean Kong 

Sherwood MC 

I think we would all agree that life gets harder as we get 

older. 

When I was in university, I thought my worst problems would 

be assignments and exams. 

Then I got married and started working. 

Then I became a parent. 

I did see the reality of this verse come to pass:But if you 

do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman 

marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have 

worldly troubles, and I would spare you that (1 Corinthians 

7:28 ESV). 

Now, don’t misunderstand. I’m happily married to the best 

wife in the world, with the cutest kid I know for a son. But 

God’s Word, which cannot be broken, has come to pass. 

Family does take its toll, as in all families. 

Life just gets tougher with each new stage. 

We will all grow old. Our health will deteriorate. 

And we will all face the reality of this passage: 

1 

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, 

before the evil days come and the years draw near of which 

you will say, "I have no pleasure in them"; 2 before the sun 

and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and 

the clouds return after the rain, 3 in the day when the keepers 

of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the 

grinders cease because they are few, and those who look 

through the windows are dimmed, 4 and the doors on the 

street are shut-when the sound of the grinding is low, and 

one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all the daughters of 

song are brought low- 5 they are afraid also of what is high, 

and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the 

grasshopper drags itself along, and desire fails, because 

man is going to his eternal home, and the mourners go about 

the streets— 6 before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden

owl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or 

the wheel broken at the cistern, 7 and the dust returns to the 

earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it 

(Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 ESV). 

The fact is, the ‘end of the world’ as we know it is coming to 

each and every one of us. 

Yes, the End is coming for this world. Just as a man ages and 

suffers and dies in agony, so will this world and this creation 

age and suffer and die in agony. Listen to Jesus describe 

just how terrible the several years are going to be before he 

returns: 19 For in those days there will be such tribulation as 

has not been from the beginning of the creation that God 

created until now, and never will be. 20 And if the Lord had 

not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But 

for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the 

days(Mark 13:19-20 ESV). 

I just shudder when I read these words. This so-called “great 

tribulation” is coming for the world, before the return of Christ. 

But the reality is, the tribulation, the end of the world, in its 

individualised form, is coming for each and every one of us. 

And that End is called death: ...it is appointed for man to die 

once, and after that comes judgment (Hebrews 9:27 ESV). 

Now, if we know that this tribulation, this End, is coming for 

each one of us, we need to be prepared. 

I remember a year ago when we heard on the news that a 

storm of historic magnitude was going to hit Brisbane. I think 

the news said that we were about to be hit by another flood, 

like the flood of 2011. The news told those of us in Brisbane 

to ‘brace for impact’. 

When people heard the news, they immediately stormed 

Coles and Woolies. By the time my wife and I went to our 

nearest Coles, it was too late. When we got there, it looked 

like a zombie apocalypse had hit. It was like a scene from 

one of those movies featuring a ghost town. Most of the 

food items were gone. There was no bread, no rice. All that 

remained was a few cansof food and that was about it. It 

really was an eerie, haunting experience. 

Now, that storm eventually didn’t come, thankfully. 

But still, what all those people had done in buying all that 

food had been a wise thing to do. Because when a storm 

is about to hit, you have toprepare! Me and my wife were 

the foolish ones, getting there too late to buy stuff. We went 

home empty-handed. What if there really had been a storm 

and a flood? We might have starved! We would’ve been in 

real danger. 

Now, didn’t Jesus say something similar? Yes he did! The 

storm, the tribulation, the End, death and judgment is coming 

for each and every one of us: 24 "Everyone then who hears 

these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man 

who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the 

floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, 

but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the 

rock(Matthew 7:24-25 ESV). 

Here is my message for the youth. The Storm is coming. You 

have to stock up now, before it is too late. I don’t want to be 

pessimistic, but universal human experience tells us that as 

we continue to live our lives, this Storm brews and brews 

and brews. 

As we graduate from university and become part of the daily 

workforce grind, the Storm is brewing. 

As we feel the pressures of marriage and parenthood, the 

Storm is brewing. 

As we age and our bodies don’t function the way we want it 

to, the Storm is brewing. 

As our hearts and minds become hardened and unmalleable 

by God’s truth, the Storm is brewing. 

And eventually, that dark cloud will break into thunder and 

storm and hail — that is, death will come, with judgment on 

its tail. 

Will you be ready? 

Now — when you aren’t dealing with the struggles of working 

life, or family, or aging or the thousand other tribulations of 

life that await you — is the time for you to prepare for the 

storm season. Now is the time for you, when you have all 

the time in the world, to dig deep into God’s Word and lay 

deep roots in your relationship with God, so that you can 

plant “roots in yourself”. Why? Because those who don’thave 

roots in themselves — those who do not have a personal, 

intimate, deep relationship with God — will NOT be able to 

stand the scorching fire of the pains and trials of this life to 

come: 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the 

one who hears the word and immediately receives it with 

joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, 

and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the 

word, immediately he falls away(Matthew 13:20-21 ESV). 

You have to be ready. 

How long are you going to waste your time on video games 

and lounging mindlessly on Instagram? 6 Go to the ant, O 

sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. 7 Without having 

any chief, officer, or ruler, 8 she prepares her bread in summer 

and gathers her food in harvest (Proverbs 6:6-8 ESV). 

Are you an ant-like Christian? Are you gathering your food in 

the summer (youth!) to prepare for the cold, hard winter? Are 

you laying your roots deep now — by diligently listening to 

Christ, obeying Christ and loving Christ — so that even when 

the Storm hits, you will be able to stand, unshaken? 

I’ve been flying quite a bit recently. But I noticed that people 

don’t pay much attention to the flight attendants explaining 

how life jackets work or how to exit the plane in case of a 

crash. I admit, my mind switches off during those times. 

But what if you KNEW that that plane would crash?

You would pay attention to the flight attendants with all your 

life. You would want to know everything about how the life 

jackets work and what the precise escape procedure is. 

Well, the plane called “life” which we are on will crash. Are 

you paying attention to Christ who tells you exactly how to 

prepare?Everyone then who hears these words of mine and 

does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the 

rock(Matthew 7:24 ESV). 

May we hear Christ and do what we hear. May we do that by 

loving Christ and His Gospel, so that we may successfully 

‘brace for impact’. 

YOUTH CORNER 

E11 

Phoebe Lam | Youth president, EMP 

Eight Mile Plains MC 

This year, our youth has been striving for intentionality in our 

gatherings. We have invested a lot of time in particular in 

running a weekly bible studysothat everyone may grow in 

the love and knowledge of the Gospel. Over the past few 

years, we have trained individuals in our group to write and 

lead these bible study sessions through mutual learning 

and encouragement. While rewarding, our leaders have 

sometimes become worn out fromtrying to balance the 

running of ministries and the discipling of individuals. 

Recently, we were blessed to be able tocollaborate with 

Sherwood Methodist Church in running a youth conference 

with the theme 'Gospel Worthy'. Everyone was encouraged 

to meditate on God's Word and it was an opportunity to spur 

each other on as brothers and sisters in Christ. It is easy to 

feel lonely and spiritually dry in ministry, especially when it 

seems that the things you do for your youth do not appear 

to bear much fruit. However, we always need to rely on God 

who is the one who changes hearts, and commit all we do 

faithfully into his hands. 

For the rest of this year, we are looking to prayerfully rely on 

God as well as support each other as we grow together as 

Christians. As always, we need Scripture to inform and guide 

us on how to live a Gospel-worthy life so that we can learn 

how to look beyond the things we do at youth and church. 

We hope that we will continue to learn how to witness and 

express Christ's love in all that we do during and beyond the 

times we are together. 

Some particular ways you can pray for us: 

- While we don’t have a permanent pastor for the English 

congregation yet, we have a new part-time youth worker who 

has joined us! Pray that he can help us in our ministry. 

- Pray that hearts continue to be affirmed after the camp of 

the desire to know God and how to serve him. 

- Despite whatever discouragements and struggles we may 

face, pray that we may rely on God instead of ourselves. 

SPECIAL REPORT 

E11 

Together, we raised $12,719 

The PNG Earthquake Aid Appeal would not have been 

successful without the support of our CMCA Churches 

around Australia together with the Methodist Church in PNG. 

On 9 May 2018, the Methodist Church in PNG 天恩堂 handed 

a cheque of 50,000 kina (approximately AUD $20,321) 

to the Salvation Army to help communities recover from 

the devastation caused by the earthquake in the southern 

highlands. 

On behalf of MM&M, we would like to take this opportunity 

to express our appreciation for your donations and support 

during our PNG Earthquake Aid Appeal back in April 2018. 

The generosity of CMCA Churches helped raise AUD 

$12,719.45 during the two-week appeal. 

We thank you for your role in our shared mission, to “Go and 

Reach Out”. May all glory be to God.

SHARING 

E12 

SOCIAL HOLINESS 

James Lau 

Sherwood MC 

In this modern age, we see social problems everywhere, 

regardless of where we live. Christians today have a 

responsibility to spread social holiness throughout the land 

we are living in. Social holiness has been proven to be the 

most effective means of reducing social ills. 

If we look at Jesus’s earthly ministry, he preached, taught the 

truth, healed the sick and delivered those in bondage from 

evil. Our Lord has set such a good example for us to follow. 

We as followers of Christ ought to emulate what Jesus did 

while he was on Earth. Even the founder of Methodism John 

Wesley emphasised the act of spreading scriptural holiness 

throughout the land. Scriptural holiness includes personal 

holiness and social holiness, which is in line with Jesus’s 

teaching on Earth. Wesley once claimed that there was no 

holiness except social holiness. 

Only by living out personal holiness and social holiness 

through faith and behaviour can the world experience God's 

love for his Christians and accept Jesus as its personal 

saviour. Early American missionaries came to Sarawak, 

Malaysia. They built churches, schools, clinics, orphanages 

and hospitals, and helped poor families. People’s lives 

started to change and they saw and felt God’s love in a 

personal way. They believed in God and spread this good 

news to their neighbours, relatives and friends. More people 

came to know Christ, and the churches started to grow and 

multiply. These early American missionaries cared for the 

underprivileged and marginalised. They truly followed the 

Wesleyan spirit in the fight against social injustice, poverty 

and social ills. They collected money, food, clothes and 

medicine for the poor. They were willing to sacrifice their 

own comfort and bring these essential things to the needy 

in the very rural areas of Sarawak. These early missionaries 

focused on practical love for the poor and the needy. As a 

result, many lives were touched and many souls were saved 

for the glory of God’s kingdom. 

John Wesley tried to understand the causes of poverty, 

encouraged hard work, and challenged the rich to help 

the poor and to find ways to eliminate poverty. Even in the 

affluent society that we live in today, we are surrounded by 

many social problems and ills; drug addiction, alcoholism, 

broken families, gambling and robbery are all on the rise. 

Today’s Christians have a heavier responsibility to spread 

social holiness throughout our entire land. The police, 

military and government have tried their best to minimise 

social problems, but with limited success. 

Through our Board of Christian Social Concerns, we have 

tried to spread social holiness in this land. There are five 

issues that I want to discuss here. As we consider them, we 

must bear in mind that we are not to isolate ourselves from 

society; we are here to connect to society and to make a 

lasting impact on our community for God’s Glory. 

a) Alcoholism & Smoking: Due to our fallen nature, we 

human beings are easily influenced, and we pick up bad 

habits in school or at our workplace. Once a person becomes 

addicted to such a habit, he cannot by his own power or might 

get out of it. All these bad habits will further lead to social 

violence and broken families. Individuals and families are 

destroyed by its use. The church must become a healing and 

redemptive fellowship for those who suffer from these habits. 

We Christians need to share the Gospel to these people and 

help them to accept our risen Lord as their Saviour. Only our 

resurrected Lord can deliver them from such bondage. 

b) Drug abuse: Drug trafficking and abuse seems to be 

the biggest social menace in the present age. “Once in, 

always in” seems to describe it best, since once a person 

gets into drugs, it is very difficult to get out of it. A parent’s 

tears, medicine, the police, military power, political power, 

economic power… none of these can do anything to help a 

drug addict return to a normal life. It is only the risen power 

of our Lord Jesus and the Bible that can help a drug addict 

regain a normal life. Breakthrough Missions in Singapore is 

a good witness to this truth. They have turned many drug 

addicts back onto the right path. Many of them get married 

and some even go into full-time ministry and give wonderful 

testimonies on how Jesus changed their painful lives into 

meaningful and free ones. Once they were under bondage, 

but now they have been set free by the risen power of our 

Lord Jesus Christ. Even the government of Singapore has 

praised the organisation for their achievements because 

it had already given up on them. Breakthrough Missions 

succeeded in restoring them to normal lives. Indeed, we 

have to give glory to God for his marvellous power. 

c) Gambling and the lottery: We need to be proactively 

concerned about the increase in the inclination to gamble 

in our community. We know that a person’s hard-earned 

money can be easily and quickly lost through gambling 

and the lottery. This in turn will create family problems, and 

might extend into stealing and robbery. We Christians need 

to spend time with these people and share the Gospel with 

them so that they can be set free from this bad habit. As 

an act of faith and love, Christians should abstain from all 

gambling, and should participate in efforts to minister to 

those victimized by this practice. 

d) Crime and rehabilitation: Prison ministry is one of the most

challenging and difficult ministries for churches to engage 

with. Churches should organise more prison visitations as 

this is the best time to bring our Gospel to prisoners. Once 

a person is locked away in a cell, he doesn’t have freedom 

anymore. If we share the Gospel to them, they will have the 

time and hopefully a humble heart to listen to the Gospel 

or testimony. Many times, God will use our sharing and the 

power of the Gospel to touch and save a prisoner’s soul. 

e) Sacred sex and marriage: Social holiness begins with 

the church itself and we should extend it to our community. 

In this era where a lot of western countries are legalizing 

homosexuality, our Christian society should stand up and 

voice our stand on this issue and influence our nation to 

preserve the teaching of the Bible in this land and God’s 

intention for creating men and women, which is to populate 

the Earth so that the human race might have stewardship 

over the world. 

To conclude, social ills have been prevalent since the 

beginning of civilisation, and a lot of efforts and resources 

have gone into trying to prevent or reduce social problems. 

Government efforts, community participation and individual 

efforts to eliminate social ills have been met with limited 

success. Christians and churches should step in to spread 

social holiness across the land, as social holiness has 

proven to be an effective means of turning people back to 

normal lives like Breakthrough Missions in Singapore. Social 

holiness not only reduces social unrest, it can also win more 

converts for the church. It benefits both the church and the 

community at large. 

SHARING 

E13 

YOUTH WITH PURPOSE 

JEREMIAH 1:4-12 

Rev Meng Tee Gan (Retired) 

Camberwell MC 

When the Bible was written, the beginning of “youth” was 

when people could join the army, which was at the age of 

twenty (Numbers 1:3). The upper limit of youth, according to 

some old Hebrew and Greek writings, seemed to have been 

the age of forty. 

Too many youths live without purpose 

It is sad to see so many young people in our society nowadays 

who live without purpose. 

Many youths don’t want to work and prefer to depend on 

the government for welfare. They smoke and drink and 

take drugs. They want the pleasures of the body and the 

excitement of sexual relationships, but they don’t want to 

take responsibility for them. They are rude and crude to 

each other, and they are even ready to use violence against 

those they don’t like. These youths don’t care much about 

tomorrow because they have no purpose in life. All they want 

today is to have pleasurable and exciting experiences. What 

do you want? “Pleasure and excitement!” When do you want 

it? “Now!” This is the tragic scenario among too many youths 

today. 

Dear youth, heed the wisdom of the wise. God has given you 

his Word, as it is said in Psalm 119:9, “How can a young man 

keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy Word.” 

God wants you to keep your way pure for his purpose. Do not 

be seduced by the world which tells you that youths should 

be free to make their own mistakes. Too many never learn 

precisely because they mistakenly assume that they are free 

to err. 

Of course, we do make mistakes because of our fallen nature, 

and we must be humble to admit that we are not perfect. 

Therefore, during Holy Communion, we confess that “we are 

heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of 

them is grievous unto us.” But for those who have no purpose 

in life, these misdoings have no significance beyond spoiling 

their pleasures of today. And so they continue to commit 

errors in life without much regret or sorrow, for they say, “I 

am just a youth.” 

But what does the Word of God say? In Jeremiah 1:7, our 

Lord admonishes us, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth.’” 

Life is not meant to be purposeless. Youth is not a good 

excuse to continue living in error, for God wants us all to live 

with purpose. 

God wants you to live with purpose 

A life of purpose is a life in which we know what we are living 

for, a life which makes us feel good living it because we know 

it is worthwhile in the eyes of God. Let us think about how we 

can be “Youth with Purpose.” 

Let us begin our meditation with the call of the prophet 

Jeremiah. 

1. It is God who gives you purpose for your life 

The Lord came to Jeremiah and said, "Before I formed 

you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I 

consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations" 

(Jeremiah 1:5).

See, it was God who appointed Jeremiah to be a prophet to 

the nations. It is God who appoints each of us to our purpose 

in life. Our purpose is in him. Therefore, the first thing we 

need to do in order to know our purpose in life is to know 

God first. 

We thank God that he is not a God who hides himself 

forever. We will find him if we are willing to seek him. He 

came to Jeremiah in his Word, but he has come to us in his 

Son Jesus Christ. Whatever God wants to say to us, about 

our purpose in life, he has said it in Christ. 

People allow the devil to rob them of their purpose as they 

turn away from God. But the Lord Jesus has come so that we 

might have abundant life. Abundant life is life with purpose 

because we have God’s Word as a promise which guides us. 

This is the main message for today’s youth. Jesus Christ has 

come to Earth to tell us God’s purpose for our lives. Come 

now to him and believe in him. You will find God’s purpose 

for your life in him. And you will find that God’s purpose is 

for your good. “We know that in everything God works for 

good with those who love him, who are called according to 

his purpose” (Romans 8:28, RSV). Why is this knowledge so 

important? It’s because if our life is rooted in the sovereign 

purpose of God, then the reward for all the good we do will 

be guarded by God’s own hand. We know! Why should we 

doubt? He has said it, and he will do it! 

2. God knows you personally 

This is a truly wonderful truth. God knows each and every 

one of us by name. Note what the Son of God who came to 

save us says of himself: “I am the good shepherd; I know my 

own and my own know me” (John 10:14). He is the Good 

Shepherd who “calls his sheep by name” (John 10:3). 

God knew Jeremiah personally. Not in the sense that he 

spotted the young man among the rest and then became 

acquainted with him, but because he was the One who had 

personally formed Jeremiah. He said to Jeremiah, "Before I 

formed you in the womb I knew you" (Jeremiah 1:5). 

You are not just a random number in a huge population of 

people. God knows you because he formed you in your 

mother’s womb. He knows exactly what you are made of, 

and what you are able to do. That’s why his purpose for you 

is the most perfect. 

3. God has consecrated you for his purpose 

"Before you were born I consecrated you" (Jeremiah 1:5). 

When God formed Jeremiah, he set him apart for some 

special purpose. He formed Jeremiah and consecrated him 

to be his prophet to the nations. To be consecrated is to be 

set apart, to be different from others. Even more importantly, 

consecration means that we are wholly dedicated to the 

purpose of God. 

Now, of course, we are not all created to be prophets like 

Jeremiah. As the Bible reminds us, we are all members of 

the Body of Christ, and God made each one of us a different 

part of the Body. Some of us will be hands or feet, others will 

be the eyes and ears, and yet others will be the mouth and 

ears. The important thing is that God has created us for the 

purposes he has prepared for us even before we were born. 

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for 

good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should 

walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). 

Dear youth, your life has purpose because the God who 

created you and called you in Christ has prepared beforehand 

good works for you to do, and he has given you your particular 

set of gifts so that you can accomplish his good works. Your 

life’s purpose is holy because it is God’s purpose, and God 

has consecrated you and set you apart for it. 

The spirit of consecration means that whatever job you get, 

whatever task you do, you will do it for the Lord. And this 

means you will do all things so well that God will be glorified. 

Then you can come before him weekly in worship and offer 

yourselves as living sacrifices to him, sacrifices that are truly 

acceptable and pleasing to him. 

4. God will enable you to fulfill his purpose 

Not all of you will be prophets. God has created each of you 

with a different set of gifts and graces so that each of you can 

fulfill your particular purpose in his plan. 

Do not say that you are only a youth, that you have no 

experience, that you are not trained enough for the task, that 

you lack the ability, the size, the strength or the support to 

accomplish the task God has entrusted to you. Have faith in 

God. He himself will give you the grace to accomplish the 

task you have been called to do. 

It is a great comfort to know that God did not just leave 

Jeremiah alone to work out his purpose. See how God 

prepared Jeremiah for his calling. The prophet testifies in 

verse 9, 

“Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And 

the Lord said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your 

mouth.” 

God will give you the grace to accomplish the task you have 

been called to do. Even more significantly, if it is God’s 

purpose, God himself will work in you to fulfill it. For he says 

in verse 12, “I am watching over my word to perform it.” 

Remember this: He has said it, and he will do it. And therefore, 

as it is said in Psalm 138:8, “The Lord will fulfill his purpose 

for me.” So don’t forget that God is working with you to fulfill 

his purpose for you. He is the perfect guarantee that you will 

receive your reward. 

Find God’s purpose, and strive for excellence 

And so you should find the purpose that fits best with your 

gifts, as well as make the best use of your gifts to excel at 

your purpose. 

To excel, learn to love what you have been called to do, 

and not just do what you love. Whatever honest and fair 

responsibility you have been given, do it as if it was a job 

entrusted to you by the Lord. If you work with this attitude, it 

will be easier for you to discover the purpose for your life and 

to accomplish it to your best ability. As the Bible says,

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not 

for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the 

inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ” 

(Colossians 3:23-24). 

See how God trusts in you? He trusts that you will accomplish 

his purpose, so he has already set up his reward for you. And 

don’t forget that he continues to work with you to fulfill his 

aim for your life. 

Be Youth with Purpose: strive for God’s glory 

So, young people, listen to the Word of God. He has given 

you his purpose for your life. He knows who you are. It is he 

who has created you in Christ. It is he who has called you, 

consecrated you and enabled you to carry out his purpose, 

that you may glorify his name. So live a life that is worthy, 

and know that you will surely obtain the inheritance that is 

your reward. 

Examine your own lives to see if you are living according to 

the will of God. 

There are ways to discover God’s purpose for your life. Read 

God’s word to know what he says. Have a chat with your 

pastors and consult older and wiser Christians as well. Speak 

with them about finding your destiny in Christ. And above all, 

pray with faith that God will make clear his purpose for you. 

Then act in faith and pursue your destiny in him. 

Be Youth with Purpose. Let all you do bring glory to his 

precious name. 

CHURCH FEATURES 

E15 

GRACE METHODIST CHURCH 

BUILDING A LOVING AND DISCIPLING CHURCH 

John 13:33-35: “My children, I will be with you only a little 

longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so 

I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come. A new 

command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, 

so you must love one another. By this everyone will know 

that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” 

Before the suffering, the resurrection and the ascension of 

Jesus Christ, he knew that he didn’t have much time with 

his disciples. So he gave his disciples a new commandment. 

This new commandment can be considered the most 

important instruction given to the followers of Jesus Christ. 

Disciples must display their love for one another, especially 

in church. This is an important aspect of a Christian life 

because a loving church reflects true discipleship, and the 

world will thus see that we are disciples of Jesus. 

On 15 July this year, Grace Methodist Church celebrated its 

18th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Service. The church 

has grown from several dozen people at the beginning to 

a church of 200 worshippers from two congregations and 

a children's Sunday school. One of the main reasons for 

growth is how believers and seekers thirst for and grow in 

both the Word of God and in the love that they have for each 

other. 

At present, the challenges and needs of Grace Methodist 

Church are as follow: First, to raise sufficient funds for the 

purchase of a church building that costs 3.5 million. To date, 

we have paid 2.1 million and the balance of 1.4 million needs 

to be paid by the settlement date, which is 1 December. 

Second, the urgent need to sell an existing church property, 

the proceeds of which can help fund the final payment for 

the new church. Third, we still need a pastor for the English 

youth ministry. Please pray for the needs of Grace Methodist 

Church. 

Below are some of our major church events: 

18 th Anniversary Celebration (15 July): Cake-cutting by ministers and LCEC, a children’s Sunday school presentation, and an 

adult choir presentation.

Fundraising for Church Building (30 June): Food, plants, pre-loved items, 

massage, face-painting, and singing 

Youth Camp: English Youth Retreat (1 to 3 July) and Chinese Youth Camp (8 to 11 July) 

CHURCH FEATURES 

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CARLTON METHODIST CHURCH 

We have experienced God’s abundant grace in 2018. Our 

ministries in Carlton Methodist Church are blessed by His 

richness in every way. The following are the highlights so far: 

1. CNY Evangelistic Meeting – CMC had a CNY Evangelistic 

Meeting on 10 February 2018. Around 140 people attended 

this meeting. 

2. Westfield Hurstville Music Outreach – We had an outreach 

community event in the main hall of the Westfield Hurstville 

shopping mall on 10 and 24 February. Many shoppers 

came and listened to the CMC choir presentation. The choir 

presented Christian hymns and Chinese New Year songs.

3. Marriage and Family Seminar – Rev. Houng conducted 

his LAMM course seminar on 10 March for the CMC 

congregation. There were 27 attendees. 

4. Leader's Training for CMC – The training was conducted 

on 25 March by Rev. Houng. LAMM students and church 

leaders benefited from his sharing. 

10. Sister fellowship nursing home visit – Members of the 

sister fellowship went to a Chinese nursing home to share 

Christian hymns and distribute gifts to the senior nursing 

home members on 9 May. 

5. Evangelistic Event – The event was held on 28 March 

(CORE combined with ECG). Gospel singer Geoffrey Woo 

was invited to share his testimony and his album. 

6. LCEC Day and Meeting – Rev. Chiu conducted the CMC 

church planning meeting on 31 March. We studied chapter 

12 of From Embers to A Flame by Harry L. Reeder III. We 

apply principles from this book to build up CMC. 

7. Round Table Event – Rev. Chiu, Kam and Betsy attended 

this event on 4 April to learn how we can work in partnership 

with RICE. 

8. CMC Family Camp – We had a fruitful family camp at 

Stanwell Tops from 20 to 22 April. The theme was “Building 

up a healthy church, loving each other”. Rev. Paul Wong 

was our keynote speaker and he delivered a challenging 

message. Rev. Matthew Moffitt (Topic: ‘Now and Not Yet’) 

was our keynote speaker for the English congregation. 

All the participants enjoyed the games, the food and the 

accommodation provided. There were around 140 camp 

participants. 

9. Bishop Kwang’s visit – Bishop and Mrs Kwang visited CMC 

from 4 to 7 May. The pastors had wonderful fellowship with 

Bishop Kwang and Mrs Kwang. Bishop conducted a leaders’ 

training session in the morning on 5 May. Bishop Kwang and 

Mrs Kwang also attended the adult fellowship movie night 

to watch the movie “Miracles from Heaven”, and prayed for 

whoever was in need after the movie. Bishop also conducted 

a Methodist open forum after Sunday service in CMC on 6 

May. Bishop and Mrs Kwang also proclaimed God’s Word in 

both CMC congregations. 

11. Rev. Piao Piao Long Evangelistic Meeting – Rev. Piao 

Piao Long came to Sydney to host an evangelistic meeting 

at CMC on 11 May. Around 120 persons turned up, and 11 

newcomers responded to the altar call. 

12. Parents Sunday – We celebrated Parents Sunday on 13 

May. Each senior member received a gift prepared by CMC 

and joined the thanksgiving lunch with pastors. 

13. Evangelism Training for Youth (UNITE – Rice Event) was 

held on 26 May. 

14. Youth Sunday – Our teens fellowship (REEF) and young 

adult fellowship (CORE) presented their leaders, programs 

and mission to the congregation on 6 July. They also led the 

congregation to worship the Lord in this meaningful Sunday 

service.

15. Mission Trip – CMC sent a mission team to East Asia 

with Rev. Scott Ang in early July. Team members brought 

exciting testimonies back to the CMC congregations. 

16. National Mission Week – CMC invited Rev. Dr Xin De 

Zhuang to be our keynote speaker for our mission seminar 

and mission revival night on 14 July. The theme of his talk 

was “Mission on the Horizon of the Great Commission”. He 

also proclaimed God’s Word on National Mission Sunday, 

15 July. His passionate sharing inspired the congregation in 

CMC. 

17. Bible Quiz – Around 90 members joined this annual 

event on 21 July. CMC and RMC pastors prepared the quiz 

based on the Gospel of Luke. After a peaceful competition, 

we received the prizes and shared the rewards with all the 

participants. We are happy to study God’s Word together. 

18. Badminton Competition – The adult fellowship hosted a 

badminton competition for the whole church on 29 July. 35 

participants enjoyed good fellowship and exercise together. 

BISHOP’S SCHEDULE & PRAYER ITEMS 

12/09/2018 Preaching at Glory MC 

18 - 20/09/2018 

Asian Methodist Conference & 

Fellowship of Asian Methodist 

Bishop President representing World 

Methodist Evangelism in Singapore 

23/09/2018 Preaching in Preston MC 

30/09/2018 

07/09/2018 

11/10/2018 

Ministries in Australia West District 

– Preaching & Conduct 2nd Local 

Conference in Grace MC. 

Preaching at City light Combine 

Service on Holy Communion Sunday 

Conducting Eight Mile Plains MC 2nd 

Local Conference 

12 - 23/10/2018 Ministering in PNG Mission District 

24/10/2018 

26/10/2018 

27/10/2018 

03/11/2018 

Attending the Australia East District 

Conference 

Speaking to Australia South Pastors 

and Local Preachers 

Attending the Australia South District 

Conference 

Attending Australia West District 

Conference 

THANKSGIVING & PRAYER ITEMS: 

THANKSGIVING 

Thank God for: 

• The World Methodist Council meeting in Seoul with our 

Bishop invited to be an Executive team member of the World 

Methodist Evangelism Committee. 

• The meetings and planning were carried smoothly for the 

Program Boards Chair, Board on the Ministry & Executive 

Board meeting on 2, 3 & 4 August respectively. 

• Trinity Methodist Church 25th Church Anniversary 

Thanksgiving Service held on 12 August. 

• All the safe travel of Bishop and Kim, and for all the Pastors 

& Leaders in their faithful labor in carrying out their various 

ministries faithfully. 

• Meeting all the financial needs of the Annual Conference 

having the full support from all the local churches and 

preaching centers. 

SUPPLICATION 

CMCA – Pray for: 

• The Pastors’ Retreat on 20 - 22 November, the 17th AC 

Session to be held from 22 - 25 November, the Australian 

Methodist Youth Convention, and Women & Adult Fellowship 

Retreat held concurrently from 25 - 28 November in Adelaide. 

Pray for the speakers, and also for good weather throughout. 

• Election of the new Bishop, and all other elections at the 

17th AC Session that the election will be smooth that God’s 

name may be glorified. 

• The theological Students that God give them the strength 

and wisdom to do well in their studies. 

• God’s to continue to lead and guide all the Pastors to 

carry out the various ministries entrusted to them in the new 

year 2018 to continue to preach and teach on the theme of 

“Reforming the Church, Transforming the Community”. 

• All the CMCA local churches / preaching centers to keep 

focusing on the importance of prayer and fasting.

All the Local Churches / Preaching Centers to catch on the 

vision of Disciple making, and their involvement in Missions, 

and to form Covenant Disciple Groups. 

• More young people to take up LAMM Courses to equip 

themselves to be local preachers, or to be fulltime workers in 

God’s Kingdom. 

• The Lord to provide the monthly expenses of Board of 

Missions for mission work around Australia and overseas. 

Pray that His people will continue to support and give $1 a 

day to the Mission fund. 

• The fund needed for the Methodist Medical & Mission 

ministries and mission work in helping and reaching out to 

those underprivileged in countries like Cambodia, Nepal & 

PNG. 

• The organizing committee for the Annual Conference 

2018 to be held in Adelaide. Rev. Gloria Ling & Rev. Peter 

Yong together with the organizing committee. 

Local Churches – Pray for: 

• All the local churches/ preaching centers to work together 

with the Annual Conference to implement all the plans 

adopted by the Conference for 2018. 

• The building fund required for the Holy Methodist Church, 

and Faith Methodist Church. 

• The building fund needed to purchase a shop lot to be 

used as a place of worship in our Solomon Islands Preaching 

Centre. 

• All the pastors to serve faithfully in the local church or 

preaching center that he or she has been appointed. The 

members to give generously towards the various funds for 

ministries in the local churches. 

CMCA Pastors and their families – Pray for: 

• The physical, mental and spiritual well-being of all the 

pastors. Pray for God to use his servants to minister to His 

people and to further God’s Kingdom. 

• Bishop Kwang & Kim for good health, and sufficient grace 

and strength for safe travel and to cope with the many 

ministries engagement. 

• Our 3 District Superintendents, Rev. Milton Nee, Rev. 

Tiong Ting Ling and Rev. Alexis Lui for grace, wisdom and 

strength to co-ordinate the ministries in each District. 

• Rev. King Ming Wu, Rev. Mei Hua Chan and Rev.Xiao Min 

Cai & his wife, Vanessa, Pastor Stephen Wang & his wife 

Maggie who are serving in our Mission District in PNG, and 

all the brothers and sisters in PNG. Please pray for protection 

and good health. 

• Pastor Esther Yung serving in Solomon Islands Preaching 

Centre. 

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主题 : 

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讲员 : 

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Address 地点 : 

Nunyara Conference Centre 

5 Burnell Drive, Belair, SA 5052 

Enquiries Contact 咨询联系 : 

Email:gmcawf2018@gmail.com 

主席 Erick Chua 蔡亚文 0432 426 768 

副席 Jonsen Tan 陈庆祥 0433 345 886 

文书 Emma Lee 李炜华 0402 465 077 

思恩堂主理牧师 : 林文光牧师 

Rev Gloria Ling 0420 227 956 

专题 Special Talk: 

与青少年孩子的爱之语 

The Love Languages with 

your teens 

Special Speaker 专题讲员 : 

林宝强牧师 Rev. Milton Nee 

澳西教区长 AWD Superintendent 

思恩堂协理牧师 : 鄢礼银牧师 

Rev Peter Yong 0429 030 390

澳洲基督教华人卫理公会通讯录 

Contact list for Chinese Methodist Church in Australia 

卫理办公室 CMCA Office 

1219 Dandenong Rd., East Malvern 3145, VIC 

Australia. Tel/Fax: (03) 9994 7250 

E: cmca.melbourneoffice@gmail.com 

会督 Bishop 

官佰全牧师 Rev. Dr James Kwang - 0414 073 737 

E: revjkwang@gmail.com 

年会会友领袖 CMCA Lay Leader 

陈守仁 Joseph Ting - 0413 866 887 

年会文书 CMCA Secretary 

林国地 Thomas Ling - 0403 250 373 

澳东教区 AUSTRALIA EAST DISTRICT 

教区长 : 雷少康牧师 Rev Alexis Lui - 0402 419 361 

布里斯本 Brisbane, Queensland (QLD) 

福恩堂 EIGHT MILE PLAINS METHODIST CHURCH 

5 Levington Rd., Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113 

Tel: (07) 3841 4483 

雷少康牧师 Rev. Alexis Lui - 0402 419 361 

E: alexislui@bigpond.com 

郑日强牧师 Rev. David Tay - 0422 091 598 

E: david.jktay@gmail.com 

崇拜时间 Sunday Service: 

9:00am ( 华语 Mandarin/ 英语 English) 

Wishart Preaching Point, 

Cnr. Ham Rd & Wishart Rd, Wishart, QLD 4122 

崇拜时间 Sunday Service: 3:00pm ( 华语 Mandarin) 

主恩堂 SHERWOOD METHODIST CHURCH 

405 Oxley Rd, Sherwood, QLD 4075 

Tel/Fax: (07) 3278 6899 

Rev. Sean Kong - 0431 346 138 

E: seankong14@outlook.com 

附属 : 陈周荣牧师 

Rev. Dr. Michael Tan ( 退休 Retired) - 0414 639 859 

附属 : 王连进牧师 

Rev. Paul Wong ( 退休 Retired) - 0413 993 292 


9:00am ( 华语 Mandarin/ 英语 English) 

Chinese Preaching Point 

11 Hamish Street, Calamvale, QLD 4116 

崇拜时间 Sunday Service: 10am ( 华语 Mandarin) 

坎培拉 Canberra, (ACT) 

坎培拉佈道所 CANBERRA ACT PREACHING CTR. 

Cnr. Launceston St. & Melrose Dr., Lyons ACT 2606 

Tel: (02) 6247 6249 

待定 To be appointed 


悉尼 Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) 

救恩堂 CARLTON METHODIST CHURCH 

17 Planthurst Rd., Carlton, NSW 2218 

Tel: (02) 9546 2632 

丘品尧牧师 Rev. Samuel Pin Yao Chiu - 0450 003 447 

E: samruthkairos@yahoo.com.tw 

李金龙牧师 Rev. Kam Loong Lee - 0430 369 382 

E: llekag@yahoo.com 


10:00am ( 华语 Mandarin/ 英文 English) 

佳恩堂 REDEEMER METHODIST CHURCH 

46 Sorrell St., Parramatta, NSW 2150 

张济富牧师 Rev. David Tiong - 0433 749 238 

E: redeemer@cmca.org.au 


2:30pm ( 华语 Mandarin/ 英文 English) 

澳南教区 AUSTRALIA SOUTH DISTRICT 

教区长 : 林忠傧牧师 Rev. Ling Tiong Ting - 0405 651 123 

阿得雷德 Adelaide, South Australia (SA) 

思恩堂 GOODWOOD METHODIST CHURCH 

158-160 Goodwood Rd., Goodwood, SA 5034 

Tel/Fax: (08) 7123 3723 

林文光牧师 Rev. Dr. Gloria Ling - 0420 227 956 

E: glorialing@hotmail.com 

鄢礼银牧师 Rev. Peter Yong - 0429 030 390 

E: peterlyong@gmail.com 


10:30am ( 英文 English/ 华语 Mandarin) 

圣恩堂 HOLY METHODIST CHURCH 

7 Churchill Road, Ovingham, SA 5082 

钟美琼牧师 Rev. Christina Bee Kheng Cheong 

- 0421 993 927 E: christina.cheong2012@gmail.com 

崇拜时间 Sunday Service: 9:30am ( 华语 Mandarin) 

Info can be found at: http://cmca.org.au/index.php/districts/ 

墨尔本 Melbourne, Victoria (VIC) 

谢恩堂 CAMBERWELL METHODIST CHURCH 

58 Cooloongatta Rd., Camberwell, VIC 3124 

Tel/Fax: (03) 9889 0702 

林忠傧牧师 Rev. Ling Tiong Ting - 0405 651 123 

E: glzbmriwb@gmail.com 

周家熹牧师 Rev. Elijah Chew - 0421 468 655 

E: echew07@gmail.com 

于建华牧师 Rev. Jian Hua Yu - 0417 479 734 

E:liuyong2309@yahoo.com.au 

驻任会督 : 官佰全会督 

Resident Bishop: Bishop James Kwang - 0414 073 737 

附属 : 颜明智牧师 Rev. Meng Tee Gan ( 退休 Retired) 

- 0433 231 415 E: solomentaga1953@outlook.com 

附属 : 雷雯冰牧师 Rev. Wen Ping Loi ( 退休 Retired) 

- 0412 182 088 E: wploi@hotmail.com 


8:30am/11:00am ( 华语 Mandarin) 11:00am/4:00pm ( 英文 

English) 

Wyndham Preaching Point 

200 Tarneit Road, Werribee, VIC 3030 


沐恩堂 CITY LIGHT METHODIST CHURCH 

717 Flinders St., Docklands, VIC 3008 

彭能顺牧师 Rev. Neng soon Pang - 0450 065 775 

E: pangnengsoon@gmail.com 


11:00am ( 华语 Mandarin / 英语 English) 

荣恩堂 GLORY METHODIST CHURCH 

1393 High Street, Wantirna South, VIC 3152 

方友义牧师 Rev. Yu Ngee Houng - 0430 576 633 

E: hymarudi@gmail.com 


思源堂 MONASH METHODIST CHURCH 

118-122 Wellington Rd., Clayton, VIC 3168 

黄永森牧师 Rev. Dr. Albert Wong - 0433 015 363 

E: ingseng@hotmail.com 


怀恩堂 PRESTON METHODIST CHURCH 

101b Royal Pde, Reservoir, VIC 3073 

洪南明牧师 Rev. Scott Ang - 0406 702 070 

E: scottangdorothyhow@gmail.com 

附属 : 夏长华牧师 Rev. Dr James Ha ( 退休 Retired) 

- 0428 947 778 E: jamesha1949@gmail.com 

崇拜时间 Sunday Service: 10am ( 华语 Mandarin) 

三一堂 TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH 

157 Kidds Road, Doveton, VIC 3177 

Tel: (03) 9794 7525 

陆同佑牧师 Rev. Alvin Liik - 0426 817 818 

E: alvinliik99@gmail.com 

刘晋福牧师 Rev. Michael Lau - 0413 233 222 

E: mkinglau@me.com 


9:00am ( 华语 Mandarin) 11:00am ( 英文 English) 

Casey Preaching Point 

426 Princess Highway, Narre Warren, VIC 3805 


塔斯马尼亚 Tasmania (TAS) 

信恩堂 FAITH METHODIST CHURCH 

56-58 Melville Street, Hobart TAS 7000 

Mailing Address: 

65 Kingston View Drive, Kingston TAS 7050 

张功荣牧师 Rev. Kong EingTiong - 0432 949 122 

E: fmc112018@gmail.com 


颂恩堂 PRAISE METHODIST CHURCH 

100 Invermay Rd., Invermay, TAS 7248 

Mailing Address: P.O.Box 357, Mowbray, Launceston 7248 

Tel: (03) 6326 4303 (T) 

官清忠牧师 Rev. Ching Jong Kwang – 0433 533 907 

E: cjkwang740719@gmail.com 

附属 : 官佰威牧师 Rev. Peck Kui Kwang ( 退休 Retired) 

- 0403 861 508 E: peckkui53@yahoo.com.au 


North-West Preaching Point, 

30-32 Madden st., Acton, TAS 7320 


澳西教区 AUSTRALIA WEST DISTRICT 

教区长 : 林宝强牧师 Rev. Milton Nee - 0457 068 108 

柏斯 Perth, West Australia (WA) 

感恩堂 GRACE METHODIST CHURCH 

3 Woodthorpe Drive, Willetton, SA 6155 

林宝强牧师 Rev. Milton Nee - 0457 068 108 

E: pastornee@gmail.com 

林良敏牧师 Rev. Shirley Ling - 0434 225 199 

E: sling1026@gmail.com 


10:00am ( 英文 English/ 华语 Mandarin) 

神恩堂 IMMANUEL METHODIST CHURCH 

33 Cloister Ave., Manning, WA 6152 

Tel: (08) 9450 7700 

苏本仁牧师 Rev. Allen Su - 0424 685 582 

E: alljsu@gmail.com 

刘孙宏牧师 Rev. Alan Lau - 0448 259 566 

E: alanlau80@gmail.com 

陈芳恩传道 Ps. Michael Ting – 0422 243 770 

E: tfh83@yahoo.com 


8:30am/7pm ( 华语 Mandarin) 11:00am ( 英文 English) 

信望堂 HOPE METHODIST CHURCH 

28-32 Nicol Rd, Parkwood 6147, WA 6147 

Mailing Address: 3, Jooleen Way, Thornlie, WA 6108 

陈芳恩传道 Ps. Michael Ting – 0422 243 770 ( 兼 ) 

E: tfh83@yahoo.com 

崇拜时间 Sunday Service: 4:00pm ( 英文 English) 

蒙恩堂 KINGSWAY METHODIST CHURCH 

38-40 Kingsway, Nedlands, WA 6009 

Tel: (08) 9389 9248 

蓝秉贤牧师 Rev. P.H. Lam - 0422 199 980 

E: lamph12@gmail.com 

黄敬平牧师 Rev. Wong King Ping - 0405 088 979 

E: kingping.wong@yahoo.com 


9:00am ( 华语 Mandarin) 11:15am ( 英文 English) 

宣恩堂 GOSPEL METHODIST CHURCH 

62 Royal St. Kenwick, WA 6107 

Mailing Address: 34 Firefalls Close, Huntingdale WA 6110 

Tel: (08) 9398 8220 

丁华镇牧师 Rev. Dr. Hwa Jin Jung - 0402 141 544 

E: dinghwajen@gmail.com 


9:00am ( 华语 Mandarin/ 英文 English) 

真恩堂 CALVARY METHODIST CHURCH 

4/41 Action Rd., Malaga, WA 6090 

周政强牧师 Rev. Dr. Albert Chiew - 0420 844 278 

E: albertchiew@gmail.com 

崇拜时间 Sunday Service: 10:30pm 

巴布新几内亚 Papua New Guinea 

天恩堂 METHODIST CHURCH IN PNG 

Lot 29-33, Section 171, Malolo Estate, 8 Miles 

Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea 

Mailing Address: P.O.Box 592, Vision City Waigani NCD, 

Papua New Guinea 

吴庆明牧师 Rev. Ngu King Ming +(675) 7000 8798 

E: kingmingwu@gmail.com 


Vanimo Methodist Preaching Centre 

陈美花牧师 Rev. Chan Mei Hua +(657) 7133 2348 

E: tenlex2@yahoo.com 


Kimbe Methodist Preaching Centre 

蔡晓明牧师 Rev. CaiXiaoming+(675) 7303 7710 

陆亚萍本处传道 Ps. Lu Yaping 

E: cxm081689@gmail.com 

E: 20110701lyp@gmail.com 


Madang Preaching Centre 

Lot 3, Section 128 Modilon Road 

王涛传道 Ps. Stephen Wang Tao +(675) 7931 1888 

E: stephenamy585@gmail.com 


所罗门岛屿佈道所 Solomon Islands Preaching Centre 

Sunvalley Cross Rd., Lungga, Honiara, 

Solomon Islands 

杨小琳传道 Ps Esther Yong +(677)7405 054 

Elite Enterprise Ltd., P.O. Box 1388, Solomon Islands 

崇拜时间 Service: 2:00pm ( 华语 Mandarin) 

真道事奉与宣教学院 

Logos Academy for Ministry & Missions (LAMM) 

卫理大厦 Methodist House 

刘利宇院长 Rev. Dr. Timothy Lau - (03) 9973 6137 

E: principal@lamm.org.au 

本会在神学院服事的牧者 

Ministers serving in other Organizations 

陈廷忠牧师 Rev. Dr. Justin Tan - (03) 98 817 800 

廖玉强 Rev. Dr. Yuk Chong Liong - (03) 9881 7800

CMCA Methodist News 241 (Eng)

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