CBSI MALAYSIA

A Blessed Christmas

The Board of Directors of CBSI Malaysia wish all our members a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.

It has been a great year for CBSI Malaysia and to see the number of new classes and above all to see our members grow in the Word. That has been the greatest blessing for our Directors and me as National Director. This is the one thing that has encouraged us at National level to continue to invest in the ministry.

It has been confirmed that 2 new classes will begin in mid January of 2011. Praise the Lord. One will be in another part of the Klang Valley called Damansara and the other up north in Penang. Please pray for the training of the small group leaders and that the Lord will lead Fred to someone with the heart for God’s word to take on as Teaching Leader.

I take this opportunity to thank all the Class Coordinators for your excellent work the past year and may I ask you to give to the Lord that same commitment so that we will be able to see “Everyone in the World, in the Word”

God Bless you and your loved ones this Christmas.

ps. I will be taking a short break after Christmas waiting upon the Lord for the new year. Will be back blogging soon. (Fred)

Visit of the Castles

Rev Fred was privileged to meet Rich and Besty Castle who are “Calebs” in Thailand. Calebs in CBSI are people who will come into a country where there is no formal ministry or team in place to run the ministry. They give their time to the country they are assigned to and will visit these countries about 3 times a year promoting the ministry of CBSI and making contacts.
Rich and Besty were in Port Dickson to help plan and organise the Asia Pacific Conference in March 2011. It will be held in PD.
It was also an opportunity to share with them the CBSI ministry in Malaysia.
Rich and Besty it was good to visit with you.

Christmas Newsletter

A Christmas newsletter is in the print. We hope that it will reach you for the festive season. If you have not received one please let me know or call your class coordinator. He or she will be able to help you. The aim of this newsletter is to inform and keep you aware of the developments in the Ministry. Please pray that this will also be a way of getting people excited in God’s Word and our CBSI Classes. You are the best ambassadors for the ministry. If you have been blessed, then bless others by inviting them to classes in the new year.

God Bless you

CBSI Board Meets

We praise God for a good Board meeting that was chaired by Rev Dr. Datuk Yeoh Beng San on 6 October 2010. The National Director reported that there was an average attendance of 416 for the second half of the year. It was also highlighted that funds were coming in slow for the year. The Board decided in taking some positive steps to raise the funds for the ministry. Praise God as we believe that God will give us all that we need to carry out the ministry.

CBSI Malaysia Board Meeting

Directors of the Malaysia CBSI Board will meet on Wednesday 6 October at St. Paul’s Church, Petaling Jaya for their Board meeting. This will be a planning meeting for the year 2011. Please pray that we will be able to have another fruitful year. Please also pray that the Lord will provide the finances to run our ministry.

Son beaten-up in School

Please pray as I have just received news that Avinash the son of our CBSI Director for India was beaten up in school. Dev and Koko have been aggressively promoting CBSI and Christian ministry in Nagaland. They live in Dimapur. There is a rising opposition to anything Christian in India. But Nagaland is very Christian and this to happen to Avinash is very surprising. Please uphold Devendra and Koko and the family at this time. Please also pray for their staff workers in Dimapur.

Regional Director refused Entry

Peter Hanscamp, our regional director for Asia Pacific was refused entry into India last week. He was intensely interviewed by the Immigration officials and was told that if he was on “missionary work” he would need a different visa. It seems the many Asian nations are beginning to be “overly cautious” of who comes into their countries. We do not know the real cause but we can guess.

Peter was sent back to Dubai and is a little disappointed as there were lined up for him a series of meetings in India. Please pray. Maybe it is time that we need to set up more national ministry teams as a new wave of closing doors to the Gospel become evident.

Covenant Letter

We have just been informed that with immediate effect, all classes using the CBSI material will need to sign a Covenant. This is needed because of the copy rights law in the US. This is good working ethics, however must never hinder the growth of classes or getting people into the Word.