CBSI MALAYSIA

Historic City Opens Doors to CBSI

A training team from the National Office went to do the Small group leaders

Church Church Melaka

Training in this historic town of Melaka. Melaka has been under the Dutch, Portuguese and than from the 1600 under the British.The class will be held in one of the oldest churches in Malaysia, Christ Church Melaka. The structure and color is unique and is listed as a heritage building under the UN. This was the seat of Christianity in the early days and CBSI is thrilled to be invited to run classes here. We pray that through the classes, many ,including the wast number of tourists, will find God’s word a comfort and guide in their journeys.We pray that the seeds of the Good news will be sown through the CBSI class here in Melaka, in the hearts of the many who come and go. We trust God to bring in the harvest. They will be studying James and class begins on 23 March 2009 at Christ Church, Melaka at 7.00pm. Please contact Rev Mathew Chay for details or regsitering. tel: 012-250-9464

Small group leaders in training

Another New Class!

A new class has begun in the Sub district of Ampang anchored at the Ampang Gospel Hall. The coordinator of this group is Ben Lew who is burdened to see people grow in the word. The training day was very eventful as a small fire broke out at the electrical switch box. This did not deter training.  The opening day was also eventful as there were flash floods in the city. But to the surprise of the leaders all attended the leaders session and when the doors were opened, all who had registered “flooded” into the church. The class commenced on 4 march 2009.

Ampang Gospel Hall

Archbishop of Myanmar visits CBSI Classes

The Most Rev Stephen Then, Archbishop of Church of the Province of Myanmar, paid visits to 2 of the CBSI classes in Malaysia despite his short stay in Kuala Lumpur. On Wednesday night (9 February ) Archbishop visited the Ampang Class held at the Melawati Gospel Center. He sat in on the Leaders Meeting. Then on Thursday (10 February) he travelled with the National Director to Ipoh to visit the class at the YMCA.

The Archbishop addressed the groups after the study and shared that he was deeply comforted and strengthen by God’s Word and the support of many Christians and Churches when the Nargis Cyclone hit Myanmar. He said that he was impressed by the depth of maturity he had observed in the groups and the desire to study the Word. He added that the lectures given after the study was most effective and inspiring. This is a good way to get people to study God’s word. He ended by saying that he longed to see such bible study groups set up in Yangon and all over the major cities of Myanmar.

Brothers and sisters let us pray the the desires of this man of God will come to pass in the near future.

Archbishop Stephen at Melawati Gospel Centre

PJ Class Commences

The PJ Class commenced on 17 February 2009 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. It was exciting as the turn out was  more than the number registered. Praise the Lord! I never cease to be amazed at what the Lord does. The number is expected to increase as class members were confident of bringing their friends to the class next week. There were 31 present last week. There is a good team of small group leaders. This year we are hoping that those who have been trained as Teaching Leaders will be confident to take some of the sessions. Please pray for Thomas Kong as he coordinates this group. The Class is studying Colossians.

New Semester in Ipoh

Our class in Ipoh will end their study of the Book of Daniel this Thursday 12 February . It has been challenging and exciting to know that God was always there for Daniel and his friends. This will be true even for us today. The class numbers have been consistent and we pray that you will invite more friends to participate in the next study which begins on 17 March 2009. We will be studying 1 & 2 Thessalonians.

The venue will still be at YMCA Ipoh and it will be n Thursday at 8.00pm. Please register with your class coordinator as soon as possible and better still bring someone who will benefit and grow through the studies.

See you at the next class. God Bless

Classes Resume this week!

I pray that you have had a wonderful Chinese New year with friends and family. Its a been fairly long break and I pray you are ready to begin another semester of studying God’s word.

Class in Ampang will start this Wednesday 4 February. They will continue with the Book of Daniel.

The Ipoh Class will start on Thursday 5 February at the YMCA,Ipoh. They will be finishing the Book of Daniel

The PJ Class will start on February 17 at St. Paul’s Church PJ. They will be studying Paul’s letter to the Colossians.

We had to postpone the training and commencement of the Class in Melaka because of long holidays and many were away. We will be announcing soon the commencement of this class. Please pray especially for the training to be conducted by Thomas Kong and Fred David.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

CBSI Malaysia together with Fred and Yoke Fong wish all our Chinese members in all our classes in the  nation  a Happy Chinese New Year.

This is the year of the bull in the Chinese calender. The bull is an animal of labour. May we labour well together to see more people in our nation come to Bible Studies. Will you make this your prayer for the year and see many more come to the Lord.

God’s Blessing on you and your family this festive season.

Classes in the Country

We are very excited that by the first week of February the following classes will be running in the country.

Monday:     Melaka based at Christ Church Melaka (James)

Tuesday:    Petaling Jaya based at St. Paul’s Church, (Colossians)

Wednesday:  Ampang based at Melawati Gospel Centre ( Daniel )

Kota Kinabalu , Sabah  (Wisdom of Solomon)

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Chinese ( Luke)

Thursday:  Ipoh based at YMCA (Daniel)

Friday:  Klang based at St, Barnabas Church (James)

Sunday:  Damansara based at Sunway Damansara Anglican Church (Pastoral Letters)

I am waiting for 2 other centres to confirm their nights and studies. Please pray that God will open more doors for the Word to be taught and studied well in our Nation.

Ipoh Class begins!

The second class for the year began on 8 January in Ipoh. At the class last week on Thursday night there were 45 present. There were also 4 new members who came as a result of being invited by their friends. These new members said they thoroughly enjoyed the session and that they liked the format and the way the study was conducted. The CBSI way of study enables a member to get the best from personal  study, a class interaction and the summary lecture. The coordinator has confidence that after the Chinese New Year festival, class attendance will sore to 60+ . Amen.

Ampang Class Commences…

The class in Ampang commenced on Wednesday 7 January 2009. Elder Ng the Coordinator for this class welcome all and especially a couple of new members who had come through the invitation of some friends. They are hoping that more from the area will come to study the word of God.