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Editria NECF

LIGHTING UP THE rEvIvaL fLamE...runNt unnes lighting up the culdon tthe stt o the Globl Dy o Pye seice tStdiu mlwti on my 23. Stoy on pg 8.

T

he en o Issch, one o

the twele tibes o Isel,hd this coendtion

ecoded in 2 Chon 12:32 whoundestood the ties nd knew

wht Isel should do.Tht is wht is expected o us

Chistins. We e to discen theties nd to tke the led on issues

tht ect ntion building.at ou ecent BGm on my

22, Tnspency Intentionl

(mlysi) Pesident Dtuk PulLow ge tlk on couption to

the delegtes copising pstosnd ledes.

In his conclusion on thetopic Ntion Building Though

Tnsotion Eliinting Co-

uption, he held out soe hope

tht the bttle ginst couptionws inching owd.

He obseed tht the Pieministe ppeed coitted toedicting couption though the

seel esues he hd ipleen-ted, such s the Goenent

Tnsotion Poge (GTP),Ntionl Key results aes (NKra),

the use o integity pct in publicpocueent nd the ppol o

the Whistleblowe Potection actin Plient.

feing tht couption ightbecoe institutionlised s wyo lie in mlysi, he clled oindividual commitment to ght the

scouge.

as indiiduls, thee e ny

ways we can ght this battle (littlethough they y see), such s

eusing to bibe those in uthoity,stnding o ighteousness, otingo integity nd good goennce,

king the elected epesenttiesoe ccountble nd seing in

ognistions o doccy goupstht poote good goennce

all these will cuulte t kairostie o the Chuch to tke the led

into unchted wtes.Othewise, coupt pctices will

becoe custoy nd cceptblend thee will then descend sense o hopelessness ong the

Who Shall Lead?

Inside this Issue

Chairman: The Unnamed Ding

the Unimaginabe

Gd Times Ring In

Subsidy withdrawa?

Yuths t change the wrd

GDOP Reections

The Christian Vte

Specia Insurance Dea

Histric car park crusade

Apha curse at NS camps

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2 B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0

Chairmans Message

NECF MAlAysiA CouNCilChaman

Rev. Eu Hong SengVce-Chaman

Elder Kong Yeng PhooiHna seceta

Pr Tay Wah SengHna Teae

Dr Khoo Kay HupCommiee Members

Pr Jerry DusingRev. Ng Kok KeeRev. Dexter LowMiss Ee Joo Lian

Elder Thomas LimRev. Peter MutangPr Chan Theam LaiRev. Foo Moy Peng

Rev. Elisha SatvinderRev. Simon Chandran

Pr Samuel Surendran KrishnanAv

Rev. Tan Sri Prince Guneratnam

NECF MAlAysiA sTAFFseceta-Genea

Sam AngSenior Execuve Secretary

Patrick ChengExecuve Secretaries

Daniel Loh (Tamil)Kathryn Tan (Finance)

Eugene Yapp (Research)Alfred Tais (Bahasa Malaysia)

Larry Lee (Youth and LeadershipDevelopment)

Andy Chi (Prayer, Evangelism andDiscipleship)

O Jat H (Coicao)J Chok (Ifoao Tcholo)Confdenal Secretary

Ching Bee GaikAdministrave Secretaries

Alice WongYvonne Chin

Leong Kit WahSangan Mutang

Administrave AssistantsSally Tan

Jouslly BuayaExecuve Advisor

Rev. Wong Kim Kong, j.m.n.

EdiToriAlEt

Sam AngAtant EtOng Juat Heng

AddrEss32, Jalan SS2/103,

47300 Petaling JayaSelangor, MalaysiaTel: 603-7727 8227Fax: 603-7729 1139

Email: [email protected],my

Pit b Akiaa Copoao1&3, Jln TPP1/3,

Tmn Perindustrian PuchongBatu 12, 47100 Puchong, Selangor

By Rev. Eu Hng Seng

alost eeybody tlked boutthe. Yet, tody we know so

little bout the.They bought thei plysed iend

to Jesus, ought though the cowd, didnot do the conentionl thing (going

though the ont doo), took isks

(boke the oo o hoe when theyost pobbly didnt know the owne),did uch peption (they knew whee

Jesus ws nd they hd the opes to let

down thei iend o the oo) llbecuse they wee deteined to see

thei iend heled.They hd no ne cds, no e-il

ddesses, no hint o postl codes, nones, no tceble bckgound, noeeences, no obile contcts.

The only thing they hd wsith.

Yet two icles hppened thtdy.

fistly, thei cippled iend wsundenibly heled, nd secondly, the

counity bust out in pise, Wehe nee seen nything like this!(mk 2:12 NLT)

as I think o the mlysin Chuchnd the tnsotion o the ntion,

I oten think o this pllel.Unotuntely the Chuch is ey

uch like the plysed n sick nd hd to be cied. Whilst ucho society is iobilised by sin, the

Chuch is so slow oing tht sheight s well be plysed. Soeties

it tkes yes, beoe counityhes o Chist o gets to see ny good

woks done in the ne o Chist.Is it not tue tht oten we hd to

be cied we e oely dependenton gnts, not to ention tht ny oothe iths e oe owd looking

nd e quick to espond to needs,cisis nd injustices?

Suely we need the unned to dothe uniginble tody.

Whilst we pech tnsotion,

we practise transmogrication1.Indeed uch o wht we do is

soeties lughble becuse its soinsignicant and inconsequential. It

does not ipct society nd the onlypeople who e excited bout it e thechuch olks, becuse we he done

something, albeit not signicant. We

he ogotten tht it is us who e

suppose to be insignicant, not the

woks.

at the ecent NECf mlysi BGmin May, for the rst time in our history,

the ebes o NECf endosed twonotewothy ntion-building pojectscosting oe rm40 illion, iz the

lunch o the e-potl Good Tiesnd the puchse o 30-ce lnd to

set up octionl school2.

Te unnameddoing the unimaginable!

Whist much

f sciety is

immbiised by sin,the Church is s

sw mving that

she might as we

be paraysed.

Continued next page..


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B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0 3

Two jo ntion-building pojects n

Intenet news edi nd octionl schoolcu youth cp wee unolled by NECf

mlysi t its ecent 12th BGm.The Intenet news edi, clled Good Ties,

hs gnd ision o tnsoing mlysi into God-eing ntion by e-cliing the seen ountinso cultue goenent, ts nd entetinent, business,

edi, eduction, eligion nd edi. The ision is bsedon the coniction tht s Chistins, we e to execise

ou kingly nd piestly oles oe the ntions ccoding to

Ephesins 2:4-6.The poposl o Good Ties ws put beoe delegtes tthe BGm by Seedh Subni, ounding ebe othe successul Intenet news potl, The mlysin Inside.

The delegtes ge NECf the geen light o the pojectwhich is scheduled to be lunched in august.

Good Times aims to inuence the world system

opeting in the seen ountins in mlysi with the wys

o God, ccoding to Seedh. The Intenet news potlwill theeoe he seen sections, ech section o ech

ountin, cying ticles contibuted by key Chistinswoking in the ountins concened.

Speking on the octionl school cu youth cp

poject, NECf Chin re. Eu Hong Seng explined thtthe poject ws pt o NECfs ntion-building eots to

lly chuches to pticipte in ntion building.re. Eu eeled tht two donos he donted piece o

lnd esuing 25 ces locted in Negi Sebiln bodeingSelngo nd the pln ws o the octionl school to beun on the lines o monot Boys Town which hs helped

poide octionl skills to countless le youths sidelinedby the inste schools.

Elie in his ddess, re. Eu Hong Seng explinedhis pesonl iew o ntion building s conspicy o

good wok on ntionl scle by Gods people. He lso

Good imes Rolling InVcatina Sch prject fr skis training apprved

12th BGM

highlighted the need o continued intecession on the allh

issue nd tlked bout the need to stengthen the NECfCouncil nd the ledeship t lge by gooing the young,

nutuing the tied nd inspiing the old.In pesenting the Tesues epot, NECf Tesue

D Khoo Ky Hup stessed tht despite soe positie

ipoeents t the end o lst ye, NECf ws still inneed o unds nd uged chuches to gie geneously to the

inisty.

The chllenge beoe us is to he

ith, not to wste tie esoning likethe eligious ledes o Jesus dy. andtust God tht s we do wht we cn,

He will do wht we cnt. It ws the itho the unned ou tht helped the

ccoplish the tsk beoe the.Tody, we need siil undoubting

cetiity nd deteintion to oe

...continued from previous page owd.Its tie we huble ouseles so

tht God cn use us. Be content tobe nonyous, pln the wok well,

execise ith, pess in into Jesuspesence, then see icles unold

beoe us. a ptilly plysed Chuchwits heling nd ou society needsgenuine tnsotion.

fo ntion building to succeed,we need neless cies o the

ision. I we do it ight, the mlysincounity is bound to excli We

he nee seen nything like this!

1 To tnsogiy is to chnge

soething in unny o stnge wy;

to chnge soething into soething

ey dieent, especilly in wy tht

is unny o stnge.2 Subject to Goenents ppol.

Seedhhelding theGood Ties.

NECfSecety-

Genel Sang stnding

on the ploto lnd whichwill house the

octionlschool.


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4 B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0

12th BGMNECF

Malaysia CouncilTWElVE PEoPlE std fr eectin fr the 20102011NECF Maaysia Cunci. Eeven were eected based

n the highest number f vtes received.

The NECF Executive Cmmittee members remain

the same. They were eected withut cntest. The

cunci members are as fws (in n particuar

rder):

Pr ChAN ThEAM LAi

Pastr f Canning Garden Baptist Church, Iph, and

Iph Engish Pastrs Fewship Crdinatr

rEv. SiMoN ChANdrAN

Pastr f Emmanue Christian Assemby, Taiping, and

Taiping Tami Pastrs Fewship Crdinatr

rEv. JErry duSiNg

SIB Sabah President

MiSS EE Joo LiAN

lawyer, ay-eader at First AG Church and NECF

representative in the CFM Exc

rEv. Foo Moy PENgDean, Jubiee Initiative Maaysia

Pr SAMuEL SurENdrAN KriShNAN

Senir Pastr f Exce Pint Cmmunity Church

Penang and Penang BM Pastrs Fewship

Chairman

ELdEr ThoMAS LiM KoK BENg

Eder f Petra Centre, Kuantan, and member f

NECF Chinese Cmmissin

rEv. dExTEr Low

Senir Pastr f latter Rain Churches Maaysia

rEv. PETEr PENgirAN MuTANg

SIB Sarawak President

rEv. Ng KoK KEE

Secretary-Genera f Assemby f Gd Maaysia

and Bibe Cege Maaysia Principa

rEv. ELiShA SATviNdEr

Senir Pastr f New Cvenant Cmmunity

citizeny.

is te Cc n en n te a aanst

cptn?Een s the Goenent nd the county e thick in thecorruption battleeld, the Church herself has not been

spared of internal accusations of nancial misuse for

pesonl gins.The senstionl Singpoe goenents inestigtion

into the nances of the 33,000-member City Harvest

Chuch hs ocked chuches on both sides o thecauseway and laid bare the issue of nancial transparency

nd ccountbility in chuches.He the mlysin chuches done enough o e they

doing enough to keep thei ccounts boe epoch?Opinions y nd depend on how uch tnspency

ech indiidul chuch wnts to put in plce.

Since ost o ou locl chuches e independentlyun, they he thei own set o ccountbility esues

deteined by thei ledes.However, churches must nd ways to promote more

ccountbility nd tnspency to thei ebes to llyny peception tht inites doubt nd the possibility o

inestigtion.ate ll, ent we, the people o God, clled to be

the light o the wold? How cn we shine in this dkened

ntion when ou own light is died by disepute?This is why we ust put ou house in ode nd tke

initities to educte ou pstos nd ledes tht we ustbe ccountble o ou ctions nd decisions.

as ntionl body, NECf mlysi hopes to expndou esouces with the ssistnce o TnspencyIntentionl s well though theologicl eduction so

tht utue ledes will becoe copetent in this e toenble the to tnso this ntion though the locl

chuches.We will keep you updted on the eents elting to

this ipotnt issue nd seek you suppot nd pye swe il the esouces o ou chuches.

...continued from front coveer

Transparency

International

(Malaysia)

PresidentDatuk Paul Low

holding out

hope that the

battle against

corruption was

inching forward.


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B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0 5

The Goenents ecent n-

nounceent o n ipendingsubsidy cut o withdwl hs

oused heted debtes ong thepublic.

In ll ticles witten on the subject(t lest in the inste edi), thecontention sees to be tht subsidy

withdwl, o t lest subsidy cut,is good and benecial in the long run

o the countys econoy.Dtuk Sei Jl, the ministe in the

Pie ministes Deptent who

ooted the ide duing the subsidytionlistion lb open dy in Kul

Lupu on my 27, iploed themlysin public to ke the chnges

now. His cll is bsed on:

Our progressively increasing scal

decit over the last 10 years from

rm5 billion to rm47 billion lstye;Incese in boowing due to ouslowe GDP gowth te, esultingin ou goenent tking lons with

debts o rm90 billion in 1997 torm362 billion lst ye; nd

mlysi being one o the woldshighest subsidised counties in

popotion to ou GDP t 4.7%.

Briey, Datuk Idris revealed that

i the county continued on the setend, bsed on ou nnul incese

o 12 pecent, ou debt would ech stggeing rm1,158 billion in 2019. He

postulted tht bsed on ou esclting

decit exceeding 10 percent, Malaysiaight end up bnkupt nd in siil

econoic sitution like Geece!The su pojection by the ministe

is ling nd cuse o get conceno those o us liing towds tht

e. Yet, thee e those who y sytht this is goenent popgndand they are merely gures based on

ssuptions nd pojections.Lie, they sy, is oe oltile nd

positie.

we sa...

While the citics y he point, whtbout us Chistins? ae we to doptthe postue nd position ound in

inste edi tht the withdwlo subsidies is good o the ntion?

John Teo, o exple gues tht,

f bette (nd wht would ke

oe dinisttie sense) would be to

do wy with such subsidies ltogethe

nd seeing to it tht tgeted goups get

diect csh hndouts o highe slies to

cushion the o pice incese. The

botto line is tht the issue o subsidy

withdwl cnnot be tken in isoltion

nd ust be olled out s pt o the

oell sttegy to e-jig ou econoy to

becoe not just helthily sustinble but

the high-incoe one to which we spie

(John Teo, Oell Subsidy Cuts will be

good o mlysi, News Straits Times,

June 4).

While this ssetion y seegood in witing nd y een ppe

sensible, we he news bout the Bisn

Nsionl Goenents intention tobuy thee specil ships o ou nycosting rm2.2 billion! Now, i things

e tht bd, how cn the Goenentjustiy spending so uch in buyingships tht we y o y not he use

o, o t lest deeed necessy, withonies which the ministe sid we did

not he?as Chistins who e clled to

be stewds nd custodins o ethsesouces, it is ipetie tht we

e we o nd pticipte in the

pocess o coon decisionsbout nging the esouces o

ou coon lie in mlysi ndensuing tht the institutions soceted do thei wok eectiely.

Chistins ust, to the best oou bility nd God-gien gits nd

tlents, ensue the best possiblelielihood o eeyone, tht no one

be exploited o tken dntgeo in this new schee o subsidy

withdwl, i it wee to hppen.

It hs to do with ensuing tht thegoods necessy o suil nd o the

unctioning s ee nd equl citizensin this county e de ilble o

ll nd tke pioity oe ll othe ginsand benets that may favour some

select goups o elite.To this end, we cll on the

Goenent in the ipleenttion

o this subsidy withdwl to: (1)ensue tht thee is sety net in

plce o those in poety; (2) ddessthe continued ste o lekge

nd wstge in the syste tht hebode distust nd skepticis; nd (3)

continuously educte ou public on theills nd disdntges o subsidies olong-te public lie nd inteest.

We theeoe cll on Chistins ndthe Chuch o mlysi to py:

fo the Goenent to be wise ndhonest in nging public unds

fo esponsible Goenentwho eees the ole it hs beenplced in to potect nd nge the

esouces;fo Goenent tht is sensitie to

the needs o the kyt, pticullythe poo;

fo the ppointent o cpble,skilled, esponsible ledes o the

highest integity to pln, ngend execute pojects tht e tulybenecial to the rakyat; and

aginst gnd, wsteul pojectsthat are drawn up to benet certain

people.

Is there any gd in withdrawing subsidies?


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It hs been oe-sid tht todys

youths will deteine tooowsutue. fo the pulpit to the

pew, the essge hs been bndiedbout with uch eou. But e

ou youths ising to the chllenge?moe ipotntly, how e they being

nutued o the utue?The illennil genetion is ost

equipped with knowledge, powe nd

cetiity nd i they e chnneledight t this young ge, they will be get

ledes. This quote ws succinctlypointed out in pootionl wite-up

o Chnge You Wold (CYW), oeent initited to obilise youths

to tke owneship o thei utue in thecounty.

Initited by 1.., the woshipinisty o Eglepoint Coennt

fellowship, CYW tgets youths ged15 to 25 yes to help chnge the

wold ound the. This is hugemission to fulll and thankfully, CYW

hs the ptneship o chuches ndthee NGOs Counity t Het,

Tengnit nd Wold vision to help

eect the chnge.Chnge coes though chieing

two bod gols owneship ndweness.

1) Ownership

fistly, the youths e chllenged to

tke owneship o thei towns/cities

though seing the needs o theicounity. fo exple, in the I

Loe Klung eent held lst august,the young pticipnts obilised the

collection nd distibution o oodpcels to the poo in the southen

(Joho) town.Since then, the eent hs eoled

into ini-oeent I LoeKlung hs bought oe 200 youthso ious ces nd iths to eet

the chllenge o consistently isiting,eeding nd cing o oe thn 60

poo ilies on long-te bsis.The youths lso nged to help

the stteless childen in thei town to

obtin identity cds nd ised soe

rm20,000 to buy school unios o248 childen.

menwhile, the I Loe Pennggoup, oed lst Noebe, pintedthe abodes of poor families at the Rie

Range ats, mobilised collection and

distibution ood pcels to the needy

nd een ognised n ppecitionceeony o thei locl police.

On the lge scle, thee is the ILoe mlysi oeent, lunched

lst Noebe, which hs been isingfunds for Tenaganita to ght human

trafcking.

The next city lunch is in Kul

Lupu on Sept 4 when the city youthswill be chllenged to tke up the ILoe Kul Lupu cll. (Check out

www.chngeyouwold.co.y o

oe detils.)

2) Awareness

The second gol o CYW is to heighten

youths weness o socil injustice human trafcking, inhumane treatment

o eugees, poety o couption,etc. so s to ouse the to join theght against societal abuses. CYW

hs dopted the bttle ginst huntrafcking with its partnership with

Tengnit.CYW opines tht this genetion

o youths is the ost ignont boutntionl nd wold cuent is but

t the se tie, the conscious onese the ost pssionte in desiing

chnge. Hence, they e the ones gettinginoled in cuses o betteent nd

theeoe, thee ust be outlets othe to expess thei idelis.

By heightening the youthsweness o socil injustice nd lso

pointing the to cuses they cn getinoled with, CYW is helping toise utue ledes with pssion o

tnsotion.

A jne, nt an eent

1.. Diecto Kelin Li pointed outtht CYW is not one-o eent but

jouney tht would help tnsonot just the ecipients, but lso the

pticipnts into pssionte, socilly-

Klung youths with thei collection o ood itesedy o distibution.

Penang youths painting the Rie Range ats as

pt o the I Loe Penng inititie.

Getting youths to change their world


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B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0 7

Incesed weness o nd deepe insight into the issuescing the county, pticully eligious esugence, heinspied pticipnts t the ecent NECf mlysi nnul

Chinese pye cp to py with gete ugency o thention.Pticipnts shed tht the spekes essges opened

thei eyes to the ny issues in the county nd tht these weethings not oten tlked bout in thei chuches.

NECf Chin re. Eu Hong Seng shed bout the

Islic esugence in mlysi, its histoicl deelopent ndipct on society t lge nd on indiidul lies. He told

the 120 pticipnts tht the cow-hed incident nd there-bombing to church premises following the Allah court

decision ely this ye wee the esults o eligious exteis.With eligious polistion on the ise due to eligious

esugence, thee is get ugency to not only py but tke

ppopite ctions to check the dngeous tend, re. Eusid nd uged Chistins to get inoled in ntion building by

doing good woks on ntionl scle s thei collectie witnesss Gods people.

He dded tht Chistins ust plce thei hope in soeeign God who is wtching oe mlysi nd ke

stnd to sty in the county.Speke Jonthn Low, who is fGa KL Chinese Chuch

Youth Pastor, said youths should not be conned to the four

wlls o thei chuches but ust be elesed to do thei wokoutside thei chuches.

Youths he plenty o enegy nd pssion, which euch needed o inisties, nd the olde genetion should

ppecite nd bless the. following his shing, the oldepticipnts sid they elised o his essge tht they needto eiew thei ttitudes towds the youths in thei chuches,

to be more exible and bless them to do their work.

Speke D Joseph Ozw continued to exhot the

pticipnts by einding the to be peped to ce thedifculties of the end-times.

The Senio Consultnt Psychologist o the SubodinteCouts o Singpoe pesented gphs showing the gowing

equency nd intensity o ntul disstes s one o the signspointing to the Lods etun nd dised Chistins to knowthe ties nd be edy.

conscious nd poctie youths.The jouney copises thee phses o

pe-eent, in eent nd post-eent, lleticulously nd sttegiclly plnned to inspie

long-lsting, sustinble pssion.The pe-eent, clled Chnge You Wold

Quest 1 & 2, copises one-hou sessions thtinclude ice bekes, ulti-edi pesenttions

nd discussions ognised in un, non-thetening enionent. The pog is eenscipted to spe cilittos the hssles o

plnning wht to sy.Then coes the in eent, clled Chnge

You Wold Tou ou-hou eent o high-enegy usic, edi nd shing o the Wod

when youths e chllenged on the ission

o city owneship, nd ntion nd wold cisisweness.

With the youths chged up o the pe-nd in eent, they then oe on to the thid

phse, Chnge You Wold ventue, wheethei pssion is chnneled into chitble woks.

Elie t the in eent, the youths would hebeen chllenged to un cuse o thei town

which hd been pe-selected by thei chuches.at the CYW ventue, the youths will tke

the led in obilising othe youths o ll

ces nd iths to tke pt in the cuse.Chnge You Wold ventue is big enough

o eey young peson nd is not just cteedo Chistins, though the i is o Chistins

to be the slt nd light o thei city.The Chistin youths e theeoe clled to

led nd chpion the cuses o the socil needs

nd wele o thei city, explined Kelin.Socil nd wele weness is just the

beginning o wht CYW is bout, o thehetbet o CYW is to bing the illennil

genetion to ce o justice, ecy ndithulness.

We wnt Chistins to led though in ll the

pe-, in nd post-eents. We cll it Wtch &Py, act & Build, follow & Led. In suy,

Chistins e to be the exple by loing theineighbous so tht they cn led thei iends

to know Chist though pcticl wys. Itsfiendship Engelis, enthused Kelin.

Tnsoed Chistin youths leding ndllying othe youths to chnge counities othe bette. With such ission, the utue looks

bighte.

Pticipnts, young nd old, joining hnds to py o the ntion.

Camp patcpants e tPa, Patcpate an Pepae


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Soe 8,500 people pcked Stdiu mlwti, Shh al, o highly-chged, electiying night o pye nd woship tthe my 23 Globl Dy o Pye (GDOP) 2010 eent.

But, s GDOP ognising coittee chin D Tn NgetHong sid, it ws not the size o the cowd tht ws heteningbut tht the people ce o ll wlks o lie nd ious

denointions nd lnguge goups the English-, Chinese- ndTil-lnguge chuches, plus goup o soe 150 Ong aslibethen.

These people wee pt o the 300 illion Chistins o oe200 ntions, ll with one het nd ind pying o thei ntionsnd the wold on tht Pentecost Sundy.

The mlysin cowd stted gtheing s ely s 4.30p ndeagerly led into the stadium at 5pm when the main gate opened.

By 5.30pm, an estimated 10 percent of the hall was lled.

NECf mlysi Executie Secety (Pye) andy Chi tookto the stge nd begn pe-GDOP pye session. He eindedll those pesent tht the eent ws not concet o eel goodtie but pye eeting.

The session stted with pye o conession. following

tht, andy, D Chn Geok Onn nd P Phu Seng Tiong pyedo the ntion.

GDOP 2010 stted punctully t 6.30p with ptuouswelcoe o the 28 runNt mlysi unnes, led by oentionl shuttle Lee Wn Wh nd ntionl hudle Kenny mtin,who ran into the stadium, each carrying a state and national ag.

Elie, the unnes hd ech un 10 kiloetes o KulLupu to the stdiu. The exciteent ws plpble with thecowd oing s the unnes cicled the stdiu nd lighted thecauldron of articial re to ofcially start the GDOP event.

This ws ollowed by song pesenttion led by P alin Tnand accompanied by tambourine dancers and ag bearers. NECF

Chin re. Eu Hong Seng then welcoed the ious lngugegoups Bhs, mndin nd Til s well s the indigenousOng asli goup.

Theete P alin nd his te led the cowd in tie opise nd woship, which stted o upbet nd highly-chgednd then slowed down to hushed eeence s the cowdeditted on Gods loingkindness nd eelsting loe.

DUmC Senio Psto D Dniel Ho ge the exhottion oGods people to etun to Hi so tht we ight begin to chngethe destiny o the ntion. He einded the people tht it wsGods desire to see Malaysia ourished but Satan had robbed and

plundeed the esouces o this get lnd.It is now tie o the people to wken, epent nd llow God

to estoe this lnd to its ightul plce. In othe wods, we e tobe lie-giing seed to the ntion.

as the eening pogessed, seel pstos nd chuch ledeswee inited up stge to py o the ious spects conontingou ntion.

P Phu Seng Tiong pyed pye o epentnce nd soughtogieness o the Ong asli epesentties on behl o themlysin Chuch o hing neglected the plight o the mlysinBuipute Chuch.

Thoughout the night, thee ws uch singing nd pye ndny dopped to thei knees s they cied out o the ntion.

SIB Kul Lupu Senio Psto D Chew Weng Chee endedthe poge by clling ll pstos to go up ont wheeuponhe pyed o Gods blessing nd nointing on the s spiitulledes o the chuch o Chist.

mny ttendees coented tht the eening ws electiying

nd coended the ognising coittee led by Elde D TnNget Hong nd P Looi Kok Khi, the woship te led by Palin nd the 600 oluntees o the excellently-executed eent.

To God be the gloy o the get things he hs done!

Global Day of Praye


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er Outpouring

Pix (clockwise o top): Pying o

spiitul bekthough o mlysi;

runNt unnes, led by oe shuttle

Lee Wn Wh nd ntionl hudle

Kenny mtin, ppoching the stdiu;

pyes o nointing o pstos nd

Chistin ledes; nd P Phu Seng

Tiong seeking ogieness on behl o

the mlysin Chuch o the Ong

asli epesentties.

Like ll big eents dwingcowds by the thousnds,

the GDOP 2010 held onPentecost Sundy ws no dieent.

It hd ll the ne nd hype o successul eg eent.

In tes o ognistion, thecoodintion o pesonnel nd

oluntees wee spot-on nd theognising coittee ust becoended on job well done.

In terms of programme, the ow

ws ultless. as o pticiption, the

cowd ce in does nd chgedup the tosphee. In shot, the

eening ws siply electiying sttested by ny.

Yet, for all its magnicent display,

eg eents such s this usully

ttct dieences o opinion. Soedisissed it s ll hype nd lckingin pye. Those o the oe

consetie tdition lbeled it stoo tiuphlistic o thei liking.

On the othe side o the spectu,thee e those who ound it oingnd exciting.

On the suce, how one peceiedGDOP 2010 will depend on ones

own liking o peeences. But on deepe leel, seel questions spingforth. What is the signicance of

this eent nd how does it elte tothe tnsotion o mlysi? Is

it just bout nothe eent in theclend o the mlysin Chuch?

fo the iewpoint o socildynics, it ust be pointed out tht

eents he the potentil o chngingnot only the csul oces but the

ey logic by which consequencesow.

Eents y bing bout chnges

by tnsoing the cultul

Aesme eent, btwhats its signifcance?NECF Maaysia Research Executive

Eugene Yapp (right) reects on theGDoP 2010 stadium event and thrws

sme tugh questins.

Continued next page..

ctego iestht shpe

h u nt h o u g h t s

nd ctions, thus ipcting the socilinstitutions nd indiiduls leding to

chnge. It is cpble o lteing theey peception nd conception odieent socil ctos, thus seing

s constuction o new discusieesouces nd obilistion o

collectie ction o chnge.Yet o such histoicl eents to

be eningul in wys just descibed,signicance must be attached to the

eent in the collectie eoy o

the chuch.In the Old Testent, the

one single dening event for the

Iselites ws the Exodus. and yeto ll its signs nd wondes, josignicance was attached to this

get eent. Wht is it?

Deut.7:7-9 sys, It ws notbecuse you wee oe in nube

thn ny othe people tht theLod set his loe on you nd chose

you, o you wee the ewest o llpeoples, but it is becuse the Lod

loes you nd is keeping the oththt he swoe to you thes, thtthe Lod hs bought you out with

ighty hnd nd edeeed youo the house o sley, o the

hnd o Phoh king o Egypt.

Know therefore that the Lord

your God is God, the faithful God

who keeps covenant and steadfast

love with those who love him and

keep his commandments, to a

thousand generations (ephsis

ine).


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following this get pocltion,n ethnicl injunction ws ttched toits signicance thus: For you are a

people holy to the Lod you God. TheLod you God hs chosen you to be

people o his tesued possession,out o ll the peoples who e on the

ce o the eth. (s 6)In the se wy, i GDOP 2010 is

to he lsting ipct potentilo tnsoing hun thoughts ndctions, nd cpble o lteing the

peception o Chistins s the newsocil ctos who will be obilised

o collectie ction towds chnge a signicance must be attached to that

eent.In this post-GDOP 2010 eent o

the 90 dys o blessings, it is incubent

on the ledes o the ognisingcoittee, intecessos nd pstos to

gie ening to this eent nd to thenticulte this ening in cle tesas a follow-up for the benet of the

...continued from previous page sses.With the signicance spelled out

nd encsed in ou inds, then only

will be eningul o us. In thtwy, we beliees will be einded

nd ebedded in ou collectieconsciousness s to how God hs

woked in ou idst, theeby otitingus for greater actions and sacrices.

Specically, as intercessors and

pastors articulate the signicance of

GDOP 2010, it ust ddess seel

pcticl questions ced by theChistin counity in he socil-

cultul context:

1. How does this eent seeto oe the hets nd inds oChistins to engge in collectie

witness in tnsoing society nd

ntion-building in mlysi?2. How does this eent see

to pepe the hets nd inds oChistins in the wods o Jesus to

deny yousel, tke up the coss ndollow e?

3. How does this eent see to

llow the pesence o God nd the

Holy Spiit to wok though the chuch

nd begin epoweing the indiidulsnd collectiely to led ethiclly ndtnsoed lies?

adittedly, these e no esyquestions to answer and any signicance

ttched to GDOP 2010 ust, to esonble extent, ddess nd poide

n nswe to these questions.Othewise, GDOP 2010 y t

best be sid to be nothe wondeul

Chistin eent tht ce nd went,just like the est, without ny lsting

impact or difference. Is the signicance

theeoe unity, pyeulness, ictoy,

the ll o Stn, contite het? Ois it pecuso to gete things to

coe?It sees to e tht uch wok

needs to be done on the pt o us

Chistins in peption nd nutuebeoe it cn be sid tht we e in elity

tnsoing the ntion though thelocl chuch.

Let us ll put ou hnds togethe ndplow hed o the ske o mlysi tothe gloy o God.

This ye will be ou 10th Ntionl 40-Dy fst nd Pye,king decde tht stted in 2001.

Much has taken place since our rst

fst nd Pye, with the biggest ipctbeing the mch 8 (2008) genel elections.While we have seen signicant changes

in the ntion, the stuggle o ntionltnsotion is long wy to go.

Thee e still ny es in the ntiontht dend chnge nd the mlysinChuch ust continue to stnd in the gp tointecede o eil nd tnsotion.

as God continues to bing chnges to the lnd, He

hs lso led us to chnge the dte o ou fst nd Pye omedek Dy to mlysi Dy. fo it ws on Sept 16, 1963, thtmlysi ws bithed s ntion with the joining o Peninsulmly, Swk, Sbh nd Singpoe to o mlysi.

To coincide with the new dte, the fst nd Pye will uno aug 8 to Sept 16. It will be lunched on July 27 t 8.30p..t SIB KL. The chuchs senio psto D Chew Weng Chee willgie the essge.

as usul, on the 39th night o the st, thee will Ntionl

Pye rlly nd this ye, it will be held on the Sept 15 t metoTbencle t its new building ne Btu Ces.

In ddition to clling the mlysin Chuch topeseee in pye, thee is n ugent need to

pepe the next genetion o the coingeil s they will be the ones to tke thisntion o the Lod.

But they will not be ble to do it bytheseles. They will need the guidnce,

wisdo, suppot nd help o the pesentgenetion to get the edy. Hence, this

yes fst nd Pye thee Uniting theGenetions.

finlly, togethe with the cll to st nd py, we would like tochllenge beliees to gie towds the Ntionl 40-Dy fst ndPye Chity fund. This yes collection will go towds ntion-building pojects.

The pophet Isih tught tht the st tht pleses the Lodis the st tht is ccopnied with cts o kindness nd justice.This is ou oppotunity to plese the Lod nd ke dieence,so s you st, do conside dedicting wht you he sed oyou els to this und.

Fast and Prayer Turns TenNe fastn pe fm A. 8 t Sept. 16 t cnce t Malasa da


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Eey ote counts. This point ws ocibly dienhoe in the ecent Sibu plienty by-

election in Swk (16 my 2010). Sibu is theuling Bisn Nsionl colitions stonghold it hs

nee lost this set. But this tie it did. and by only398 otes.

The undedog, DaPs Wong Ho Leng, polled 18,845otes ginst BN cndidte robet Lus 18,447 otes.all tht ws needed ws o Lu to get n ext 399

otes nd he would he beten Wong to the post by

one solity ote. Yes, eey ote counts.The iony is tht thee e plenty o otes lying

ound o the picking. Thee e 15.47 illion people

who e eligible to ote. O this, nely one-thid o4.39 illion he not yet egisteed s otes.

These potentil new 4.39 illion otes will ke signicant difference in how the country is governed.

Like Sibu, ny plienty nd stte constituencies

e won o lost by sli gins. Yes, i 4.39 illionpeople who e eligible to

egiste s otes sign up,they will deteine whethe

mlysi should continue s one-pty egie o two-

pty deoccy.any new Pie ministe

needs to get esh ndte. Theeoe, I beliee the

next genel elections will be held soon within yeo so. This is not pophecy but coon sense. The

Pie ministe hd done well in winning Hulu Selngo(in apil) nd he ws bnking on tking the Sibu by-

election.This ws set he couldnt lose. I he hd won, then

we cn expect the Swk stte elections to be clled

ny tie.

Will we nally see the emergence of a two-partydeoccy? It depends ey uch on the issing 4.39illion otes. ae you one o these issing otes? You

one solity ote cn ke wold o dieence.The Chistin block o otes is the lgest te the

mly nd Chinese blocks. It is een highe thn whtmIC cn delie.

Yes, the Chistin ote kes el dieence. It

does not tte who o how you ote but ote youust. I you he not egisteed, do so now. I you

know soeone in you chuch who hs not egisteed

yet, get hi/he to do so.Bette still get you chuch

to hold ote egisttioncpign.

rons 13 tlksbout goenents being

odined by God. You cnhelp to ensue the nextgoenent is just nd

ighteous one. registe

now unless you dontgie hoot to godlygoenent.

It is no coincidence tht God hs de it out thteey one out o 10 pesons in mlysi is Chistin.

Dont be eely sttistic. Be Chistin ote. Theee Chistin lwkes on both sides o the politicldiide. mke sue you ote the godly ones. Thts not

only you ight but you esponsibility.as sttegy, do not

egiste in the Klng lleyeen i you wok nd lie

hee. registe to ote in youhoetowns to sped out the

otes ntionwide.

my wie nd I eegisteed to ote in Tiping. at the lst genel

elections, we doe bck thee to cst ou otes.Ou two otes wee ong the ny tht de the

dieence.Soe Chistins who he eigted de it

a point to y back just to vote at the last general

elections. Tht cost the lot in ies. You needonly to egiste nd go to the neest polling sttion t

the next genel elections. It costs you itully nothing

to execise you ight.We get the kind o goenent we desee. I you

e not ote, by deult you he chosen the wost

o o goenent.The tynny o n ion-gip o tken-o-gnted

two-thids joity in Plient ws boken t the lstelections. It ust ein boken. Plese egiste nows ote. Eey pecious ote counts o you own

utue, tht o ou childen, the genetions to coend the Chuch in mlysi. To God be the gloy.

registe now. Go to http://www.sp.go.y/eng/

Te Cstan vteFreeance writer and ng-time jurnaist BoB TEoH makes an impassined pea tChristians t register as a vter. He is prud t have been a vter since 1969.

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Get yur church t

hd a vter registratincampaign.


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The seious poble cuentlycing mlysin chuches is

not shotge o unds olck o esouces. rthe, it is the lcko young people in the chuches nd

this poses seious thet to chuchdeelopent, whethe ul o ubn.

In esponse to this gowingthet, soe Klng vlley pstos

got togethe seen yes go ndstted the awkening o Jesus

(a4J) eil oeent. Piily,

this oeent seeks to help chuchesise consected new genetion

coitted to ission nd enteinginto the end-tie spiitul hest

though the powe o the Holy Spiit.a4J, in ptneship with NECf

mlysi, ecently held the ONEKingdo reil Coneence t fGa

Kul Lupu which ws ttendedby Chistins o 77 chuches o

ious lnguges nd denointions,

including people o Indonesi,Tiwn, Singpoe, Chin nd the

Philippines.The in speke ws re. Philip

mnto, the Deputy Senio Pstoo the 42,000-ebe mw ShonChuch in Suby. Othe spekes

included re. Ewen Chow nd re.Jonthn Chow o Bed o Lie

Chistin Chuch Tipei, re. Yosepmoo Wijy nd re. Yudi Koesnto

o mw Shon Chuch Sutend Sulwesi espectiely, nd re.

Jonthn Loh o fGa KL.

Te real Pasta dy beoe the a4J coneence, re.Philip spoke to bout 250 pstos

nd inisty ledes t specileeting ognised by NECf. Spekingon rising Pssionte Chuch

in Chllenging Ties, he shedpssiontely on his expeiences nd

how he seed his people out o loe.He sid tht conty to popul

belie, pye nd sting do not bingeil. rthe, eil hppens when

Gods people lie holy lies, obeying

Hi, potecting the Holy Spiitsdesies nd be copletely sold out to

Hi.Eidently, such people e oe

inclined to st nd py, he obseed.Obeying God nd liing holy lies e

the dily gind tht eey Chistin,especilly pstos nd ledes, hs todo. They e hd tsks s they dend

denying sel, tking up the coss ndollowing Hi.

fo pstos nd ledes, this woulden dying to ny desie o position

but insted, ecognising tht inistyis about inuencing people through

huble seice, he sid nd clledon pstos to epent o hypocisy,cnlity, pide nd the desie o

position.Pstos e to see Gods people

wholehetedly o holy, tuthulhet nd out o deep loe o His

people. We ust be willing to ly downou lies o ou sheep, chllenged the35-ye-old psto whose congegtion

includes youth chuch o 8,000people.He lso dised people thinking

o becoing pstos to be eefrom nancial encumbrances so that

they would not be beholden to theicongegtion. Othewise, they y

not be ble to spek the tuth o eo losing thei incoe.

open-a ca pak csaere. Philip lso spoke t thee public

night eetings t the Bukit Jlil

Ntionl Stdiu outdoo c pk.It ws histoic oent s this wsthe rst time such a large-scale public

engelistic cusde ws held thee.Oe 12,000 people inly

youths ttended the cusdes whee

4,000 people esponded to the ltcll nd oe thn 820 conessed ith

in Jesus.Guest peoes o the cusdes

wee Joy Theng (poduce nd singein mlysi, Chin, Hong Kong nd

Tiwn), SiEn vness (Gospel Singe

o Tiwn), Joshu Bnd oTiwn nd mlysi Dues o

Chist.re. Philip, who hs been deeply

budened to py o mlysi,chllenged the people to ein

ithul to the county. fo whole twohous, the people then sng mlysiis lled with His Glory and there was

stong pesence o the Holy Spiits the people wept nd pyed o

mlysi.

Thousnds o people, inly youths, esponding to the lt cll by re. Philip mnto ( ight) t the open-i c pk cusde.

Historic open-air car park crusade


13/16

B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0 13

ThE AduLT vErSioN

s aalable n Enls,

Baasa, Cnese

an Taml le te

clens esn s

aalable n all f

lanaes ecept

Taml.

Please et

cpes fm NECF

Malasa.

hae ee Fast & Pae ges?

Iws young Chistin when

I rst met the NationalDiecto o alph mlysi

who sked e i I ws keen to getinto the alph te. I wtched the

alph ideo nd et te oalph pctitiones who chngedy iew o engelis.

Thus begn y jouney withthe Ntionl Seice (NS) alph

poge whee I help to tinpstos nd othe Chistins

oluntees to un the alph couse t

the NS cps.On 5 Dec 2009, we conductedthe rst Alpha refresher course in

Kuala Lumpur. The rst batch of 12

cilittos wee coissioned ndthe rst Alpha batch of NS

pticipnts stted in Jnuy 2010 t cp in Kul Lupu.

Cuently, 46 cps e unningthe alph couse with nothe 14set to go. Thee e totl o 86 NS

cps thoughout the ntion nd 79e ctiely unning Chistin clsses.

We e still looking t tiningoe cilittos o the othe cps.

We e ctully inisteing to bout17,000 Chistins eey ye nd 70

pecent e o Sbh nd Swk.These oppotunities, pesented

to us on sile pltte, llow us to

ctully do soething, howee sllor insignicant we may seem to be in

His Kingdo.

alph is not esy but I cn syit is ctully do-ble. The secet o

alph is to let the pticipnts coeup with the nswes in sll goup

discussions. You need to just sile,petend to be intelligent nd best o

ll, eoise the ollowing phses How inteesting; Wht do the esto you think?; Ok! Lets et.

We cn ke dieence to thelies o the NS pticipnts i we

elly ce nd use ll ou skills osuppoting, counselling, pying,

listening nd guiding, just s oufthe in heen is doing to us.

Thee is get stisction in being

pt o the tnsotion pocess othe young NS pticipnts.

(Kuldip is the coodinto o the NS

alph poge. He cn be echedt 012-212 6500.)

By Majr Kuldip Gill

Alpha Course at NS camps

mjo Kuldip (weing glsses, top cente)with his te o NS alph pticipnts.

T eneatns ntere. Ewen shed tht thee is n

independent spiit ong the

younge nd olde genetions inchuches whee the youths e doingthei own things while the olde

genetion does not tust the.Quoting mlchi 4:6, He will

tun the hets o the thes tothei childen, nd the hets o thechilden to thei thes, re.

Ewen uged the youths to honou theolde genetion. In so doing, they cn

inheit the ich spiitul heitge othe olde genetion.

On the othe hnd, the oldegenetion should tust the youths

nd gie the spiitul coeing.Thee cn only be ictoy when thetwo genetions e united just like

the unity o moses st nd Joshusswod.

Though this coneence, ptici-pnts wee wkened to the ct tht

o eil to hit mlysi, thee ustrst be unity between the younger

nd olde genetions, nd between

denointions nd lnguge goups.

THIs 30dAy PrAyer guIde highlights

the plight of migrants and refugees in

Malaysia and will engage readers in

pafl aco.

There are over 2.5 million docu-

mented migrants and refugees plus

a at 2.5 illio oc-

ted ones.

Refugees in Malaysia are not

aat potco o iv

the right to work. This leaves them

xtl vlabl to xtoo,

potao a ha tacki.

Jointly published by YWAM Penang

and Raise Their Voice, the guides cost

RM5 each. To get your copy, email

[email protected]


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14 B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0

uneil NECfs e-edi Good Ties nd tlk bout itspotentil.

Ats an Mea

Colin Kirton, is a renowned gure inthe ts nd edi scene with his ownpoduction, footstool Plyes, will

she how Chistins cn be chnnel oinuence to communicate common values

to the public.

Tansfmn cmmnt t bsness

Buce nd Cthie Chong own specilty shop which suppliesw honey, oyl jelly, bee pollen nd geen popolis. The

couple will she thei woking odel nd ides, nd howthei concept hs been ble to bing bout deelopents in

pooe counities. Pticipnts will be inspied to help the

ginlised counity by estblishing businesses tht willpoide eployent oppotunities o the needy.

ral eelpment

P D Pul Chen hs been inoled in ul deelopentwok within the Jehi Ong asli counity o ny yes.

He will she how chuches y contibute to deelopingthe wele o the people nd how to otite Chistins

nd chuches to get inoled.

Cmmnt scl

re. Elish Stinde hs set up seel counity schoolsound the county. He will she how he stted the inisty

nd how Chistins y begin to bing ol eduction ndlues to people coss the cil diide.

yts f natn-bln

Youth psto Li Jit Png hssuccessully obilised hundeds

o youths o ious ces ndeligions to be inoled in kingn ipct in Klung, Joho. He will

she how he otited the youthsto see the needy, egdless o

ce nd eligion in Klung.

hlts:aWokshops on counity pojects

amessge by ministe in the Pie ministes Deptent

Dto Idis Jl on Goenent TnsotionPoge

This is NOT issions coneence. Insted, this is

coneence to ouse chuches to step out o thei doos

onto thei counities. D Pul alexnde, oe pstowho speheded ibnt issionl chuch in the UK, willshe the Biblicl pespectie o the issionl chuch nd itsciticl ole in ntion building.

The afternoon sessions will be lled with workshops

conducted by Chistins who he estblished ipctul

inisties o the needy. They e:

E-mea

Pticipnts will len bout the e-edis potentils ndstrength in inuencing transformation of community

nd society s whole. This wokshop will lso etuethe e-edi set up by NECf o not only souce o

news but a platform of inuence and impact on society.Seedh Subni, ounde o The mlysin Inside

esponsible o estblishing the site nd nging it, will

Missional Conference

NatioNal ChildreNs

Pae Cnfeence 2010

2223 (MonTues) November 2010l l

duMC, Ptali Jaa, slao

Cotact Mi sa at 012-329 0680 fo o ifoao

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15/16

B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0 15

COMING UP . . .

NECF MALAYSIA WELCOMES

N E W M E M B E R S

ordiNAry MEMBErs

Viio Chia Fllowhip Joho Bah pato b rv.

Wong Wai Tuck; Hope Tawau pastored by Anthony Ng; Jesus

Loves Fellowship Senawang pastored by Tewasukayam a/l

Chaaa; Fit Bapt Chch, Ptali Jaa, p. b d

Tan Eng Lee; and Pertubuhan Kristus Pulau Pinang (Christs

Commission Centre) rep. by Tan Choon Kok.

AssoCiATE MEMBErs

Rev. Samuel C. Jesudasan, Pr Alvin Bong Tick Hong and Rev.

Johnny Wong Giam Fui.

This seminar is speciay rganised fr pastrs

and church eaders t equip them t

engage the Cybergeneratin Internet-

savvy pepe, especiay the yuths.

Techngy is grwing at such a bistering

pace that the wrd is having a hard time

keeping up with the changes. And the mre

techngy we prduce, the faster we devep

newer things. As this cyce prgresses, it speeds

up, hence pushing techngy further and faster

than it ever has been befre.

Scia media, scia netwrking, vide

gaming, prngraphy, and Internet addictins

are a n the rise and shw n signs f abating.

As this trend cntinues t grw and evve, there

will be signicant impacts and changes on our

sciety.

But what des this mean fr the church at

arge?

Hw has techngy affected ur faith, ur

ministries, ur yuths?

Is yur church equipped t engage the

Cybergeneratin?

Find ut at the Cyberweness Seminar which

wi expre the actins we can take t cunter

the trends, dangers and happenings in the

Cyberwrd.

SPEAKErSThe speakers are frm the Cybergeneratin

itsef and they wi address the issues frm their

experience, understanding and reevance. They

wi then k at cyberweness frm a bibica

perspective t wrk twards a whesme

ifestye.

SeminarCyberwellness

u Sept. 28, 2010 (Tuesday)

10.00a.m. 12.30p.m.

u NECF Malaysia ofce,

SS2, Petaling Jaya

uRM10 (to cover lunch &materials)

u For pastors & leaders. Limited to

50 participants on a rst-come-rst-

served basis.

Daniel Tan spent 10 years in IT and crprate

training befre becming the Yuth Pastr f SIB

Kuaa lumpur. His passin is t raise a generatin

f yung Maaysian eaders t be re mdes and

mentrs wh wi bring psitive transfrmatin tthe natin.

Keith Woo is an avid gamer, bgger, psychgist,

scia netwrker, researcher and aspiring

cmedian. He hpes t chaenge sciety

t becme heathy Intenet users in tdays

tech-savvy Cyberwrd. Keith is SIB Kls Prject

Gemiang Prgramme Directr.

JoB vACANCyNECF Maaysia is king fr an

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARYt

assist the Natin-Buiding and

Prayer ministries in the rganisatin.

T appy, cntact Ching Bee Gaik

at the NECF ofce

(te. 03-7727 8227).


16/16

16 B e t a N E C F J l A s t 2 0 1 0

HAITIfollowing the desttingethquke in Hiti in Jnuy, the

Hitin pesident nnounced thee

dys o holidy o the pupose o

sting nd pye.

Hitins ebced the ide

enthusiastically and churches were lled

to overowing, with most businesses

closed. The Chistin witness o ny

Hitins inteiewed by oeign Tv

epotes te the disste hs lso

been stood out.

although Chistin-joity Hiti

hs been dointed o centuies by

oodoo, it now hs gowing nube

o engelicl Chistins nd gowing

nube o muslis.

Pise God o how tgedy nd

sueing ppe to be binging this

ntion to seek the Lod.

The Chuch o Hiti

will use this window o

oppotunity to be bold nd co-

pssionte witness o the Lod.fo the estotion wok on

physicl stuctues nd ebuild-

ing o lies, tht they will poceed

soothly.

SRI LANKAa ye go inmy 2009, the Si Lnkn goenent

oces deeted the ebel Til Tiges.

But though the ghting came to an

end, thee hs been huge ongoing

cisis: 300,000 people he been

displced by the w nd e liing inoecowded cps.

aong these intenlly displced

people e Chistins nd pstos.

Bnbs, n gency inisteing to the

Pesecuted Chuch, poided 40 chuch

packs, each containing ve Bibles, 10

hyn books nd six gound ts.

These enbled the pstos to set

up 40 woshipping counities in

the cp. The beliees eet egully

o woship nd to ech out to othe

sueing intes.

Tht the beliees

will be stengthened

though thei egul eetings;

The heing o Gods Wod will

bing hope nd coot to His

people s they continue to endue

the difcult living conditions of

the cp; nd

His essge o loe nd hope will

ech out to the othe sueing

intes in poweul wy though

His people.

PAKISTAN Six Chistins,including two woen, wee udeed

when gunmen stormed the ofces of

Chistin id gency Wold vision in

mnseh distict in mch.

Bobs o gendes wee detonted

before the gunmen opened re on the

st, who wee ll Pkistnis.

a stteent o Wold vision

sid, We eebe those st whohe died s dedicted people seeking

to ipoe the lies o people ected

by poety nd disstes.

fo the ilies who

he been let beeed

by this incident;

Tht God will poide o thei

teil needs though the ithul

geneosity o His people, nd o

heling o thei eotions;

Tht the othe Wold vision

staff in the ofce will surrender

thei es to thei Potecto ndcontinue to ithully see Hi;

nd

fo those behind the ttck tht

they will be bought to justice.

UZBEKISTAN Thee hsbeen seious concen oe ecent

deelopents in Uzbekistn whee

chuch ws ided by police without

P r Ay

P r Ay

P r Ay

wnt.

In my, the chuch in Tshkent,

the cpitl city o Uzbekistn, ws

ided by police, the secet police, tx

inspectorate, re Inspectors and the

snity-epideiologicl seice.

The 500 chuch ebes who wee

in the idst o the Sundy seice

s well s the Sundy school childen

wee ideotped by the police. ate

ve-hour search, the police detained

eight chuch ebes including the

assistnt Psto atu anesyn.

They wee kept in detention o 24

hous without ny ood o wte nd

wee not llowed to contct thei

ilies.

Lettes o peission gien by

pents o 392 childen to ttend

Sundy school wee ong ppes

tken wy by the police.

On my 18, the distict cout

sentenced thee o the chuch ebes

to 15 days imprisonment. Heavy nes

were imposed on ve other members.

Tshkent City Chuch o Chist is

egisteed chuch estblished in 1999

nd hs been egully scutinised by

the Tshkent Justice Deptent

s equied by lw. Chuch ledes

expessed thei concen tht this

incident is cle sign tht uthoities

e tying close down the chuch.

The id on the chuch is the ltest

in seies o siil ids on Potestnt

congegtions this ye. Thee he lso

been seel instnces whee Chistinledes he been conicted o ious

lse chges.

fo justice, equlity

nd eligious eedo, not

just o Uzbek Chistins but o

ll Uzbeks; nd

The Uzbek Chuch will not be

cowed by e by the hssent

o the goenent but will be

een stonge insted.

P r Ay

Documents

Berita NECF - July-August 2010