Faith@Work Fellowship
through
Asia Seminary for Ministry
(Seminary without borders)
Reaching Nationals for Nationals
February, 2014
Medan Mission Trip, Feb 19 - 22
There were about 40 participants that came for the 2⅟2-day module on the book of Revelation. About three-quarters of the students are pursuing their Bachelor of Theology, and the rest Master of Ministry. Quite a number of them are sons and daughters of those who were once taught by us under Asia Seminary for Ministry (under Faith@Work Fellowship,
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It is indeed a great privilege to be given the opportunity to teach these church leaders, and their sons and daughters.
This is the third time I taught them and they rushed to have their photos taken with me on the last day. About 90% of them are Charismatics. They found it hard to trust the main line denominations there because of their Liberal Theology. It took them a while to realize that all our lecturers in ASM are born again or bible-believing. Now that trust and bond have been built, they are eagerly learning from us.
Dr Haposan (the local coordinator) shares that the leaders are learning to become more biblical. They are also using what they have learnt in their ministry and are getting favorable feedback. I had deliberately assigned them to use the skill learnt to teach others (refering to the November module). It was a great joy to hear two sisters shared of their teaching experience. One of them did her assignment on the book of Ruth. She shared how the book was so relevant to the group of young mothers in her Bible Study group.
The class was disrupted a few times because of power failure. One generator in Medan city was damaged. It was difficult to conduct the class without the power as all my teaching materials are in Powerpoint. But, thank God! For at the crucial moment, electricity was restored and I managed to cover the entire book of Revelation.
As the participants get to know me better, they asked more questions and shared about their ministries. ASM has the opportunity to impact these leaders and would-be leaders to be more biblical in their doctrine and effective in their service for Christ. They enjoy learning effective and practical skills that will equip them for the ministry the Lord laid on them. They are eager to have us back and we are most glad to be their partners in their ministries.
Report by Yap Beng Shin
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