EAST ASIA ORIENT AREA. Area Team Co-Leaders: Sung-MinPark (South Korea NTL). Kok Hiang Lam (Singapore NTL). Stephen Wang
EAST ASIA ORIENT AREA Area Team Co-Leaders: Sung-MinPark (South Korea NTL) Kok Hiang Lam (Singapore NTL) Stephen Wang (Taiwan NTL)
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Area Office: • Praise God that He has been so faithful in the process of structure change in our area. He has also provided a new office in Songdo, Incheon. As people like leaders, workers, and students come in and go out of this office, may they remember God's covenant of His kingdom. • Pray that National Leadership Conference (NLC) (May 10-16, Incheon, Korea) will be a fruitful time for the new area structure. During NLC we will elaborate new norms and principles for the new structure and also re-identify our area goal, direction, and vision. Pray that the Area Office can effectively serve all countries in EAOrt so that we can see movements everywhere in our Area.
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Pray that God will pour his wisdom and discernment on Dr. Park, ND team, and local leadership so that they follow His will in this generation. Area GCTC: • Praise God that He gave us 65 new devoted, creative trainees in 2015! • We pray that from 2016- 2020, God will send us 100 trainees every year! They can be spiritual leaders who ignite spiritual movements with the power of the Holy Spirit in Korea and other nations. • Pray for the 'Challenge 2020' fund strategy, which will help 1st-3rd year staff members until 2020. Pray that 4,000,000,000 Won will be raised. Area Global Sending Movement (GSM): • Thank God that during busy schedules, short-term mission trip, STINT, etc. A6 is going well, and we have good teamwork. Through International A6, we had many disciples in Ranchi, India. • This summer, Russia, Mexico, and Zambia A6 will start. Pray that there will be spiritual multiplication and new campuses will be opened. We hope for spiritual movement! • We expect about 1,000 students to go on summer mission trips. Pray that in every region, many people will participate in missions and they will experience God's grace in their mission field. East Asia School of Theology (EAST): • Pray for God’s continuing favour for EAST to equip field-proven shepherd leaders with a strong biblical foundation for the mission field. • Pray for our student recruitment as we trust God to recruit more program students that He has chosen to study at EAST: Target to reach 200 program students total (up from current 100) within the next couple of years. • We thank God that there is unity among our students – a multicultural, multi-ethnic group studying together. Please pray for students’ lives to be transformed and that they will encounter God through their studies and will hear God clearly for their direction, especially for those who will be graduating this May. JAPAN CCC • Pray for spiritual transformation of the whole country as it is still under the strong grip of Satan in many different ways. Pray that Christians can freely love each other. Pray that Christians can serve together in one accord. Pray that we can have a Christ-centered spiritual movement. Pray for Japanese hearts to be open to the gospel and find hope in Him alone. 9
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Pray that we can spread the gospel in many campuses and see God raise up many multiplying disciples who are really walking closely with God and have strong faith and passion for fulfilling the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. May God provide every financial need of each staff member. Pray for the moving of the National Office this coming October. Pray that we have good communication among the staff during the whole process.
CRU SINGAPORE SLM: • Thank God that we are able to send students on mission trips again this year. Four teams have been sent in March and another seven in May-June. Continue to pray for our sending efforts, not just in short -term missions but also in sending well our graduating students into the marketplace, church and missio ns. • Pray that the Lord will increase our staff manpower and sustain current staff workers for His purposes and glory in the campuses. • Pray for our leadership team as they seek to align staff and students in reaching our scope. Pray that God will continue to direct our steps and grant us greater faith and dependence on Him. LLM: • Praise God for enabling our medical teams to attempt great things for Him in ''difficult'' places in Asia. Thank Him for enabling us to share the good news, person-by-person with non-Christians. Our mission visits have increased the number of non-Christians to attend the Sunday church services in difficult regi ons. • Ask God Almighty to bless and lead our HealthCare Medical Teams to plan and visit many unreached areas in Asia this year, to express God's love and to proclaim His name among non- Christians. • Pray for God to touch the hearts of many Christian medical personnel in Singapore to join our medic al mission and to come forward to serve Him. Missions: • Thank God for raising up an IR to serve with Taiwan's GCM. • Missions Department: Pray for Cru Vision 2020. Faith goals 2014-2020 (cumulative): - Help send 200 staff out for long-term missions (Stint/IR/IR-ROS). - Help send out 4,000 for short-term missions. This year Missions Department is trusting God to send out four IRs/Stinters, 250 short-term mission trippers, and 10 I-Leaps(3-6 months short-term missions). By God's grace, pray that we are able to accomplish our goals. • Pray also that God will raise up more long-term and short-term labourers for His harvest field. Pray for good partnerships with churches. Operations/Prayer/Media Ministry: • Thank God for the completion of our Cru Centre building facade and renovation. We continue to look to God for provision of all funds needed for Cru Centre. • Thank God for a Prayer Focus season for the staff, 30 March - 28 April. Pray for Cru Singapore leader s and staff to keep seeking God, discerning His will and responding in faith! • Pray for God to continue to use Media Ministry to resource and equip the Christian community through "winning souls, saving minds." TAIWAN SLM: • Thank the Lord for helping the senior staff become more familiar with coaching skills during the staff de velopment conference in early February. Staff with under seven years experience also learned how to balance their life and formulate the personal development plan through the leader construction study. • The concepts of base ministry and catalyst ministry are getting more and more clear, and we ask G od to guide us in more effective operations and division of labor, and ask the Lord to continue establishi ng good staff relations and not lose precedence of connection with God even during busy ministry. • Please pray for this year’s campus MIT promotion, asking the Lord to send us appropriate oversea sh 10
ort-term ministry teams which are able to cooperate with each other. They not only introduce the gospel into Taiwan but also establish ministry partnership in the future. LLM: •
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Materials and methods are more diversified for the workplace missionary, and we pray to the Lord to help us to promote and use these courses wisely to equip more disciples in the workplace, and to coach them to build activities in their field. Praise the Almighty God! There are currently 85 entity groups, 16 internet groups, and the total numbe r is about 800 people in women’s groups. Pray for the Lord to continue operating in these sisters’ lives, and we hope to see more and more families transformed by the Lord's truth and grace. Thank God that ministry for middle school teacher is recognized in many educational institutions, and it has launched new training opportunities. Ask God to raise up local volunteer teachers so that they are able to undertake the task of teaching and training
GCM: • GCM is holding a multiplying church community seminar and has invited a Philippines CCF pastor to sh are on June 29-30. Ask the Lord to use this lecture to consolidate the multiply church community conce pt, guide the church, and to connect with the global church missionary movements. • Thank God for the opportunity for us to link with different denominations in Taiwan. May God continue to raise up Taiwan church leaders, as we expect to hold training courses in central and north Taiwan. Ask the Lord to attract highly qualifies leaders to attend. • MIT church needs to recruit 15-20 overseas short-term mission teams in this year, and this is not on ly to meet the needs of activities but to stimulate host churches’ missionary aspiration and for in prepar ation to send out overseas short-term mission teams in the future. VLM: • Thank God for the effectiveness of video evangelism. Digital Strategy will cooperate with the international ministry of Jesus Christ biography to hold video evangelism training in July. We hope that through more complete and comprehensive training, to strengthen the quality and efficiency of video evangelism. • Thank God that He keeps extending the feelers of creative ministry, whether for its music or drama ministry. We also ask for the Lord to help us develop professional training materials in preparation for opportunities in future volunteer training. • Pray that the publication team can be fully staffed, so that we can divide up the work effectively, bring out more professional ministry, and use more diverse ways to deliver the gospel message. Operations: • Thank God for keeping the financial systems updated successfully in early February, and ask God to he lp us bring out more efficient administrative support systems. • April to June is the peak of staff recruitment challenges, and we expect at least 10 people to be able t o join us for internship or training. Pray that the Lord personally touches peoples’ hearts and takes away any internal and external obstructions so that people can serve Him freely. • Please continue to pray for finding a suitable place for headquarters. We pray to find a place which is large enough to accommodate every ministry and even able to provide training and meeting space in a missionary center.
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