Table Of Contents:
- Church planting in Malaysia by the ‘natural way’
- Church-planting in the heart of Kuala Lumpur
- Church planting in Kuala Lumpur
- Church planting in the heart of Kuala Lumpur and other Asian cities
The little group of Filipinos were filling the living room of W and J’s condominium in downtown Kuala Lumpur each Sunday. These two lay-missionaries had stepped out in faith to plant a church in a “hard” part of the harvest-field in Asia and God had blessed their step of faith. So it was time to to look for a suitable place to rent for Sunday meetings.
A survey trip was done to the heart of KL – to the place near the central bus terminal where the buses from all over Malaysia converged.
I was shocked at what I saw. I had never seen so many people, from so many different countries hanging around the side-walks. There were hundreds of Indians on one street – milling around the shops selling things from India and things that Indians wanted to buy. Just across the street were hundreds of Myanmese– buying from shops catering to them. There were hundreds of Pakistanis on the next street, and hundreds of Nepalis in another part of town, and hundreds of Ibans from East Malaysia in a nearby concrete “park”, and small groups of Vietnamese, Nigerians, etc. everywhere.
I had been to crowded capitals in different continents and had seen crowded cities before but I had never seen so many people from so many different nationalities crowded into such a small area before. Most of them worked in and around KL and had come to buy their necessities, run their errands, meet their fellow-countrymen and basically to hang-out on their off day.
The harvest truly was plenteous! But were they ripe? A Filipina from our church in Singapore decided to share the Gospel in a crowded food-court right in the heart of this area. Before I could finish my lunch with an old Christian friend from KL in that same food-court, she came back to me and said “Pastor, eight people have trusted the Lord already!”
In this one square kilometer of concrete jungle, God had gathered a mini Asia! What were we waiting for?
Over the last week I was privileged to take a couple trips to other places of interest in the northeast. As we drove across the land to our destination, I looked out upon miles and miles of well-manicured corn rows. No land is wasted; every square inch is used to grow something that is useful for living; very little if any land is left to grow just plain grass. Everything… Read More....
“He that drinks of the water that I give him shall never thirst again.”
HE THAT DRINKS OF THE WATER THAT I GIVE HIM SHALL NEVER THIRST AGAIN!!! HEY!!!
That is my freedom! What is this searching in my life? What is this restlessness? What is this thirsting for something more? Jesus is all that I need.
Lately I read about the Philistines capturing the ark &… Read More....
I had a good last-time with Class A on Thursday. We played Jeopardy with a review of things we had studied. They make everything fun and hilarious!!! It’s hard to explain it – just little actions like J & M slapping the desk (part of the game) to answer at the exact same time. I can’t even remember the super-funny thing we were laughing about. It was so cute! So… Read More....
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