Mission Trip in Indonesia

Salam dalam Kasih Yesus Kristus!

Kita bersyukur kepada Tuhan bahwa trip misi gereja kita ke Indonesia telah berjalan dengan baik. Tim misi kita dapat mengabarkan Injil kepada anak-anak di Cibubur, kepada murid-murid SD, SMP dan SMA, anak-anak dan orang-orang dewasa, serta pengawai pemerintah di Timor Barat (Naibonat, Kupang, Soe, Pulau Rote); dan kepada murid-murid SMP dan SMA di Sekolah Internasional Elyon Surabaya. Tim misi kita dapat menjangkau kira-kira 5,130 orang kepada Tuhan. Selain itu, kami juga mengadakan pembinaan guru-guru sekolah minggu di Kupang dan membina 200 hamba Tuhan dalam Retreat Hamba Tuhan di Ciloto, Jawa Barat. Kami juga berterima kasih atas dukungan doa semua jemaat dibelakang layar, sehingga kami dapat mengalami kuasa dan kekuatan Tuhan dalam menyampaikan kebenaran Tuhan kepada mereka. Banyak jiwa merespons Firman Allah dalam pelayanan misi kami. Kiranya Nama Tuhan yang dipermuliakan.

Acara gereja kita berikutnya adalah Study Tour ke Israel, Mesir dan Jordania pada tanggal 23 Oktober sampai 5 November; dan Thanksgiving Dinner pada tgl 25 November untuk mengucap syukur dan menjangkau jiwa-jiwa yang baru. Harap jemaat dapat mendukung pelayanan ini dalam doa agar kedua acara ini akan diberkati oleh Tuhan.

Kiranya Tuhan memberkati saudara-saudara sekalian!

Pdt. Stephen Hosea

Gembala Sidang

Stephen Hosea

Rev. Hosea is known for his friendly and warm personalities. He is a hard-worker who loves the Lord and his congregation. He made a commitment to serve God at the age of 14 while he was in Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia. After completing his Bachelor of Theology at Southeast Asia Bible Seminary (SAAT) – Malang in 1981, he went to Azusa Pacific University to continue his study for Bachelor of Art and Master of Art in Religion in 1983. To support his ministry in counseling, Rev. Hosea continued his study for Master of Art in Marriage Family Child Counseling (MFCC) in 1984 and received his Doctor of Philosophy in Marriage Family Child Counseling from California Graduate School of Psychology – Corte Madera in 1996.

His ministry started when he served in Christ Church (Gereja Kristus Tuhan) in Kediri, East Java. Then he became Assistant Pastor in Church of Share the Gospel (Gereja Beritakan Injil) in Jakarta before he left to continue his study in the United States. Rev. Hosea served in IEC – Los Angeles until 1984 when he moved to San Francisco. He continues to faithfully serve the Lord in IEC – San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, and San Diego until now. He is also the President of Christian Evangelical Mission in West Coast since 1993, serves as Senior Pastor in Chinese Evangelical Church – San Francisco, and the President of Christian Evangelical Chinese School – San Francisco.

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