Newsletter August 2024

Written By Stephen Hosea

Mission Trip Updates

Salam dalam sukacita Yesus Kristus!

Kita bersyukur kepada Tuhan bahwa trip misi gereja kita ke Pulau Alor, Soe, Naibonat, Kupang telah selesai dengan baik pada akhir bulan Juli ini.

Dalam trip misi ini, tim misi kita bisa menjangkau jiwa2 9.347 orang (berdasarkan data yg dikumpulkan oleh Pak Priyana, coordinator trip misi kita) melalui Kebaktian Kebangunan Rohani kepada murid-murid SD, SMP, SMA dan Mahasiswa Universitas di 20 lebih sekolah dan 5 gereja.

Selain itu, saya dan ibu Esther juga memimpin Kebaktian Penginjilan kepada anak-anak jalanan di Cibubur dan murid-murid SD, SMP dan SMA di Sekolah Methodist, Tunas Agung dan Harapan Bunda di Jakarta berjumlah 1.656 orang. Jadi total jiwa2 yang kita jangkau adalah 11.003 orang.  

Selain aktivitas penginjilan sebagai tujuan utama kita dalam trip misi ini, kita juga melakukan Pembinaan Hamba Tuhan dari 13 denominasi gereja untuk penyegaran rohani hamba-hamba Tuhan di Pulau Alor. Terima kasih untuk seluruh jemaat yang mendukung dan mendoakan kami dibelakang layar. Harap gereja kita bisa dipakai Tuhan menjangkau jiwa lebih banyak lagi pada tahun yg mendatang! Kiranya nama Tuhan yg dipermuliakan!

Kiranya Tuhan memberkati saudara-saudari sekalian!

Pdt. Stephen Hosea
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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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