Newsletter March 2024

Written By Stephen Hosea

Salam dalam anugerah Yesus Kristus!

Kita bersyukur kepada Tuhan bahwa Bulan Misi dan Konferensi Misi kita didalam bulan Februari yang lalu telah berjalan dengan lancar dan melalui Firman Tuhan yang disampaikan oleh hamba-hamba Tuhan kita semua telah didorong dan dikuatkan untuk lebih bersemangat melaksanakan amanat agung Tuhan untuk memberitakan Injil kepada semua bangsa mulai dari komunitas kita sampai ke ujung bumi.

Kita juga bersyukur bahwa pledge misi kita melebihi target budget misi kita $141,000. Pledge misi yang telah kita terima dalam konfrensi misi kali ini kira-kira $166,000. Kita harap tahun ini kita akan memperluas aktivitas misi kita baik didalam negeri atau pun di luar negeri dengan pledge misi yang bertambah ini.

Tahun ini kita berencana melakukan trip misi kita ke Timor Barat dan Pulau Alor pada tanggal 24– 28 Juli untuk mengabarkan injil di sekolah SD, SMP, dan SMA serta gereja-gereja yang disana. Kita harap trip misi ini bisa menjangkau lebih banyak jiwa serta memperdalam pertumbuhan iman mereka. Kami harap saudara bisa ikut serta didalam trip misi ini untuk membawa injil Kristus kepada penduduk di Timor Barat dan Pulau Alor.

Kiranya Tuhan memberkati persembahan misi dan pelayanan misi 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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