Children’s Prayer Conference
Aug 18–19, Heritage Centre (PJEFC), P. Jaya
Children are a powerful influence to those they come in contact with. Their unabashed utterance of things important to them makes them good witnesses, especially to elderly family members. That’s why God uses children to bring the Good News to people and places where many have difficult access to.
It is therefore important to equip and empower them to share the gospel, to encourage them not to be ashamed of the gospel when people reject them because the gospel is the power of God for salvation.
The coming National Children’s Prayer Conference has this mission. Organised by the National Children Prayer Network Malaysia, the two-day conference targets children aged four to 13 years. Register your children before July 31 to qualify for the early bird fee of RM35. Thereafter, it is RM40. Call the NECF office (03-7727 8227) for more information.
Chinese Pastors and Leaders Retreat
Sept 8–11, Awana Genting Highlands
The NECF Malaysia Chinese Commission aims to gather some 400 pastors, full-time pastoral workers and missionaries serving the Chinese-speaking community at the National Pastors and Leaders Retreat and Training Conference for a time of refreshment and rejuvenation.
The four-day retreat has a light schedule with plenty of time for participants to rest from the rigours of ministry and fellowship with one another.
The speakers are NECF Executive Advisor Rev Wong Kim Kong and Asian Outreach President Emeritus Rev Dr David Wang, a leading expert on China.
Rev Wong will share on how to manage church and inter-personal conflicts, an issue that full-time workers have to grapple with often. Meanwhile, Rev Wang – a much sought-after speaker whose leadership, writings, ministry and messages have touched countless lives – will speak about fruitfulness in ministry.
To enable many full-time workers to attend, the registration fee of RM250 has been highly subsidised (from RM680) through the generosity of some Christians.
In addition, NECF will give to the participants’ churches a Good TV satellite television connection each. This evangelistic-based 24-hour satellite TV comes from Taiwan and features cooking shows, talk shows, sermons, learning English segments and others in Mandarin, Hokkien and Hakka.
Bahasa Prayer Conference
Oct 2–4, Heritage Centre (PJEFC), P. Jaya
The NECF Bahasa Malaysia Commission aims to gather Christians from all 14 states to identify the challenges and current issues in each state for prayer and action. At the same time, they will be ministered to by Pr Daniel Pandji, the national Indonesian prayer mobilisation coordinator. He will based his message based on *Jer. 29:7 to help the Bahasa Church better understand its role in nation-building.
Registration fee of RM50 covers materials, lunch and refreshment. For more information, contact the commission’s executive secretary, Alfred Tais, at 03-77278227 or 016-2283119.
(*Jer. 29:7 – And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.)
South-East Asia Prayer Consultation
Sept 9–12, Heritage Centre (PJEFC), P. Jaya
Praying for foreign workers in Malaysia will be one of the highlights at the conclusion of the annual consultation. Participants, coming from all over South-east Asia, will also pray for agencies and their people who are ministering to migrant workers here.
Malaysia is home to some two million foreign workers, and increasingly, churches are establishing outreach ministries to serve their needs.
This year’s consultation, hosted by NECF Malaysia, carries the theme “Breakthrough and Harvest”. The concluding meeting on Sept 12 will start at 8.30p.m.
Come and bless the many nations that God has brought to our doorstep.
Women’s Consultation
Oct 18, NECF Conference Room
The NECF Women’s Commission is organising a consultation to develop a Christian Women Agenda for 2020. The closed-door consultation will attempt to cover as many areas as possible that affect women, including politics, education, family, business, finance/corporate, health, legal, missions, pastoral and theology.
The consultation will have the participation and contribution of Malaysian Christian women who are pioneers or recognised leaders in these realms to speak. Each of them will speak for some 10 minutes, followed by discussion, brainstorming and prayer.
Besides the speakers, female leaders from churches and organisations will also be invited to participate at the consultation to be held on October 18 at the NECF Conference Room.
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