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New NECF Secretary-General

New NECF Secretary-General

 

Rev Chan with wife Lye Hoon and their children.

REV Chan Theam Lai was announced as the new NECF Malaysia Secretary-General at the 13th Bi-ennial General Meeting on 12 May 2012. Chan has been an NECF Council member since 2009. He takes over from Samuel Ang who became secretary-general in November 2008 until recently.

Chan was Senior Pastor of Canning Garden Baptist Church, Ipoh from 2005 to 2011. He planted four churches in Taiping, Kampar, Tronoh and Subang. These churches released ministry teams to serve unreached communities and in Christian organisations. He is married to Lye Hoon and they have a son in college and a daughter in secondary school. Chan has been at work in NECF since January 2012 to prepare for his new role.

With a vision to see churches as agents of national transformation, Chan believes now is a kairos moment for Malaysia and hopes that NECF will be a platform to network and unite churches, pastors, businessmen, Christian organisations and Christians across Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Sabah to serve God.

"It is always a privilege to serve our almighty God as we are all 'workmen for Him' (Ephesians 2: 10) called unto His purpose," Chan said.

Chan was trained as a pharmacist and subsequently obtained a Bachelor's and Master's in Theology. He is currently Chairman of the Ipoh Pastors' Fellowship and Dean of the School of Ministry in Tung Ling Seminary, Ipoh, where he has taught courses on Discovering God's Call and Purposes, Spiritual Warfare and Breaking Bondages, and Overview of the Old Testament.

Ang commended Chan for his vast experience as a leader and senior pastor. "He will take NECF to the next level. With Rev Chan's energy and strong people skills, there will be many areas he can build, especially the Chinese and Bahasa-speaking churches.

"He also has with him a strong secretariat support team [in NECF] that has run the Nation Building Agenda for the last three years, travelling extensively and networking closely with the various Pastors' Fellowship," Ang said.



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