Following God

Our branch church in Central, “Carmel 611” officially launched last Sunday. On this launch service, many cell members and bible school students attended, it was a day of exuberance indeed.

Entering December, the weather has turned crisp and it also signifies the end of 2018. Looking back at “Return 2018”, I am truly in awe of God’s blessings in our midst. Last week, the team of Dr Lin Guangchang visited our church and performed health check-ups for our co-workers – over 200 – and presented a health seminar.

Praise the Lord, last Thursday and Friday night (29th-30th Nov), the Youth Army successfully held a worship concert 《Fly High for Your Glory》at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, not only did we thoroughly enjoy the passionate and spectacular performances of our youths but we also greatly experienced the Glorious Presence of God.

Last Saturday, 24th Nov, a referendum was held in Taiwan. We are thankful for how smoothly it went, and for how clear the public opinion is: “Preserve family values!” We are greatly delighted to see this sentiment expressed more strongly than expected, in the answers to the three controversial questions*. These “referendum” results expressed the will of the Taiwanese people in defending social ethics and family values, now in turn the Taiwanese Government must discharge her constitutional duties. Even after this “referendum”, we must continue to pray and watch over Taiwan’s government and society, praying that these results shall be accordingly executed by […]

Last Sunday, Pastor Ho Kit continued our “Safety Belt” series, preaching “The Lord is my Shepherd.” The message was great, so great that C-Mo and I were deeply touched. On Monday, a pastor couple asked us “How do you allocate your time for discipleship?” To that, I gave a short reply, “80-20 rule.” Immediately, C-Mo asked the co-worker who was with us to explain what “80-20 rule” was. Even with many words, he failed to explain it, despite having spent much time with us. There and then, we realized that he has no idea how we prioritize discipleship. During the […]

Praise the Lord. A pastor delegation (comprised of 35 pastors from many nations, their wives, and selected co-workers) visited us in-depth for five days (7th-11th November.) These pastors wished to come to understand the vision and development of 611. We did not show them our ministries, but instead we showed them our lives and our relationships – how we mould vessels, build up our people and teams, and how we handle conflicts. On the last evening of this visit, a number of these pastor couples shared that they had come to realize that relationship is the real foundation of the Church, and it begins with the couples’ […]

Praise the Lord – last Sunday, 4th November, marked the first service of our granddaughter church Yilan 611! Yilan 611, headed by Ps. Wang Xianzhong and his wife, is the first branch church of “Taipei 611.” This is a new milestone in the journey of “planting Trees of Life everywhere in 52 years.” Meanwhile, at the 8.30am service at the Mercy Seat, 69 cell leaders were ordained – that’s a record high! In the growth and development of a church, the discipleship role of a cell leader is extremely crucial. In particular, we as the mother church must have a […]

Praise God for the Pastor Couples’ Camp last week. Pastors from Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Malaysia and Hong Kong participated. Evidently, it is His Will to plant Trees of Life everywhere, through the revival of the pastor couples’ relationships. A glorious Church revival begins with a glorious nurturing of the pastor couples’ relationships. The various difficulties that the pastor couples were facing were difficult to counsel. Despite this, we were fully aware that assisting the senior pastor couple’s marriage is in fact assisting their church. It was also auspicious that we were able to welcome three local pastor couples! Indeed, […]

Right after Sukkot, God is leading us to “return and rest”, to enter a period of recuperation. As we wait on Him, everyone will revive in spirit and in strength. In the coming 6 months, church ministries will take a slower pace – to reduce the workload of staff and volunteers. For example, the “Whole Whole Family Journal” will change from a monthly to a bimonthly publication, and the number of musicals each year will be halved, etc. Besides regular worship services and discipleship, every department will be looking into the amount of ministry they can reduce. This is to […]

Last Sunday, 14th October, we began to preach the “Safety Belt” series, which will be about 10 sermons long. In this first sermon, “Be Saved in Returning and Rest,” we shared through the Word of God about how in the hardest times of our lives, Father God and His Word becomes our “safety belt” and helps us triumph over the difficulties in life. Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! (Isaiah 30:18) The Heavenly […]

Since the “Cruise Carnival” in July through to the 1000-people baptism and Sukkot that has just past, the co-workers, MG leaders and I have been at a spiritual high. There were 500 people baptized at the beach baptism last year and it went just like any other baptism without any news coverage. Surprisingly, the news of 852 people baptized this year has been circulated in media, what a beautiful work of God which is far beyond our imagination. Afterwards C Mo and I went on a retreat, during which God told us to “reset to zero”. How to reset to […]

Praise the Lord, His thoughts are always higher than ours; His providence and provision are always beyond what we can imagine and ask for! The beach baptism for a thousand had been scheduled on the 16th September, but was postponed due to the typhoon. After some twists and turns, we submitted to the leading of God and held the 8 performances of “The Light” Musical and 8 baptisms at the same time from the 28th September to 1st October. In the end 852 people were baptized within our church. Including those baptized in the branch churches, a total of 1258 […]