Malaysia Sabah – LCA International Mission

Growing a Ministry of Belonging

By Priscilla Chiu | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah

When we first began Handprints Ministry in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, we did not start with expertise, funding strategies, or a long-term plan. We started with a conviction: that every person is precious in God’s eyes, and that love must be made visible. Handprints Toy Library and Resource Centre was the very first expression of this […]

Crossing Cultures, Sharing Hope

By Bruce and Daphne Cleaves | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah, Volunteers and Supporters

Bruce and Daphne Cleaves, from Peace Kumbia Taabinga congregation in Queensland, were working full‑time in their small Speech Pathology practice when Bruce noticed (around 2019) on the LCA International Mission webpage a position available for a Speech Pathologist in Peninsular Malaysia. Having previously travelled to Malaysia, we were immediately interested and agreed to “file this […]

Embodying Hope in a Wounded World

By Erin Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Indonesia, Malaysia Sabah, Papua New Guinea

Our world is deeply wounded. Conflict, climate crisis, secularism, and spiritual fatigue weigh heavily on communities everywhere. Yet in May 2025, leaders, theologians, and mission practitioners from across the globe gathered in Taiwan for the Lutheran World Federation’s Global Mission Consultation under the theme: “Embodying Hope: Renewing Mission in a Wounded World.” This was a […]

Abound in hope for a thriving church

0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia Sabah, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand

The Asia Church Leadership Conference (ACLC) is organised as part of the Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) commitment to strengthening communion relationships between member churches in every region. ACLC is an expression of what it means to be in communion and brought more closely in solidarity with Lutheran churches across the Asian region. This year’s ACLC […]

Lutheran Understanding of Worship, Liturgy and Sacraments

By Dr Wilfred J Samuel | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia Sabah, Singapore, Volunteers and Supporters

The seminar Lutheran Understanding of Worship, Liturgy and Sacraments was organised by the Lutheran Study Centre for the English-speaking Lutheran Churches in Malaysia and Singapore from 21 to 23 October 2024. Dr Andrew Pfeiffer was the key resource person, while Rev Terry Kee and Dr Wilfred Samuel, conducted one session each. Forty participants represented the […]

Harnessing the power and promises of prayer

By Erin Kerber | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia Sabah, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand

Prayer is simply, by faith, the articulation of our heart’s response to that which begins in the heart of God. The Trinity are so intimately connected that their thoughts form the continual communion and community that is prayer. Their first recorded internal conversation and prayer (let there be light, let there be life) begins the […]

Then sings my soul

0 comment | Categories: 'Border Crossings' Magazine, Malaysia Sabah

What makes your soul sing? Maybe you have never thought to put words to the experience of the soaring, lifting, and filling of the soul. Or maybe you are not able to put words to the feeling of the passion and joy that wells up in you when your soul sings. Since its beginning in […]

The Living Witness of Ecumenical Fellowship in Asia

By Dr Mathews George Chunakara | 0 comment | Categories: Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia Sabah, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand

More than six decades ago, when church leaders in Asia gathered to envision a new form of Christian unity, they laid the foundation for what would become the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), the first regional ecumenical organisation in the world. Their guiding vision still resonates today: “Believing that the purpose of God for the […]

Learning to appreciate the vulnerable

By Rev Dr Thu En Yu | 0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Sabah

My father was a businessman and my mother a housewife. They migrated from Guangxhou, China to Sandakan, Sabah. A good number of the Chinese residents in the town centre were Hong Kong migrants, and a Cantonese-speaking community had sprung up. My parents accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and became members of the Basel […]

Cultivating disciples in cross-cultural mission

0 comment | Categories: Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia Sabah

Do you know a young person who would love to grow in faith and engage with Christians from other countries? Perhaps you are that young person! This is your opportunity to be strengthened in faith and to be a blessing to many. From April 2024, LCA International Mission is partnering with the LCANZ’s Grow Ministries […]

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