I didn’t go to this rural area of Eastern Malaysia with undue expectations of what I might encounter. I’ve served overseas before, so any nervousness I had was more about whether I would serve effectively where God had sent me. I was acutely aware that I didn’t know the language, knew practically nothing about the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Twenty years ago, we began a journey as a simple response to a need. This has now grown into the Grace Centre Community Learning Centre, a place where migrant children are welcomed, educated, and reminded that they are deeply loved by God. The Grace Centre is located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, East Malaysia, and serves […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]