Possible Full-Time TMC English Ministries Couple
16 Sep 2024TMC
On Sunday Sep 15 a possible pastoral couple for full-time English ministries officially visited TMC for the first time as candidates. Well actually, only the husband came because their two young boys caught a virus so were unable to visit as a family. Pic is of him preaching (black shirt) through interpretation. This young couple is from Malaysia and highly qualified. For example, they have both earned MDiv degrees and he also has a DMin. Their native language is English but they also speak Chinese and a little Japanese. They are currently pastoring a Chinese church north of Tokyo and are hoping to move to a church where they can minister primarily in English.
On Oct 27 TMC members will vote on whether to invite them. Dale will lead that Members’ Meeting when Dale & Ann are in Tokyo.
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If they join us at TMC they will need to find a sending mission agency in Malaysia in order to apply for religious activities visas in Japan. And they will need to raise funds because TMC can only supply its pastors with a stipend.
Perhaps we will develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between their mission agency and ServeBeyond because of their placement at TMC, a ServeBeyond project. If so, this would mirror what we have done with David & Lina, TMC’s full-time Chinese ministries pastoral couple, for whom we have an MOU between SIM Singapore, their mission agency, and ServeBeyond.