Dear family, Senior Pastor Lawrence and I, along with the entire pastoral team and staff of FCBC attended our annual Staff Advance last week at Port Dickson. The theme of this year's Staff Advance was "Rest… for Real", which was indeed restful. Over four days, I enjoyed a leisurely and inspiring time recharging and preparing for the upcoming 7th G12 National Conference in the Philippines. Three days after my return from Port Dickson, I left Singapore together with Pastors Simon and Marilyn Yee and Loke Mun Tai and Alicia for the Philippines. Meanwhile, Senior Pastor Lawrence was hard at work at rehearsals, preparing for his Christmas Magic performances in Taiwan and Hong Kong this coming December.
At the Conference in Manila, I was delighted to meet up and minister alongside great preachers including Pastors César and Claudia Castellanos, as well as Pastors Andrew Catano, Rich Witmer, Art Sepulveda, Bert Pretorius and Bishop Flynn Johnson. I was also able to connect and strengthen ties with many of the local Philippine pastors such as Bishop Oriel and Geraldine Ballano, Bishop Jonathan and Vicky Sebastian, Bishop Frank and Edith Santos and many others.
Registration for this Conference was so overwhelming that the Conference had to operate two sessions daily in order to accommodate over 40,000 spiritually hungry Filipinos who had signed up. At the opening of the Conference, I brought greetings on behalf of Senior Pastor Lawrence, the G12 Asia Coordinator, and FCBC. On the second day, I preached and taught on God's Breath of Life, which I defined through two questions: "What is Breath of Life?" and "What does the Breath of Life do for us?" and concluded by challenging each and every leader and pastor present to receive God's Breath of Life to fulfil their God-given destiny. FCBC, don't forget to breathe in God's Breath of Life daily and live as God has destined us to live!
- Senior Pastor Nina Khong