Elder’s Message: Impact of Internal Transformation: Evangelism & Loving Others

Hello everyone, I am Pastor Denis Lu of Hope Kuching. And I’m Pastor Hai Eng from Hope Kuching as well. I am also serving together with Pastor Simon and our President, Pastor Wilson as a HIM Elder. Today, I’d like to bring us on a quick journey regarding transforming lives everywhere. This is our vision. This is what we are aiming towards. We aspire to see people’s lives transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. And, you know, we have stories, lots of stories. I’m sure Hai Eng has a lot to share as well about how we live out this vision in our everyday life personally and as a church as well.

I would like to present to us three things regarding the inside out transformation, the impact of internal transformation within ourselves, so that we will begin to express the culture and the life of reaching out to other people to evangelize and also to love other people as well.
Hai Eng, in this journey, I think that there are three things which I feel are quite crucial. The first is that, for inside out transformation, it means that the Good News of Jesus Christ must first of all be Good News for me, for ourselves. And then the second thing is that when the Good News becomes real in our life, we realise that it is so special. How do you see that that should be worked out?

Actually, I find that for myself, what is most important is that after I accepted Christ, what is most important to me was that I received the grace and the love of God in my life. And because of that love and grace of God upon my life, I’m blessed. I’m so blessed that I want to share this love and grace with others as well. I want to talk about Jesus. I want to talk about how my life has been transformed. But before I can do that, what I do is that I want to display the love of Christ that God has so blessed me with to the other people by showing them love, by doing things that I believe will touch their lives.
Can you share a quick story about what we do when we travel on airplanes?

Oh, okay. So when we travel on an aeroplane, what we normally do is that we’ll choose a seat that is like, you’ll be sitting next to someone. So if it is a lady, then I’ll sit next to the lady and we’ll start a conversation. But what is important before we start the conversation is I need to roughly know what is the need of the person. If the person is younger, then I’ll start with conversations that I think are relevant to the person. For example, are you working? What do you do? And from there, I will share my experiences of how God has touched my life, how God has moved in my life through that area. And through that, I use that as a platform to connect with the person more. And along the way, if I can, I will bring in the love of God, I’ll bring in how God transforms my life, and how God can make a difference in the person’s life as well.

Right. And actually, when Hai Eng, if it’s a lady who’s sitting next to us, she will sit there and I’ll be sort of beside Hai Eng and I’ll be praying, praying that God will guide the conversation. Now, Hai Eng mentioned something very important that, as she connects with a person, she will try to find out what are the needs in the person’s life. In other words, we believe that there is bad news in people’s lives and in the bad news that people have, we want to introduce the goodness of Jesus.

And so, let me summarize by saying three things, the Good News must first be Good News for us personally, so much that we want to share that with others. The second thing is that we need to focus on sharing the Good News with other people, and with a heart of love. Last but not least, I really believe that, in order for the Good News to effectively have a way to touch someone else, we need to also do good works.

You know, good works can be being friendly, having a smiling face, being very caring, being interested in the person, in doing acts of service, and so on. So friends, when we talk about the inside out transformation, the Gospel of Jesus Christ must first and foremost be Good News for ourselves. Because when it is Good News for ourselves, we can’t help but desire to share that Good News with other people. And that’s where we are willing to serve other people, to do good deeds and good works as well.
Maybe I want to add one point. A lot of times in our life, we feel that we have nothing to give. But in fact, the journey that God brought us through in our walk with Him has very much prepared us to share the good deeds and the good works that the Lord has done in our life. Meaning that whatever that we go through can be a journey that we can share with others. Don’t be afraid. The moment you open your mouth, as you pray that the Holy Spirit leads you, I believe God is going to use you to touch many lives.

Amen. And so, in conclusion, we want to invite all of us to live on this trajectory of everyday life, desiring to help someone take one step closer to Jesus Christ. God bless you. Let us go on this journey together of transforming lives everywhere. Bye bye. God bless.

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Ps Brendan Kirby

Brendan and Helen Kirby are the founding pastors of Hope Church in Adelaide. Brendan became a Christian in 1984, and joined Hope Melbourne in 1991. In the 80’s Brendan trained in physics at The University Of Melbourne, and graduated with a PhD in 1989. Since then he has worked as a post doctoral fellow and research scientist for about 23 years in various government research organizations. He married Helen in 1994, and in early 1998 they moved to Adelaide plant the Hope Church together while they both were working. He resigned his job as a research scientist for the Australian Defence in 2012 to work full time as a pastor.  Brendan is passionate about building and planting churches, and oversees churches in Perth, West Africa, Central Africa and India.

Ps Lance Wolter

Ps Lance & Belle were married in 2006 while pioneering Hope Church Gold Coast. As time went on they began to also become more and more involved helping with other churches in Australia and missional work (especially in Africa). In late 2018, they both took a leap of faith and relocated to Southern Africa to help churches in that region to become more fruitful in discipleship and the multiplication of churches. They are currently serving over 180 churches in Southern and Eastern Africa as well as churches in Gold Coast, New South Wales and ACT (Australia). Lance and Belle are passionate about pioneering community empowerment and social justice projects for the poorest of the poor. The family is also blessed with two beautiful children, Michael and Hadessah.

Ps Chaiyapruck Pewruangnont

Pastor Chaiyapruck Pewruangnont came to know Jesus Christ in 1988 at Hope of Bangkok church when he was a high school student. After he graduated with a Bachelor Degree of Architechure from KMITL Bangkok, he was trained and sent out to be the pastor of Hope of Hatyai church in 1996. He then moved to be a regional pastor at Hope Nakornrachasima and oversaw the North East region of Thailand. In 2000, he moved to Hope Bangkok church to join the pastoral team and oversaw the North region of Bangkok. In 2002, he moved back to Hatyai again and oversaw the Southern and North East of Thailand. He is currently the Vice President of HIM Thailand. Pastor Chaiyapruck is married to Pastor Patcharee. They have 2 daughters.

Ps Chuchat Chaisombat

Pastor Chuchat Chaisombat grew up in Payao, Northern Thailand.  After graduating in Economics, he started to serve God as a full-time pastoral staff.  He now lives with his wife Siriphorn in Chiangmai. He graduated in Master of Ministry from Bangkok Bible Seminary (BBS). He is currently the President of HIM Thailand, and leads the HIM churches in Thailand. Chuchat enjoys pioneering churches and discipleship.  He has a deep desire to inspire and help Christ-followers to be passionate for God and to serve Him until their last breath.

Ps James Loke

James Loke graduated in economics and worked in the central bank in Singapore. He then received a sovereign call to serve God in the mission field whence he travelled widely to preach and teach the Word of God. He is based in Singapore, where he serves God with his wife Christine. He oversees HIM churches in Thailand and the Philippines.  James believes that God wants His people to know Him well and to have a close relationship with Him and with fellow believers.  James desires Christ-followers to be passionate for God, mature in Christ and live pragmatic lives honouring Him.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

Ps Prakich Treetasayuth

Pastor Prakich Treetasayuth received a Bachelor’s Degree of Science, majoring in Biochemistry, from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He was awarded a Master’s Degree of Philosophy in Theology from the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. After receiving Christ in Hope of Bangkok Church in 1988, he was committed to the church and its ministry in many areas including biblical studies. In 1995, he became a regional pastor and the Head of Publication, in charge of the church’s teaching materials. He was appointed as the Pastor over Student Ministry in 1999 until he relocated to Europe in 2004 in his new role as the Regional Pastor over Hope Europe. God called him back to Thailand in 2021 for an additional role as the General Secretary for Thailand Bible Society. Pastor Prakich is gifted in leadership, word of encouragement and as a shepherd and a teacher.

Ps Kwong Lie Ong

Pastor Ong Kwong Lie pioneered Hope Johor Bahru (in Malaysia) in the year 1993. With a humble beginning of 1 person, today the church consists of more than 200 members and is still growing. Besides pastoring Hope Johor Bahru, he also oversees daughter churches in the state of Johor and Malacca. God has also entrusted him to oversee churches in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and India. Pastor Kwong Lie graduated from Harvest Bible College in Melbourne with Diploma in Christian Ministry in 1991. He is married to Pastor Swee Min and they have 2 sons. Pastor Swee Min supports him in his pastoral role locally and internationally.

Ps Denis Lu

Pastor Denis Lu was one of the pioneering members of Hope Kuching with Pastor Simon, in 1992. He is currently the Senior Pastor of Hope Kuching. He oversees HIM churches in Malaysia. Denis graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1991 from University Newcastle, Australia in 1991. He returned to Kuching, lectured at Stamford College and later became the College’s principal in 1995. He moved on to be an education counselor for Taylor’s College before entering full-time ministry in September 2001. Denis is married to Pastor Chong Hai Eng, who is also the Senior Manager in the HIM Elders’ Office. They have a son.

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Ps Simon Eng

Pastor Simon Eng is a Civil Engineer by training. He has been ministering for over 30 years. His experiences include pioneering Hope Kuching, mentoring leaders and pastors, and ministering in cross-cultural Regional Conferences. Pastor Simon is married to Pastor Lai Eng and they have 3 wonderful children, who are active in their faith as well. Pastor Simon is currently serving as the Senior Pastor of Hope Kuala Lumpur and an Elder in Hope International Ministries. He loves to build God’s people and travels extensively to minister and care for God’s churches.

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Ps Wilson Lim

Wilson and Lai Ling are founding pastors of Hope Church, a thriving multi-site church with its headquarters in Brisbane. Wilson is currently serving as President of HIM and oversees Hope churches in Oceania and North America.  Wilson is known for his lively, engaging expositional preaching, theological and leadership insights as well as apostolic father’s heart.  His passion is teaching, equipping leaders and building the church.  Wilson holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Monash University) and a MTh (The University of Manchester). He was a research scientist with CSIRO. He also formerly served as a Bible College director and is currently the chairman of Australian Care & Trauma Services.  Lai Ling complements him in ministry with her passion in the areas of prophetic, intercession, pastoral care and counselling.  Together, they minister widely around the world today and founded a ministry equipping website wilsonlailing.com.  They have three adult children and 1 daughter-in-law.

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