基督身体的相调
基督身体的相调

The Church Life in Islamabad 伊斯兰堡的召会生活

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1 Tim. 4:10 “ For to this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially those who believe.”

 

Dear Saints,

 

Greetings to you all who love us in faith! (Titus 3:15) Praise the Lord!!!

 

The church life in Islamabad in the past months has been filled with many uplifting events.

 

  1. Towards the end of September last year, sixteen (16) local brothers from different localities in Pakistan had a training in Islamabad. The general subject was on “An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth of the Lord’s Recovery before His Appearing”, which was a re-speaking of the 2023 Summer Training messages.

 

 

  1. Three brothers from Dist. 2 received a burden from the Lord to propagate in the municipality of Wah Cant and in the city of Taxila, around 30 km. (19 miles) northwest of Islamabad. Thus, in the last week of September they started visiting families there. On Nov. 24th, they baptized 3 saints from Wah Cantt. (See the attached picture.) They have been having a group meeting starting this year. (See the attached picture.)

 

Taxila is a vast historical site that includes a

Mesolithic cave and the archaeological

remains of 4 early settlement sites, Buddhist

monasteries, and most importantly, the church

that Thomas the Apostle established in this

region.

 

  1. There are now 2 communities where saints meet in the city of Faisalabad, an added golden lampstand. Four (4) saints from Islamabad were able to join in the first Lord’s Table Meeting at the second place.

 

 

  1. In early October, we had a short time of fellowship with our Pakistani trainees attending the full-time training in Malabon, Philippines when we attended the LMA conference in Manila. Raj also attended the ITERO conference.

 

 

  1. Our annual National Blending Conference was held in Karachi on Nov. 18 & 19. The general subject was “Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord’s Coming.” There were around 215 saints that attended the conference. They were very delighted to see some visiting brothers from abroad joining us: Bro Ken Mooney from Munich, Germany/Ilinois, USA and 4 brothers from Gaoshiong, Taiwan.

 

 

The visiting brothers did not only attend the blending conference, but they also visited several individual families, groups of saints and even the meeting halls in Lahore, Islamabad,  Faisalabad ((Bro Ken), and  Karachi (in the picture).

 

  1. In Islamabad, there’s a Korean- speaking family with 3 teenaged children that we have been meeting at their home for the past 4 months. They have been in the  church life in Korea for many years. In fact, the sister even finished the full-time training in Seoul.

 

We started having the Lord’s Table at their

home on Fridays. They are not able to join our

regular meetings  because of some security

protocol.

 

  1. On Dec 1, seven (7) saints from the 5th district were baptized. Four of them were a family, 2 were a couple, and a sister. It was such a happy occasion. Praise the Lord!!!

 

 

  1. On Dec. 9 our young people had their annual outing. However, it was different this time because before they went to a park, they all met at the meeting hall in Dist. 2 and spent time in prayer and fellowship as well as getting to know one another. Furthermore, each group of young people from the different communities exhibited their enjoyment of the messages they studied.

 

 

  1. We had our own Winter Training from Dec 23-25 in Dist. 2, but this time it was held on the rooftop of the meeting hall, in a big tent. There were 115 saints that attended, including 2 families from Taxila. One of these 2 families (husband and wife) was baptized at the end of the training.

 

The saints enjoyed the messages, the sharing,

and the consecration time.

 

The children also had their own meeting ,

but they also had an exhibition of what they

had learned, in front of all the saints.

 

  1. On Jan. 12, around 50 core members of the church in Islamabad spent some time in prayer, so that the Lord could gain the increase He desires for the year 2024.

 

PRAYER BURDENS

 

Please pray for these matters:

 

1) Some families will receive the burden from the Lord to propagate and migrate to other cities, especially to Faisalabad.

 

2) More families will be added, and the backslidden ones will be recovered.

 

3) The Lord will show us another community where He wants us to go for gospel preaching.

 

With much grace,

 

Raj and Meldy

 

提前四10：我们劳苦并竭力奋斗，正是为此，因我们乃是寄望于活的神，祂是万人的救主，更是信徒的救主。
亲爱的圣徒们：
向所有爱我们在信仰中的你们致以问候！（提多书 3:15）赞美主！！！
在过去的几个月里，伊斯兰堡的教会生活充斥着许多振奋人心的事件。
1、去年九月底，来自巴基斯坦不同地方的十六位当地弟兄在伊斯兰堡接受了培训。总体主题是“主显现前中央负担与主恢复的现今真理概览”，对 2023 年夏季培训信息的重新讲解。
2、二区的三个弟兄从主那里得到了负担，在瓦赫营地市镇和塔克西拉市传福音，这里位于伊斯兰堡西北约 30 公里（19 英里）处。因此，他们在九月最后一周开始走访那里的家庭。11 月 24 日，他们为来自瓦赫营地的 3 位圣徒施洗。（参见附图。）他们从今年开始举行团契聚会。（参见附图。）
塔克西拉是一个广阔的历史遗址，包括一个中石器时代洞穴以及 4 个早期定居点、佛教寺庙和最重要的是，使徒托马斯在这个地区建立的教堂的考古遗迹。
3、现在在法伊萨拉巴德市有 2 个社区，圣徒们在那里聚会，这是又一个金灯台。来自伊斯兰堡的四位圣徒能够参加第二个地方的第一次主的桌子聚会。
4、10 月初，当我们参加马尼拉的 LMA 大会时，我们与在菲律宾马拉邦参加全时间培训的巴基斯坦受训人员有了一小段时间的团契。Raj 还参加了 ITERO 会议。
5、我们的年度全国融合大会于 11 月 18 日和 19 日在卡拉奇举行。总体主题是“为着主的再来预备自己”。大约有 215 位圣徒参加了这次大会。他们非常高兴地看到一些来自国外的弟兄加入我们：来自慕尼黑、德国/美国伊利诺伊州的 Ken Mooney 弟兄和来自台湾高雄的 4 位弟兄。
这些到访的弟兄不仅参加了融合大会，还拜访了拉合尔、伊斯兰堡、法伊萨拉巴德（Ken 弟兄）和卡拉奇（如图）的几个家庭、圣徒团体甚至聚会所。
6、在伊斯兰堡，有一个说韩语的家庭，有 3 个十几岁的孩子，我们过去 4 个月一直在他们家聚会。他们在韩国的教会生活中已有许多年。事实上，这位姊妹甚至完成了在首尔的全时间培训。
我们开始在周五在他们家举行主的桌子聚会。由于一些安全协议，他们无法参加我们的定期聚会。
7、12 月 1 日，五区的七位圣徒受了浸。其中四人是一家人，两人是一对夫妇，还有一个姐妹。这是多么令人高兴的时刻。赞美主！！！
8、12 月 9 日，我们的年轻人举行了年度郊游。然而，这次有所不同，因为在他们去公园之前，他们都聚集在二区的聚会所，花时间祷告和团契，并互相了解。此外，来自不同社区的年轻人小组展示了他们对所学信息的理解。
9、我们在 12 月 23 日至 25 日在二区举行了自己的冬季培训，但这次是在聚会所屋顶的一个大帐篷里举行。共有 115 位圣徒参加，其中包括来自塔克西拉的 2 个家庭。这两个家庭中的一位 (丈夫和妻子) 在培训结束时受了浸。
圣徒们享受信息、分享和奉献时间。
孩子们也举行了自己的聚会，但在所有圣徒面前展示了他们所学的内容。
10、1 月 12 日，伊斯兰堡教会约 50 名核心成员花了一些时间祷告，以便主能够得到他为 2024 年所渴望的增长。
祷告负担
请为以下事项祷告：
1）一些家庭将从主那里得到负担，传播福音并移民到其他城市，尤其是法伊萨拉巴德。
2）更多的家庭会被加入，背道的家庭会被恢复。
3）主将向我们展示另一个社区，他希望我们去那里传福音。
大有恩典，
Raj 和 Meldy

(Translated from Google Gemini)

 

 

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