Updated : 28/11/2004

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All glory and honour to Almighty God for a wonderful series of five Annual Members' Conferences (AMC). From Ipoh for the Northern Region and across the South China Sea to Kota Kinabalu for the Sabah Region, there was a flow of unity in the Fellowship, unorchestrated by man but led and arranged by the Holy Spirit.

We had encouraging and challenging messages from the invited pastors and other speakers and ultimately the one sentence that would sum it all up would be: Walk the talk to gather in the harvest.

At the Northern AMC in Ipoh, Ps Paul Lai spoke on Galatians 6:9 to challenge the FGBMF men to use our creative talents to release more of the seeds that God had placed in our hands. In Kuala Lumpur, Ps Dr Chew Weng Chee challenged Central Region members on the importance of "Integrity in the Marketplace" and hammered home the point that we must 'walk the talk'. The need for integrity among believers in the market place was reinforced by Ps Ting Chin Siong at the Southern Region AMC at Port Dickson.

At the Sabah AMC in Kota Kinabalu, Ps Lam Kee Hing reminded us of the importance of our ministry. He quoted Henry Blackaby who said, "The next spiritual awakening would take place in the marketplace" and Billy Graham, "I believe one of the great moves of God is going to be through the believers in the workplace".

Finally, at Kuching we had the return of our old FGBMF friend, Dr Thomas Chung. He gave credit to the Fellowship for contributing to the charismatic renewal of the church in Malaysia in the 1980s and 90s. But he asked, "What is God saying to us now?" and urged that we pay attention to Isaiah 30:21 and 1 Kings19:11-18.

Although unable to be with us, National President Dr Abraham Tong also called us to persist in faith and prayer and to go on to perfection (Hebrews 6:11). We need to set up altars (chapters) everywhere to usher in the presence of God wherever we are in the marketplace. Linking the series together, Bro Wong Hong Meng reminded us to honour our call to the FGBMF ministry as called, chosen and faithful members.

Praise God also for the record attendance at some of the AMCs. Attendance at the Central Region AMC was 226. At the Northern AMC, 114 attended while there were 61 at the Southern AMC. Sixty-nine people attended the Sabah AMC and it was of great encouragement to know that 31 brothers attended in Kuching.

Our thanks to the pastors and other speakers for ministering to us and reminding us of the mission that God has entrusted to the FGBMF. Much remains to be done and we still have to grow and mature in the Lord. Our new lives must result in ethical business practices and behaviour in line with scriptural injunctions if we are to have any significant impact in the marketplace.

The AMCs re-affirms our calling to the marketplace ministry. However we will need to move on as God directs - with renewed passion into new areas, armed with new creativity for different approaches but always with the same vision and confidence that this is God's work and He will bring in the harvest.

So onward Happy Men, the harvest is waiting.