Diakonia 2026-1.2 Secretary’s Desk

From the Secretary’s Desk 

Teo Pek Bing

General Secretary CBSM

 

 

 

Assembly Directory 

Among the roles of CBSM is to consolidate information for the assemblies. We’ve been delinquent in updating the Assembly directory. We are thankful for the good and updated records that the KVAEC (Klang Valley Assemblies Elders Council) have been keeping and updating CBSM. We are also thankful for the few more assemblies that have provided updates. In the meantime, if there are other assemblies outside KVAEC, you can update CBSM, that is if you have not already done so, through the Google Form:

https://forms.gle/Rz1SCrj1StauVXQJ9

Note that we will keep most of information confidential with CBSM for reference only. We will only publish on the website, Name and address of the assembly and one email contact. The elders’ phone number and other emails will NOT be published. Any other requests, CBSM will forward to the respective elders for response.

 

ALC 2025 (Assemblies Leadership Conference)

The ALC (held every 2 years) was held last year at Ipoh’s 1969 Business Suite on 14^th – 17^th Sept. It was a time of much learning, fellowship and even fun. We had 142 delegates, of which 30 were under 30 years of age. We thank the Lord for younger ones who were eager to attend. Andrew Cowell taught us in 6 plenary sessions on Radical Discipleship, moving from chair 1 to chair 6. To know what this means, listen to the recordings on the link below. The slides are also available at the same link. I believe Discipleship in our assemblies have been rather ad-hoc at best. Andrew Cowell given us not only the methods but also the tools. Pray that we will take Discipleship to the next level at all our assemblies.

There were workshops on Women’s ministry, Mental Health and Marriage & Family Life. A new feature in this ALC was Testimony Night. It was a light-hearted time filled with song items and moving testimonies, all quite impromptu. We witnessed song items by father & daughter, father & son, newly composed song, and several solos and duets. Everyone enjoyed the evening and we ran over time! The audio recording is also available.

At the Elders’ Meeting, we confirmed the trustees for 2026-2027. Election is held every 2 years at ALC. We welcome 2 new trustees; Dr. Wasu Kasimani (Batu Gajah Gospel Hall) and Chen Choon See (Islang Glades Gospel Centre). The trustees from the previous term have agreed to remain on the board. We now have 14 trustees who work together to serve the assemblies. We also have a new Chairman, Adrian Low (Klang Gospel Hall). We thank Chiew Sai Kee (Temerloh Gospel Centre) who had served as chairman for 2 terms (4 years). Sai Kee will remain as a trustee. Pray for the trustees and the new chairman that with the Spirit’s enabling we will be able serve the assemblies.

Link to ALC audio recordings and slides.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DNfWqcTl3Sw9tmfQepjYDR6ugObNEB10?usp=sharing