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"And
they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them,
and confirming the word with signs following. Amen." Mark
16:20
The disciples
in the New
Testament were obedient to the call of GOD to reach the world for the
Lord Jesus and thus they went everywhere and preached and was assured
that GOD was with them in their every endeavour to save the souls of
men.
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The impression of
Ambassador Baptist Mission (ABM) to be started was given to the mind
and heart of Evangelist Johnny Tan, April of 2003. During that month,
after prayer, the first draft of the idea was sent to the Senior Pastor
of Maranatha Baptist Church. The Lord impressed greatly for the work to
be started and by June 2003, the plan, training and timeframe for
beginning the church planting work was initiated.
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abm's first anniverary
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The Lord saw
fit to set
apart one family and 4 helpers to the task. Having undergo 27 hours of
training (Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons for 5 weeks), the day
was set on the 15th September 2003. The topics covered during the
training classes were: the Master’s plan of Evangelism,
fasting
and prayer. For it is true, that no spiritual work can be done unless
men are willing to be on their knees.
The work
started with a
mapping out of the entire estate of Woodlands, specifically targetting
every household. In Woodlands, there is a staggering close to 300 000
people. Every household must be reached with the gospel!
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the lastest round of baptisms held in august 2007
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The workers
begin their
tracting, going house to house. The members were bringing new people.
There were souls saved and we thank the Lord for them. As we were doing
the door to door visiting, we were also concurrently planning the first
estate-wide evangelistic service involving, the English, and the
Children’s work. Two messages were preached entitled
“ the
Passion of the Christ: Unabridged”, and the “ Way
to
Heaven”. The Lord saw fit to bring at least 20 new visitors
to
the meetings. The subsequent weeks, there was the following up of the
people.
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The Lord
impressed the
workers to have a prayer retreat whereby there was prayer in the
morning, late morning and evening. The Lord used those times for
ministering, and challenging our lives to be focused on Him. Souls were
added to the kingdom of GOD because of those prayer meetings.
To date, we
have covered,
out of 750 blocks in Woodlands, close to 450 blocks. Assuming there are
100 families in one block, we have, through the flooding and
tracting, only reached 45 000 families. This is, to be fair, only
statistically speaking. There is still much to be done in reaching them
personally. However, we are thankful that the gospel has reached into
the families and we are praying that the Lord will speak to them.
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We are
continuing in our
work for the Lord and will not rest until the Lord comes. There are
many souls to be reached and our burden is that every one be
”RECONCILED to GOD” 2 Cor 5:20. The Lord has seen fit to initiate this work and we are
confident that He will continue it till the day of Christ for He has
promised
“I will build my
church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” Matt 16:18.
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our fifth anniversary
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We are
confident of this promise and also that He will be with us until the
end.
This is but a
brief History
of Ambassador Baptist Mission. The rest is about to be written, with
the Lord giving the script
Evangelist-Pastor
Johnny Tan
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