Cambodia Ministry

Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia (formerly known as Khmer) borders Thailand to the west and north-west, Laos to the north-east, Vietnam to the east and south-east, and the Gulf of Siam to the south. Phnom Penh, the capital, has a population of about 16.68 million (2022).

Cambodia is a post-war reconstruction country. More than 80% of the population follows the national religion of Buddhism, and the need for evangelism is great. The Khmer Rouge’s coup d’état and civil war in the 1970’s caused the almost complete disappearance of the young and the intellectuals in the country, which caused indelible pain to Cambodians. The Kowloon Tong Church of the Chinese Christian & Missionary Alliance in Hong Kong has been involved in various reconstruction projects in the capital city of Phnom Penh as well as  in other provincial towns, such as land development and church building, school education, and seminary training. With the rapid economic development in Cambodia, most of the people are still living below the poverty line and the problem of children unable to go to school is serious. The Alliance Global Serve has inherited the work and serving spirit of the Department of Mission of Kowloon Church of the Chinese Christian & Missionary Alliance to continue developing the Education As Mission and opportunity to serve. The practice of Great Commission of “Sharing the Life-changing Good News of Jesus Christ to the Unreached” is being carried on in Pailin, Phnom Penh and Rattanakiri.

Cambodia Ministry

Introduction of Ministry

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The planned short-term ministry service and cycling fund-raising activity were suspended under the influence of the 3-year pandemic. However, in the midst of the hard time, God’s grace never ceased. The construction of the church in Bahuy and Bright Pailin School (Junior Campus) were able to be continued. A year later, the Light House Church in Bahuy and Bright Pailin School were established. In January 2023, we organized a joint “Hong Kong & Canada” visiting team to attend the Bright Pailin School opening ceremony. Since then, the overseas short-term ministry service teams and the cycling fund-raising activity are being re-launched. In the same time, we also are actively helping the development of various churches over the territory.

First fruit

Since we started to train some of the University students in Phnom Penh in 2018, we have some encouraging outcomes. There are three primary graduates from Bahuy Primary School who came back to join the school administrative work and teaching career after graduated from the university. The Light House Church has been established for two years, there were four people baptized to join the church in 2023. On average, there are about 40 participants to attend various activities in the church. Moreover, Bright Pailin School commenced in 2013.

Education and Education Aids for the poverty

Currently, we have 180 students in Bahuy AGS Primary School cum Kindergarten. We have 51 students in Bright Pailin School which was commenced this year. We help both the secondary school and University students by offering English remedial classes and financial support.

Concerning the education mission and the aids for the poverty, we work in partnership with Bright Community Cambodia Organization (BCC) to establish and support the kindergarten, primary and secondary school.

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Fund-raising for School Construction

The construction of Bright Pailin School (Junior Level) was completed in June 2022. The admission of students was encouraging, the number of Secondary 1 class has increased to two classes.  Under this situation, there is an urgent need to expand the number of classrooms in 2025. We are now hurrying to design the construction plan for high school, so as to start the building work in early 2024.

We shall work in partnership with Bright Community Cambodia Organization (BCC) to raise fund and manage this project.

Life Inheritance

Now it is a great opportunity to develop our ministry to advance the gospel works.  We need a lot more devoted international members and local workers to do the ministry works.  On the one hand, we need to recruit more international members to assist in developing churches,  in pastoring the believers, in teaching and doing the administrative works. On the other hand, we have a greater need to build up the teachers’ team, we need to recruit more teachers who are enthusiastic in teaching (both subject knowledge and the bible) and compassionate in preaching the gospel. We aim at building a Christian community in Cambodia. May God’s will be fulfilled.