{"id":61440,"date":"2018-02-14T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T01:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/?p=61440"},"modified":"2021-12-28T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T07:10:16","slug":"omf-2018-national-conference-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/omf-2018-national-conference-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"OMF 2018 National Conference in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Pioneered by Hudson Taylor, China Inland Mission (CIM), found its way to the shores of Malaya circa 1951-1972 when over 150 missionaries from CIM came to work in Malaya to meet the practical needs of the locals through medical work and education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Today known as Overseas Missionary Fellowship (OMF), we are an international society of evangelical Christians united by God in the task of introducing East Asians to Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61441\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gospelherald.com.hk\/files\/min\/min_20090407_5.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61441\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/min_20090407_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/min_20090407_5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/min_20090407_5-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/min_20090407_5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev Dr Jamie Taylor (ref: gospelherald.com.hk)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The National Conference, with the theme \u201cGod\u2019s Glory &amp; Missions\u201d, will run from 20<sup>th<\/sup> to 22<sup>nd<\/sup> April, 2018 at Pantai Baptist Church. The main speaker is <strong>Rev. Dr Jamie Taylor<\/strong>, the great-great grandson of Hudson Taylor, founder of China Inland Mission. Jamie began serving in OMF since 1982 and currently serves as the Consulting Director for OMF\u2019s Chinese Ministries. Rev. Jamie Taylor and his wife, Mimi, were born and raised in Taiwan and they have three children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61444\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.jugendtreffen-aidlingen.de\/archiv\/media\/Redner\/sydney_witbooi.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61444\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sydney_witbooi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sydney_witbooi.jpg 512w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sydney_witbooi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/sydney_witbooi-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney Witbooi (ref: jugendtreffen-aidlingen.de)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The other speaker is <strong>Sydney Witbooi<\/strong>, OMF\u2019s International Director of Southeast Asia. Sydney ad his wife, Andrea joined OMF International in 1984 and have lived and served the Lord in five countries. At present, Sydney provides pastoral and strategic oversight of the ministries in five countries in the region. They have three daughters and three granddaughters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61446\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61446\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFIMG_7888E.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFIMG_7888E.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFIMG_7888E-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFIMG_7888E-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFIMG_7888E-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Tai Kim Teng, Executive Director of OMF Malaysia, and his wife with Dr. Martin Goldsmith and his wife. Photo Credit: Johnny Ong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Another speaker is <strong>Dr Tai Kim Teng<\/strong>, a qualified orthopaedic surgeon who was in private practice for 28 years, answered the call to full-time ministry in 2015 together with his wife, Elaine and joined OMF Malaysia as Executive Directors. Their passion for His work continues to drive them to travel extensively to preach, teach and mobilise disciples to be involved in missions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>The Great Commission is not an option to be considered but a command to be obeyed &#8211; <strong>Hudson Taylor<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-61455\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyera.jpg 780w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyera-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyera-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyera-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyera-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Event Details<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Pantai Baptist Church, Petaling Jaya<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 20th-22nd April 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Event starts at 2pm on the 20th and ends at 12:30pm on the 22nd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-61456 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyer2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyer2b.jpg 774w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyer2b-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyer2b-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OMFFlyer2b-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>To find out more including the details on the worskhop, highlights of the event, and help with accommodation, visit OMF&#8217;s page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omf.org\/my\/national_conference_2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/omf.org\/my\/national_conference_2018\/<\/a> <\/strong><strong>The <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">RM50 <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">registration fee<\/span><\/span> is inclusive of meals. Registration is open until the <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4th of March<\/span> 2018.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>|Share The Good News|<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Events<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This website is self-supportive. You may send your freewill gifts to Christianity Malaysia Ministry at Christianity Malaysia Ministry Alliance Bank 121180010067364.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Pioneered by Hudson Taylor, China Inland Mission (CIM), found its way to the shores of Malaya circa 1951-1972 when over 150 missionaries from CIM came to work in Malaya to meet the practical needs <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/omf-2018-national-conference-in-april\/\" title=\"OMF 2018 National Conference in April\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":61450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5690,5798],"tags":[8576,6996,261,8599,10692,8571,10695,10693,10694],"class_list":{"0":"post-61440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"category-upcoming-events","9":"tag-dr-tai-kim-teng","10":"tag-malaysian-christian-events","11":"tag-missions","12":"tag-omf","13":"tag-omf-2018-national-conference","14":"tag-overseas-missionary-fellowship","15":"tag-pantai-baptist-church","16":"tag-rev-dr-jamie-taylor","17":"tag-sydney-witbooi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64449,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61440\/revisions\/64449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}