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Church Worship Development

admin — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:55:41 +0000

Worship is one of the ways that people can come close to God. We thank God that we have a great worship team in the Capital city. However, we want to bring over a worship training, and necessary resources such as musical instruments to many other youth leaders who are involved in worship ministry out in the provincial churches.

We have noticed that several worship youth leaders still need to learn how they can enhance the worship environment in their church service so that their church members can be touched through the spirit of worship. Some equipment is old and less functional.

Most of our project costs will be for conducting worship leader training, purchasing musical equipment, and the transportation to go to the different places. In addition to this, we also planned to meet worship leaders regularly so that we can train them on how they can disciple other potential youth in their churches and their communities.

The total annual cost of the project is $ 10,000.00 USD/ year

Our Beliefs

admin — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:23:12 +0000

Our Beliefs

The one true God who lives eternally in three persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God – fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
The dignity of all people, made male and female in God’s image and made to have a relationship with God, rule creation, represent God and reproduce; yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ – born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating death and evil, so reconciling us with God.
The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Savior of the world.
The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.
The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers – given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit’s gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, bringing God’s will in heaven to earth.
The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfill the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.

Our Core Values

Truly Know Jesus

We want each person in the church to not just change religions or respond to and altar call, but to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

True Repentance

Unless a person is born again they cannot enter the Kingdom of God. Too many people just change religions or add Jesus to their religion or philosophy. Like John the Baptist, Jesus and the apostles, we preach repentance – believe the Good News, turn from your wicked ways and start to follow Jesus. Our desire is for them to be pricked in their heart and understand they really need a savior. We often use God’s Law which was “given to us as a tutor to bring us to Christ”.

The Word of God

We seek God’s pattern in the Word for all we do. We preach from the Bible and teach from the Bible. It is imperative to get a Bible into the hands of every believer and to help them begin the habit of not only reading it, but obeying it every day.

Worship

We follow King David’s pattern of worship – we dance, shout, kneel, bow and express our worship through our emotions. We place a high value on the presence of God in the church worship experience as we build a throne for Jesus Christ to dwell on and we create an atmosphere for Him to do what He pleases among us. We also believe in using both contemporary Christian music as well as traditional Cambodian music in their appropriate places. We believe Biblical principles of worship supercede cultural traditions.

Making Disciples

Disciples are Christians who have committed themselves to follow the Lord Jesus and have changed their lifestyle to do so. Disciples are made in small groups. Our goal in making disciples is not to oversee every detail of their life, but to show them that they can know Jesus, apply the Bible to their life and problems, tell others about Jesus and make more disciples. “A disciple is not a disciple until he or she is making disciples.”

Starting Churches

All of our churches are church-planting churches. Our intent in every place is to build a strong base which can reach out to surrounding villages and cities. We intend to start churches in every province in Cambodia. Each independent church will have the same foundation and philosophy.

Integrity

We must emphasize holiness, honesty, morality and personal purity in every human relationship. We must emphasize this again and again and again using every method.

Living by the Holy Spirit

We want to see what the Father is doing. Jesus followed the leading of the Father. We encourage the members of our church to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and to be filled with the Holy Spirit daily, seeking His guidance in everything we do. Our victory and success as Christians and as a church is by having a daily relationship with the Holy Spirit.

Faith

God wants to do wonderful things in our life, however, we receive all by faith. True faith is active faith–it believes with the heart, confesses with the mouth, and obeys. We believe we must persevere in faith until the answer is manifest. We live by faith, not by sight or emotions. In this is our victory.

Grace

God is full of grace. He doesn’t punish us or give us what we deserve. He is patient and forbearing. We do not obtain God’s blessings or salvation by works or good deeds of any kind. We receive all freely from God.

Sacrifice

The Christian life is a life of sacrifice. We sacrifice our time, our money and even our life if necessary for the Kingdom of God. However, we believe in balance and not reckless living with no though for the future.

Relationships with Others

We are committed to relationships with others. We must maintain open relationships, which involves tactful honesty and forgiveness. We must teach forgiveness and constantly encourage others to forgive as Jesus has forgiven us. This major stronghold in Cambodia that cannot be overlooked.

Influence Society

We have no intent of “taking over” Cambodia; however, we feel God has called Christians to influence Cambodian society in the following areas: religion; education; entertainment; government; social relationships. Our church programs, training and discipleship work toward that end.

Living in Christ's Victory

Christians are winners. We live above the circumstances, not below them. We are the head and not the tail. We change circumstances by God’s Word, faith and perseverance. We do nut grumble or complain about our situation, but find God’s grace and victory in the midst of that situation. Jesus desires to live His victorious life through us. We endeavor to allow Jesus to manifest Himself in us.

Speaking in Tongues

We believe speaking in unlearned tongues is an evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and is vital in our relationship with Christ and successful Christian living. We teach it, preach it, pray for people to receive it and encourage every member of our church and staff to speak in tongues daily.

Holistic Ministry

We believe we have a Scriptural Mandate to not only minister to the spirit of mankind in salvation, but also to the soul and body. This would include education, mental health, and physical health in what is commonly called “holistic ministry”.

Our Lead Pastor

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Pastor Samdy Leang was born in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia. He decided to move to the capital city, Phnom Penh, in search of a better education and a brighter future. In 1998, he became a believer. He has been happily married to his wife Navy Ouk since 2005 and they have two sons Benedict, who was born in 2009, and Rithipong who was born in 2020, and a daughter Monique, who was born in 2014. In 2006, they both were asked to join 15 provinces. The senior leadership team of New Life Fellowship of churches across the country. In 2016, Pastor Samdy was made an executive pastor of the church. Early in 2019, the Senior Leadership Team asked Pastor Samdy to be an interim Lead Pastor at New Life Fellowship. In 2020, he was appointed to be the Lead Pastor of New Life Fellowship Cambodia, a church of over 2,000 members, and overseeing New Life Fellowship of Churches Cambodia which includes 300 congregations In 2006, they both were asked to join in 15 provinces.

Our Vision

admin — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 03:31:38 +0000

To plant a New Testament Church in Phnom Penh which will have a positive influence on every sector of Cambodian society: religion, education, politics, social relationships, business, sports, and communications – and will be a model and resource center for planting churches in every province of Cambodia with the same philosophy and foundation and to send Cambodians as missionaries to other countries.

Our Story

admin — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 03:18:07 +0000

Pastor Eric Dooley, an American Missionary, planted New Life Fellowship Phnom Penh when he came to Phnom Penh in 1993 to do pioneer evangelism among those in Cambodia who had never heard the Gospel. In 1995 Pastor Chuck McCaul moved his family to Phnom Penh to work alongside Pastor Dooley helping the new believers grow into a New Testament Church.

Through effective evangelism and discipleship, seeds of faith took root in the lives of local Cambodians. Over time, they became young disciples of Christ and began to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with their friends and family. Small Bible study classes were started with the early believers, and the group of strong and committed disciples grew. This group continued to share their faith with others, giving birth to the local church – New Life Fellowship Phnom Penh.

In 1997 Pastor Eric moved his family to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and passed the baton of leadership to Pastor Chuck McCaul. In 1999, New Life Fellowship began planting and resourcing churches throughout Cambodia’s remote and rural areas. Through a combination of hosting outreach events, starting small Bible study groups in homes, training local believers as pastors, and helping build church/community buildings, the vision of New Life Fellowship to see a vibrant, growing local New Testament Church in every province in Cambodia flourished.

Pastor Chuck continued to serve as the senior leader in Cambodia until 2004, when he began to transfer the leadership of New Life Fellowship Phnom Penh to his son Jesse and his Cambodian leaders so he could focus on overseeing the rural Church plants and development work. New Life Fellowship Phnom Penh have been led by Pastors Jesse and Soar McCaul since 2006, together with a strong and growing team of Cambodian pastors and staff members.

Under the leadership of Pastor Jesse and the Cambodian leadership team, New Life Fellowship Phnom Penh church grew to become one of the largest churches in Cambodia and numerous relief and development initiatives and ministries were established. Today, including the humanitarian efforts of New Life Foundation’s Cambodia Outreach, New Life Fellowship is actively working in 15 of Cambodia’s 25 provinces, with a goal of reaching all 24 by 2020. Over 300 provincial congregations have been planted. Under the leadership of Pastor Samdy Leang and the Cambodian leadership team local leaders are being trained and released into their God given callings, You can read more about our current ministry activities in the “What We Do” section of our website.

Success stories from youth in English and computer classes

admin — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:09:11 +0000

MEN SOKNINEATH

My full name is MEN SOKNINEATH. I’m 19 years old. My hometown is PHNOM PENH. I have been studying at NEW LIFE for almost a year. NEW LIFE is like my home; and of course, I learned a lot from here, specially how to build relationships with people. NEW LIFE helps me to improve my English. I’m working as a cashier now. Only one word which is “THANKS” to New Life for teaching me a lot. It isn’t only English but I learn a lot of things such as friendship, and speaking English confidently.

SRUN DAVY

My name is Srun Davy. I’m 19 years old. I’m from Kompong Cham Province. I’ve been studying here at New Life for 1 year. I’m feeling happy when I study here and I find good people and good relationship with classmates and good teachers. M teachers always give me good advice. I am working as a cashier, earning 180$ per month. For me, I love all people at new life. God loves all of us.

PHANHA SEN

My name is Phanha Sen. I am 20 years old. My hometown is in Kompong Chnang Province. I have been studying at New Life for 9 months.I feel like I’m better at listening in English now. Especially for Computer skills, I could improve more and more, and in fact before I was so bad at computer. I didn’t know anything about it, but after I learned it at New Life, I could see that I can use it for my job now. I’m sure that I’m better because there are many good teachers in this school. I really love and I feel so blessed. Sometimes I Feel regret that I have just gotten to know this school.

MAO NAREN

My name is Mao Naren. I'm 21. I'm from Prey Veng Province. I've been studying at New Life for 1 year. I feel like my life is amazingly changing. I feel I came to the right place. Of course, I learnt so many interesting things at New Life not only English, but also how to prepare myself to reach my dream job. New Life helps me a lot with my English, building connection with people, and self-prepared for a job. Currently, I'm working as a teacher. I teach GEP students at The Cam-bridge Center for Education (CCE). My last words for New Life are that I'm really thankful for all teachers at New Life. You have made me different and made my dream come true.

The sick and frail women received their healing during our crusades

admin — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:02:01 +0000

“Miracles and Salvations broke out in a village during one of NLF’s evangelical crusades in Prey Veng Province, Southeastern Cambodia”

Last week, our evangelical mission teams conducted two night crusade in Prey Veng Province located in Southeastern Cambodia. Even though the weather was very cloudy with a chance of rain, the team had faith and prayed against the upcoming possibility of rain. Miraculously, it rained in other areas but not the place where the crusade took place. We really thank God for his protection. There were about 700 villagers who showed up at the crusade. One hundred of them gave their lives to Jesus! We witnessed many miracles and salvations and God revealed His power in this village in which superstitious rituals were common.

A young, sick, and frail woman with manifold sicknesses came to the crusade and received some prayers. She accepted the Lord that night and got healed.

After she was healed, she told us that she had been sick for half a year, had had cyst surgeries on her neck and her breasts. After the operations, she started to have a hard time eating, began experiencing cramps, difficulty moving around, was unable to squat, and could hardly swallow water.

She did not know Jesus before. Once she stood in the altar call praying area, she felt something different. She began to sweat with said she feel better like something was leaving her. One of our prayer team members reported seeing her facial expressions with sadness, hopelessness, and lifelessness. Because of her superstitious rituals, one can assume that demonic strongholds had been tormenting her life.

The next day, our team came to visit her house asking her about her experience in her new life. With a friendly welcoming heart, she smiled and told everything wholeheartedly. With joy and excitement, she gave glory to God for what God did in her life that evening. Now she can move, squat, eat, go to the bathroom, and drink fine.

After seeing this amazing thing that happened to his wife, her husband agreed to invite our team to come remove all the spiritual altars, and destroy many other ritual items in their house.

Mark 5:34 “He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

She was set free from demonic strongholds

admin — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 05:58:48 +0000

A young woman recently migrated to Phnom Penh received Jesus as her Lord and Savior and was set free from many demons

This young woman, about 25 years old, came to Phnom Penh city to look for a job. She is very new to the city. She then made a friendship with a Christian friend. They both become very good friends. She came to the church service on Sunday morning and it was her first time.

At the end of the church service, she came up front to the altar call to meet our prayer team. As soon as they laid hands on her and began to pray, she began to weep, and she admitted that her life was coming to the end, no hope to live any longer. She said that she had been hurt by many people including people who are close to her. She said the struggles she had been bearing was so serious that she began to be negatively affected psychologically. She said that someone cast a spell on her. Since then, she had been sick all the time. In respond to the spell, she had sought different traditional healers to help relieve the spells but her situation got even worst.

During the prayers, she asked to have her Takrut (Waist amulet), worn in her waist for protected power, cut off. Our prayer team member described that once the amulet was cut off, it released very putrid smells. She then fell on the floor and noticed that she was demon possessed. Our prayer team started to pray over her casting out demons who had dwelled in her. Many bad spirits came out in the forms of yelling voice. Some bad spirit’s voice claimed that they had dwelled in her family generation. They even attempted to attack one of our prayer team member.

We thank God for the power and healing for this young girl. It took our prayer team almost 4 hours to cast out all the demons, and release the power of the healing of God for this young lady. As she woke up, she felt relieved and refreshed. She told us that the night before she came to church, she had a dream. In her dream, she saw some shining people standing with some lighting glows surrounding on their heads, and she finally arrived in front of a cross.

Mark 16:17 “These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues” “

She committed to carrying the cross of Jesus.

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she decided to confront her father during the ancestor holiday.

Theary , one of our intern volunteers, shared her confrontation with her father during the recent ancestor holidays, Pchum Ben.

Some of you might know and some of you might not know much about the holidays that were held last week. It is called Pchum Ben Days, the time when Khmer people follow their rituals at Buddhist temples. They bring over food, and gifts to the temple believing that those things will be transferred to the in spiritual world to their ancestors. It is also believed that their deceased parents or relatives’s spirits locked up in hell are released for the first 15 days of the dark moon in order for them to come to get food because they are hungry. At 4 AM in the morning during these days, they prepare balls of sticky rice on trays for their nearby temples. People gather there to listen to monks chanting and invite the spirit to come, then they start to scatter the food around the temple building.

During this time, children are supposed to help their parents carry food to the temple to offer to Buddhist monks. Out in a community village, there is social pressure if you don’t do it. Theary who chose Jesus a few years ago, had faced this sort of pressure when she did not want to comply with doing the ritual. Every year, her father kept talking negatively about Christianity, he disliked the fact that his daughter chose to follow Jesus. Theary felt emotionally disturbed and rejected because she loves her parents, and her family but she doesn’t want to come against her conviction either.

She told us that she had been praying about her visit to her parents during this holiday, and hoped that her parents would not force her to practice any rituals. Unlike a few years before, this year her father seemed to be different. He did not pressure her to do anything, but accepted her presence when she paid the visit. Theary really thanked God for allowing her to be able to spend time with her family, and set aside those rituals.

In Khmer society, religious discrimination can still be seen. To be a Christian means a big sacrifice in life. one has to be ready to accept rejection not only among their peers, but also among their family members. It is just like what the Bible talks about carrying the cross. You have to be ready to be denied by people you love. Yet, when we obey, and embrace His Love, we will gain more.

In Theary’s story , we saw that her prayers really softened her father’s heart. She believes that sooner or later, her father and other members in the family will come and be saved like her.

One Man’s miraculous recovery

admin — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 05:45:22 +0000

Today, our evangelist team has a great story to share with all of us. They recently went out to a remote village in Kratie province. Despite the long distance, and the condition of the village road, they managed to access this area and meet a family whose teenage son was in his wheelchair following a serious accident a year ago.

Mr. Chetra, about 21, lives in Ajen village, Kratie , and had a motor accident last year. He was in hospital for almost three months. He then was discharged unrecovered because his family could no longer afford to keep him there. His dream fading away, he did nothing, and sat idly in his wheelchair. Then, he experienced a life changing miracle following the visit of an evangelical team who prayed for him. Hope now blossomed anew with Chetra acceptance of Jesus Christ. He began to move, then walked, and his optimism for his future grew rapidly. He is now a man fully optimistic about his future.

Mark 9:23 ‘If you can, said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”