WSCCC

At WSCCC, we have strong tradition of sending our own members to serve God cross-culturally. As their home church, our partnership in their ministries is to:

Pray continuously for them and their ministries

Care for and encourage them with spiritual support

Financial and logistical support.

Please read through these outlines of the ministries of our missionaries, and commit them to God in prayer!

Wayne and Angela Chen

With daughter Eunice

Serving in Taiwan with OMF

God brought Wayne from Guangzhou and Angela from Hong Kong to Sydney, where they met and started their family. They both have been theologically trained, with Wayne also serving Chinese restaurant workers at Restaurant Mission before going to the mission field.

Since they both have a burden for the Chinese working class, they went on an OMF short-term mission in 1998 and became aware of the needs there. Then they joined OMF and left for their first term in January 2001 when their daughter Eunice was 14 months old.

After one year of language and cultural study in Kaohsiung (south of Taiwan), they moved to Chiayi (central Taiwan) and started their ministry. Their primary concern is evangelism, discipleship training for the Taiwanese working class and mission mobilization among the Taiwanese Christians.

Mission Vision

House church within reach of and reaching out to every working class person in Chiayi, Taiwan and beyond.

For more information, contact

OMF Australia:
Mailing address:
PO Box 35 Ashfield, NSW 2131
www.au.omf.org

Or

OMF Taiwan:
Mailing address:
PO Box 231 Chiayi 600 ROC Taiwan
www.omf.org/taiwan

Rolf and Bonnie Lepelaar

With Jasmine and Samuel

Serving in Cambodia with CMS

Rolf and Bonnie Lepelaar are in Cambodia where Rolf taught at Phnom Penh Bible College (PPBC) and Bonnie taught EFL (English as a foreign language). PPBC have a vital ministry in training church leaders for the rapidly growing Cambodian church. They have two children, Jasmine and Samuel. Other than church and family activities, Rolf and Bonnie enjoy a variety of styles of music, reading, playing tennis, and seeing friends. Jasmine enjoys dancing and reading, and Samuel just enjoys life.

Phil and Irene Nicholson

With Zac, Ben and Matt

Serving in Taiwan with OMF

Irene has been a member of WSCCC since migrating with her family from Malaysia in 1978. Phil joined WSCCC in 1985 and worked in the English congregation for a few years before they went to Taiwan. Phil and Irene have now been living in Taiwan since 1992 with their boys, Zac, Ben and Matthew, as part of OMF (Overseas Missionary Fellowship).

Their main ministry has been among Taiwanese university students, but since June 2005, Phil and Irene have taken on the role of Field Directors for OMF Taiwan. They are responsible for caring and assisting the forty OMF missionaries based in Taiwan. They live in Taipei, but regularly travel to visit ministries in other parts of Taiwan.

OMF’s mission is to plant churches amongst Taiwan’s working class who are mostly unreached, with less than 0.5% Christians. More information can be found at the OMF site, and you can receive regular prayer updates for Taiwan by visiting the Ten Seconds for Taiwan site.

Lawrence and Liling Tan

With Alex, Maddie and Anneka

Serving in Bolivia with SIM

Lawrence and Liling Tan have been working with SIM (Serving in Mission) in Bolivia since 1995. They have three daughters: Alex, Maddie, and Anneka. Lawrence is a doctor and Liling is a dietitian. They live in the city of Sucre, 2700m above sea level in the Andes Mountains. Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in South America. Most people are nominal Catholics but in practice also have a lot of traditional beliefs.

So far the Lord has wonderfully opened doors for Lawrence to work with the State Health Department and the University training Bolivian doctors. It is also exciting to provide health care in a Christian context showing people that God cares about them physically as well as spiritually. Apart from that he has been teaching at a Bible School, preaching in a local church, and training and mentoring church leaders. Liling’s main ministry is caring for the family, but she is also actively involved teaching Sunday School and training young Bolivian women for children’s ministry.

The Lord has enabled them to carry out a project called the “Tan Van”. They visit different townships around Sucre in a modified bus, stopping at each hospital to provide medical education for the country doctors; then visiting church leaders in the area to encourage them, pray with them, and offer training for their church. Many of the church leaders have not had Bible training and feel lonely, persecuted, and isolated. They bring along Bolivian Christians who can help with the teaching. The bus is used for accommodation and is also fitted out as a mobile clinic to provide health care in conjunction with the local church in areas where there is no government health post.

Please pray with them for this exciting project. Pray for good relationships with non-Christian health personnel as well as church leaders. Pray that the kids will cope well with living and schooling on wheels for the next four years.

Alex Fung

Missionary Intern serving in Japan with OMF

I am an Australian born Chinese and grew up in Oatley, Sydney. Art/books/music/film and backpacking preoccupied my life until I received Jesus as Lord in my first year at uni, through hearing the gospel at a mid-year conference. I trained as a librarian, working in local libraries and university administration, enjoying interaction with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Through studying the Bible and talking to mission and ministry-minded people, I discovered a passion for the lost and for God’s people. I have enjoyed local church ministry working with young children, teenagers, young adults and overseas students, through West Sydney Chinese Christian Church.

During a short-term mission with OMF to Japan, God grew and confirmed a desire to do ministry with people in Japan. The OMF family have warmly embraced me and I feel blessed to serve with them.

As part of a two-year OMF internship, I am spending time learning language and culture while training under experienced OMF missionaries and serving with God’s people in Japan.