Partners in Ministry Graduation 2023

 

God is raising labourers. As we celebrated the graduation of many women in the Partners In Ministry (PIM) program, we are truly recounting and rejoicing in the mighty work of our Lord sending out His spiritual multipliers into the harvest field throughout Asia. What a joy to hear the same refrain over the many testimonies given – “God is equipping me to better serve alongside my husband, and build up other women!” What a privilege to see God sending them out to different pockets of Asia where solid biblical teaching might be lacking! What an encouragement to know that their hearts are burning to use what they have learned in PIM program to further equip more spiritual multipliers!

These ladies whom God brought into the PIM program love the Lord and are passionate to make Him known. Many are already actively leading groups and shepherding younger women locally. We are so grateful that God uses EAST to help them gain a strong conviction to serve visionally alongside their husbands in full time ministry, and to train them with tools which will benefit them as ministers of the gospel.

The celebration is also a call for all of us let God use our uniqueness to bring the hope of the gospel to those around us. God does work in and through us, with our experiences and backgrounds, in our strengths and weaknesses, to reach multi cultures and all peoples around us. We celebrated the faithfulness of two beautiful women of God – Mrs Margaret Chan and Mrs Josephine Li. God has shown His glory through their unique personalities and giftings. He has also blessed so many women from numerous countries through them over the years. The diversity of nationalities among the eight PIM graduates (India, Korea, Mongolia, East Asia, Nepal and the Philippines) is not just a display of God’s beautiful creation, but also a glimpse of His heartbeat to reach every people group through His faithful labourers who would respond to their distinct calling.

The above reflection is written by Sze Chieh Winslow, a PIM Faculty currently serving alongside her husband Matthew Winslow, who is the incoming Dean of Students at East Asia School of Theology. They have three school going age children Hudson, Amber and Alethea. They love backpacking the Rockies as a family and love their dog Caspian.