Launch Sunday A Success!
Tseung Kwan O has a New Church!
Faith Family Church—TKO!
“Launch Sunday” by the numbers:
440 people attended the combined services
67 were children
662 people viewed the live-stream on Facebook
86 people made a decision for Christ!
62 HKDI students volunteered (most all were unsaved)
Nearly everyone who visited came because of the city-wide advertising on Billboards, Buses, Subway Trains, and Mailers.
Thanks so much to all who gave towards this launch, making the advertising possible!!!
The launch morning greeted us with a cold and rainy day, but visitors got out their umbrellas and came anyways. Most had never been to a church service ever in their lives, and a few others that had said they’d never been to a contemporary service like this.
There was a strong connection made with many families. We believe these families will be the foundation of the church. Parents shared how they felt like everyone was so loving and their kids didn’t want to leave.
A young lady who attend the service with her sister, shared how she had been praying for a church. She was contemplating suicide, feeling totally unwanted. Now she and her sister are looking to connect with the church and grow in their relationship with Jesus.
The “church launch phase” is not over! Over the next few weeks the attendance is expected to drop. But after about a month it should stabilize and we’ll have a core group of people who will “stick” and then growth will continue from there.
A school has allowed us to temporarily use their school hall for services for the next month. We are still searching for a long-term location (which we sent an email about a couple of weeks ago). Please keep this in prayer!
We’ll keep you updated as things progress!
Thanks again to all of you who prayed and gave to help make this possible!!!
Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin Fischer and the Fischer Family
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One of the greatest miracles since FFM arrived in Hong Kong over 15 years ago JUST HAPPENED!
IT’S OURS!!!
Church Launch Facility Approved
March 4, 2018!
We’ve just received the go-ahead for launching Faith Family Church at the most outstanding and strategic location in Tseung Kwan O—the “Hong Kong Design Institute” (HKDI).
For three months we painstakingly applied for every Sunday from December to April and were methodically turned down each time. After spending countless hours on the phone and making multiple site visits we began to make headway with the venue rental department personnel as we kept sharing the “Why” for the church launch. Several began to get excited with us as they saw the win-win benefit for everyone.
Unexpectedly, one of the venue personnel discovered that the Sunday on March 4, 2018 was only reserved but not booked. So, on our behalf, they pursued the potential party and requested they confirm—of which they then (mysteriously) declined! They immediately gave us the “reservation” (even though others were interested) and we immediately accepted and confirmed!
Last month we sent an email asking for prayer…”that doors would be open for us”—and they literally were!” We deeply thank all of you who responded and interceded! We don’t believe this would have happened without prayer paving the way!
The next totally unexpected surprise is that the HKDI requires their (7000) students to get 40 hours of outside “internship experience” while attending school. And how perfect would it be to help a church launch right on their own campus! Students are learning to work with lights, sound, cameras, promotional advertising, design—and even Child Care! With the help of excited HKDI instructors we are now rounding up a team of these students to help us in all of these areas. And of course, you know what benefit they will receive in return—an opportunity to meet Jesus himself!
This dream has now become reality, but we need your help to finance this amazing opportunity!
We only have $97,000USD towards our Launch Budget goal of $200,000USD. We must raise just over a hundred thousand dollars in the next month to ensure that every part of the strategic ARC launch strategy works.
The INVESTMENT:
- $200,000USD
- One family of twelve (and 2 more on the way) willing to lay down their lives to bring this to pass.
- A lot more prayer…
The RETURN:
- A district of 400,000 people will receive a life-giving church (only one of its kind in TKO).
- A church that can then reach out to the other 7 million in HK that is only 5% Christian.
- A base that can then launch Chinese and Western missionaries into Mainland China to reach the over 200K who’ve never heard the name of Jesus even once.
Will you help us?
Below is a breakdown of the expenses for the pre-launch, launch day and portable church location. If you have any questions I would be more than happy to give you a call or answer an email.
Thank you for standing with us and helping to carry the vision to reach Hong Kong and China for Jesus!
Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin and the Fischer Family
Hong Kong, China
P.S. If you haven’t seen the 3 minute promo video for the church launch, watch it here.
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Three Things You Need to Know About China (3/3)
Fact # 3 of 3
This means that Hong Kong is tired. Work takes precedence over everything. Overtime is the norm, not the exception. This in turn makes Hong Kong one of the most difficult cities for unreached people to attend church. People feel like they just don’t have any time—or energy.
This is one of the reasons we are so passionate about our church launching in a mega-residential suburb of Hong Kong. We are taking the church right where the people live. We believe this will help eliminate barriers many would face when visiting church for the first time.
The people in Hong Kong desperately need the peace found in Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…”
You are helping them find it.
Blessings from Hong Kong,
Steve and Sharmin and the Fischer Family
Hong Kong, China
Check out Fact #1 and Fact #2 if you missed them from earlier this year!
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HK Church Launch: Progress Update Nov 2017
WE NEED PRAYER!
Right now is a critical time in the church launch phase. Like Paul said “pray for us…that doors be opened for us…” Hong Kong, has few options for rent that will work for a church launch the size of what God has put on our hearts.
But in one particular University that God has put on our hearts, we are working with department heads, lecturers, and students that are excited about the opportunity to help us launch a life-giving church right here on their campus! However, the auditorium we’d need to use is in heavy demand. But after searching for many months, we believe there may be an opening in early 2018.
We believe all obstacles can be overcome through prayer. Would you stand in agreement with us in prayer this facility would be opened up for the church launch?
This is a photo of the HKDI building, Hong Kong Design Institute, and we are one approval away from making this our launch point!
This aerial view photo of Tseung Kwan O will help you get the idea of how tight and competitive the battle for space is (the green areas are actually quite mountainous.)
Launch Budget
We are excited to update that approx $85,000 has come in towards the church launch! A big thank you to all who’ve already given. These donations have come in from over 60 different pastors, businessmen, and individuals from across the USA and Hong Kong.
We still need help! If you have already committed to give to the launch—please send it in. If you haven’t considered it we just ask you to ask God if He would have you do anything to help us, then do it!—no pressure.
This is the largest step our family has ever undertaken in the last 17 years of full-time ministry and it will have unmeasurable effect. The people in Hong Kong and China are so open to the Gospel. The harvest is ripe and now is the time to act!
Thank you for standing with us and helping to carry the vision to reach Hong Kong and China for Jesus!
Together,
Steve and Sharmin and the Fischer Family
Hong Kong, China!
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Summer Recap: Two Can’t-miss Stories From Inside China
A sixteen year-old boy named Arthur has attended our China Missions Summer Camp nearly every summer for half of his life. But this year was different. This time he came as a leader—not just to receive, but to minister to other children who’ve never once heard the name of Jesus. And he did just that! As a young Chinese man, he made a powerful impact on the next generation of unreached people in China! This is what FFM is all about!
Arthur was at a crossroads in his life. Many youth his age are pressured to pursue a well-paying job after earning a university degree. However, with tears, Arthur shared that at this year’s camp, God spoke to him and gave him a calling to lead children in China to Jesus!
Hundreds of Bible study devotional books were personally delivered to one of the most influential churches in southeast China, last August!
What made this trip special is that the US pastor who wrote the devotional book 40 Days: A Journey Toward a Deeper Relationship with Christ, also led this missions team with his church members from Atlanta, Georgia, to personally deliver the book to the believers. This book was translated by FFM, printed in Hong Kong, and taken into China by our China Missions team.
This not only blessed the Chinese believers, but was the culmination of a dream God gave this pastor and church in the USA, to have their incredible devotional reach the hands of believers in China. It is our heart’s desire to help fellow pastors and partners accomplish the dreams God has given them for their church and for China.
The mission that you, our partners, and FFM have chosen to carry together is simple: to evangelize and disciple the next generation of unreached Chinese people. And it is happening!
Right now, we are preparing for our largest and most exciting step of growth yet in Hong Kong. You can be a part! An invitation with this next step, will be sent very soon! Stay tuned!
Much Love,
Steve and Sharmin and the Fischer Family
Hong Kong, China
…coming up next: THE STORY OF HONG KONG
Fischer Family Ministries is about to take it’s largest and most exciting step in Hong Kong. Stay tuned for more in the next update!
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