22 February 2009

Ministerial department enhances church stewardship roles

In years past church members thought stewardship was all about tithes and offerings. It never dawned on them that it could be something else, too. “What we learned in this seminar was that stewardship is a personal commitment to the Lord—entrusting self to Him,” said Ms Khin Le Win, a Bible worker for central Myanmar, who expressed the participants’ appreciation of the Stewardship seminar conducted in their place.

Pastor Wendell Mandolang, director for the Stewardship
Department of the Seventh-day Adventist church in the southern Asia-Pacific region (SSD), led out in the seminars in two places in Myanmar: Pyin Oo Lwin in the upper region and Taungu in the central region. At both venues, 98 delegates were registered. The seminars were held during the last week of February through the first week of March.

Pastor Muller Kyaw, president for the church in Myanmar (MYUM) and Pastor Caleb Paw, MYUM ministerial secretary, were part of the presenters who traveled 400 miles on bus with Pastor Mandolang to reach the seminar venues.

The participants at both places were delighted to welcome the training team. Fifty delegates in Pyin Oo Lwin, and 48 in Taungu.

“My stay in Myanmar was extraordinarily rewarding as I saw the enthusiasm of the participants in applying the principles of stewardship,” said Mandolang.[Myo Chan/AND]