Spiritual

Church Highlight: Being the Hands of Jesus

What difference can a good hair washing make? It can be a tangible representation of God’s love and care to some of the poorest of the poor. We saw a practical demonstration of this at the Steung Siem Reap Church in Siem Reap province. Pastor Chhaiiya and his church members saw a need within their community and he went outside of the four walls of the church to serve the young people in the village around them. This is the type of selfless service that Jesus talked about when he said that we are to think of others more than …  

The Results Are Worth It

Within 24 hours of the pastors return home, results started coming in confirming the inspirational effect of the conference. We are alive! Paul instructed the church to: “…recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings…” (Hebrews 10:32). We need God’s mercy to survive, and we don’t always get what we want, but we need to know Him and do the Father’s will. I am in awe of the salvations, baptisms, deliverances, and healings that took place. There is no question that we are under the persecution of the double-edged sword of inflation and …  

“Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.” 

It’s the last line written in the flap of a book by the angel Clarence in the classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Like George Bailey, I was discouraged. Government mandates insisting that we supply new uniforms to all our homes by the end of the year at a projected cost of $52,500 USD or face shutdown had me in despair. Mak Sou had a prophetic dream and told me to write to my old friends. It was a miracle! We were able to get the uniforms bought and though they may not be delivered before New Year, they are …  

Christmas Around Cambodia

Christmas celebrations actually began in late November and will continue throughout January. It’s the major holiday for the Cambodian Church and since December 25th is not an official recognized holiday, the season gets stretched, especially since ‘Orthodox Christmas’ isn’t celebrated until January 7th. FCOP church leaders like to attend their neighboring congregations services, therefore, they match their celebration dates so they don’t overlap. In this case, pictures are better than words!  

Happy New Year!

Although we are happy to have made it through 2022, we have ended up on a joyful note with school uniforms and a new facility being dedicated in Siem Reap. The fact is inflation has really put a strain on the sustainability of feeding 3,000 mouths three times per day and all that goes with it. If you have some year end giving in your budget, FCOP would sure be a great place for it.   

What we do Best!

Of all the things I love to write about, nothing gives me more pleasure than to report on the dozens of new Church Home groups started each month. I know there are many we are missing and I apologize to those pastors! FCOP simply doesn’t have enough people and good enough cameras to capture all the great work they are doing in establishing the Kingdom of God in Cambodia by destroying the works of the Devil. We can report hundreds of salvations, healings, deliverances, baptisms in water and in the Holy Spirit. Honestly, we can’t even keep count of them all. Remember your sacrifice is not unnoticed in heaven! May God Bless You …  

The Blessings of the COVID- Crisis

When the devil gives you lemons, ask the Holy Spirit for a lemonade recipe! Churches are still officially on lock-down. The result was predicted to be disastrous. But, the reality has been the scattering of the faithful who open new meetings in their homes and are broadcasting their messages via social media from multiple churches each Sunday-they are reaching thousands of people. The truth of Romans 8:28, “All things work together for good” is only true in context with verses 26 & 27 which tell us that when we pray in the Holy Spirit, God will take the devil’s meanest attacks and …  

Mak Sou Kicks The Hornets Nest

Mak Sou is a prophet and back in the mid-1980’s she prophesied that, “One day I will preach at Yoido Full Gospel Church” (at that time the largest church in the world pastored by Paul Yungi Cho).Dr. Ted Vail, Vice President of Global Operations of the Foursquare Church in America, invited Mak Sou to be a part of an interview panel at the World Missions Forum in conjunction with the World Pentecostal Conference held in Seoul, South Korea at Yoido Full Gospel Church. This was a time for Pentecostal leaders from various denominations to gather and discuss world missions and how we can bring ‘The Gospel to Everyone, …  

Funeral Canceled

The doctors at the hospital sent the body home telling the family that the pastor was dead. Kong Seangny had pastored the church in Anlong Veng for more than twenty-two years. Her grave was dug, the casket was purchased, and FCOP’s General Supervisor Som Art was summoned to perform the funeral. The problem with the funeral is Som Art decided to pray. Why would God raise up an elderly pastor who had gone to her well-deserved reward? The truth is we will never know if she was truly dead; but we do know why God did it. The answer?… To save a dying church.  

The Father’s Love

I learned something from my Cambodian son, Thany. Jesus suffered because of the love His Father had for Him! It was the Father’s love for Him that led Him to the cross. Can you believe that? (John 10:17-18). Thany, the boy who 22 years ago, was naked on all fours lapping water out of a scum covered pond, preached the best sermon about communion and destroying the devil’s works that I have ever heard. It was the fact that the Father loved Jesus so much that He allowed Him to lay down His life for us that shook me. This time …  

Miracles and Healings

Lita, a 9 year old orphan living at FCOP’s Keo Sema Church Refuge Center in Mondulkiri province, was bitten three times on the heel and top of her foot by a Malayan Pit Viper. I could not be more proud of the home parents (Pastor Van and his wife) because upon hearing the young girl’s screams for help, immediately called the other kids of the home to gather around her and began to pray both in the spirit and in the natural.  FCOP National Church staff immediately activated hundreds of prayer warriors all around the nation. Lita had to travel …  

Expanding God’s Kingdom

Since 1998, our goal and mission has remained the same; to establish and expand the Kingdom of God in Cambodia. All throughout the country, FCOP churches are seeing signs, wonders and miracles, the oppressed set free, and lives forever changed.  The Cambodian Foursquare Church has seen entire regions, where great percentages of the population have come to know Christ, through the demonstration of God’s power in signs wonders and miracles. FCOP pastors are often walking on foot through jungles, ferrying motorcycles over flooded rivers and washed out roads, and even sleeping in open fields just to share the Gospel with …