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February 28, 2022

The Blessing 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 and they are reaching thousands of people. Although FCOP has no way to officially tabulate the results, we are confident, that during this time of great fear and stress, that the Church has been growing. Every week district leaders are visiting new locations …

January 31, 2022

His Time is Short

Those on the front lines of ministry that are plundering hell to populate heaven must be involved in the ministry of deliverance. An inconvenient truth is that not all demons are created equal. When you really war for the soul of a nation those who have the faith and anointing to take on principalities will rise to the top of your spiritual army like cream in a can of milk. But, know this, those people so gifted will face a special wrath! They really need our prayer covering. “Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the …

January 31, 2022

Home Refurbishing

Any homeowner knows about maintenance and upkeep of their house. We have over 100 homes that house orphaned and abandoned children. We often use visiting teams to help with some of the upkeep and projects. Without having a foreign team in the last two years and funding for projects taking a hit because of it, we’re in a deep hole trying to keep our church home buildings in good repair. We’re grateful for churches who have done virtual teams with us (if you’re interested, feel free to contact us) and for our own staff who we send all over Cambodia …

January 31, 2022

Being The Church

January was a very busy month. We planted multiple new home groups, led many to the Lord, baptized new believers, healed the sick, cast out demons, refurbished church buildings, took care of thousands of orphans and widows, harvest rice and repaired equipment.

December 29, 2021

Cambodia Christmas

On Sunday December 26th, Mak Sou and I attended church for the first time in 20 months. As we watched our kids at Chom Chao perform different parts of the service, I was reminded that ever since coming to Asia (Laos) back in 1968, I have been amazed at how different cultures and languages interpret the same thing differently. A few years ago I was back in the USA in December visiting donor churches. I was driving with my daughter between weekend meetings when the song, “Last Christmas” played on the radio. I commented, “I’ve never heard that one.” My …

December 29, 2021

Looking for Courage

In December FCOP sent out three inspection teams to do our first ‘in depth’ church home evaluations in almost two years. Some teams were gone for two weeks and of course uncovered some problems. As a result, FCOP has changed pastors in six locations, established a new administrative district and appointed two new District Supervisors. In addition, we unveiled a plan to release General Supervisor Pastor Som Art to spend more time traveling to encourage and support pastors through relieving him of some of the daily responsibilities at the Chom Chao Church. On December 21st, we brought the new supervisors …

December 28, 2021

FCOP’s 112th Church Building

With thousands of home churches and cell groups throughout the nation, FCOP was excited to officially dedicate its 112th church building in Cambodia. This church is the first house of worship in the entire village; there isn’t even a Buddhist temple. This church congregation began as a Bible study for employees of a small shop at a local market managed by Chaya, one of the orphans FCOP had raised. Over several months, the church plant that was meeting in the shop became too large to meet there any longer averaging almost 100 people each Sunday. Pastor Chaya has been traveling …

December 28, 2021

Healed of Leukemia

At the Siem Reap church dedication there was a young man who was suffering from leukemia causing severe jaundice and requiring frequent blood transfusions. He was so weak that he struggled to perform daily tasks. When he came forward for prayer, he extended his hands which were yellow and showed no sign of blood circulation to the extremities. Mak Sou even pinched him several times to see if she could discern circulation and there was no change in color. After being prayed for, his hands and face went from yellow to pink and circulation was restored. He even began to …

December 28, 2021

Released from Demonic Possession

We are seeing signs, wonders, and miracles taking place throughout Cambodia. Our pastors encountered an entire family that had been under a demonic possession resulting in no one in the family living past the age of 30. The family was led by a demoniac who would hear voices telling him to drink his own urine. The demons taunted him day and night without relenting. Mak Sou picked this up in the Spirit, prayed with the man, baptized him in water, and cast the demon out. After prayer and baptism, the man said the voices were gone. The countenance on the …

December 27, 2021

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2021 was a year of great challenge yet God remained faithful. In spite of the global pandemic, we continue to see the Church grow and the good news of Jesus shared in some of the most unreached areas of the nation. We are excited for 2022 as we are believing it will be a year of miracles, continued growth and provision. As we reflect on our 23 years in Cambodia, we are amazed at all that has been accomplished by building the church through helping orphans and widows. We hope you …

November 30, 2021

Jesus the Healer

We’ve dealt with a lot of sickness, death, and demonic attacks in our 23 year history, but November was a busy month. FCOP Cambodia is committed to Jesus’ command to ‘Heal the sick… raise the dead and cast out demons’. Jesus only did what the Father told him to do and we hear the same instructions from Him through the Holy Spirit. Why doesn’t everyone we pray for get healed? We can’t explain that. Our only defense is: 1) The devil is the killer and he’d like to kill us all. 2) We may have missed the call or 3) …

November 1, 2021

We’re In War!

Churches in every nation on earth are suffering attacks and persecutions in the form of disease, finance, violence, and the most sinister, personal discouragement and failure. Sometimes we fail to remember that in a war we do take casualties. Jesus did go to the cross, eleven of the twelve apostles did suffer violent deaths for their faith, and like them we are not immune. The only thing we are sure of is that the fight is worth it. We pray for healing and some die. We call for safety and some like Pastor Heng Prek (Pastor and Church Home Director …