Memories from the past

Global International Mission Rally 2007 on 9/29

Date: September 29th, 2007
Time: 10AM-4PM
Place: First Baptist Church of Walnut Creek
(2336 Buena Vista, Walnut Creek, CA)

Speaker: Dr. William O. Crews
(Golden Gate Baptist Seminary Chancellor)
Contact: 925-639-9527 <> paulchung0214@yahoo.com

The Rally will be a celebration of multicultural and interdenominational harmony and fellowship through songs, encouraging messages, a sports demonstration, and reports of what God is doing in our community, state, country, and throughout the world.After lunch we will have a panel discussion with participants from Russian, Hispanic, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, African, Anglo, Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and other racial, ethnic, and/or national heritages. The participants also have a variety of professional backgrounds and are from different generations. What all of them have in common is their knowledge and personal experience in doing mission work around the world. Lori Cooper and Ray Buford will lead us in song and instrumental music during the Rally.

Honorary President's Remarks:
This will be the third year I have had the privilege of participating in this Annual Rally and I want you to know how excited I am about the prospect of a gathering of God's people of many cultures and ethnic backgrounds, to rally around His Word. In doing so, we will recommit ourselves to the mission. He gave the church 2,000 years ago: "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."

Thank you, Pastor Paul Chung, for being obedient to the vision God gave you for this event and for the ministry of Global International Missions. I will look forward to seeing YOU at the Rally on September 29, 2007.

By God's Grace,
Dr. William O. (Bill) Crews

Celebrations Commendations Dr. John Lim, Oregon State Rep.

I want to offer my commendations for the 2007 Global Mission Rally. I am confident this event will be successful in spreading the word of God in our local areas, the United States , and throughout the world. We live in a time where people are ready to be touched by God. Your sacrificial efforts in the past will have a positive result in the future. I also commend staff and other leaders in helping you spread the word of God. May God richly bless you.

Congratulations,Global International Missions!
Rev. Hoon Bae, Pastor of Richmond Baptist Church in California

Congratulations to Global International Missions on the new publication of a newsletter for all international Christians. It is a tremendous blessing from the Lord. America was built as a Christian nation, by God, working through Christian people. And now, as people of all nations have come to live together in this country, we must remember Jesus’ great commandment to us. I pray that God will continue to use you for His Kingdom. I know that you have a burden for sharing Jesus Christ with all the people of every nation. So let us pray together, fellowship together, and continue to impact Global International Missions through your every endeavor.

Rev. Frank Jackson, Pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, Oakland, Co-Coordinator of the African American and Korean American Fellowship of Churches of the East Bay

I thank God for the work that you are doing on behalf the ministry of Jesus Christ. I was delighted to be a part of the wonderful conference last year. You had so many powerful ministries. There were highlights from across the country - all of them proclaiming, in word and song, the mighty name of Jesus. I am especially glad there was a multi-cultural ministry as well. Jesus' great priestly prayer was that we in the Christian community would manifest our unity ("ake them one, as we are one…that the world might believe"). No Christian group, church, community, fellowship, or culture can do as much separately, as we all can do together!

I also greet the conference on behalf of the African American and Korean American Fellowship of Churches of the East Bay . We have had fellowship with over thirty churches (African American, Korean American, Anglo and Hispanic over the years). Some of our churches will be attending the conference. Unfortunately I will be in Hawaii this week. We are in need of your prayers as we struggle with the issues that threaten all of our cities, especially Oakland . There is much violence and loss of life with our young people, particularly African American males. We are praying for the 'Shalom of the city' because God tells us that when seek the peace and welfare of the citizens, we will find our shalom (Jer.29: 7). God's richest blessing be with the conference and may everyone there have an encounter with the Risen Savior and leave more committed to spreading the Gospel all over the world!

Rev. Dr. Sung Ho Lee, the pastor of the Korean United Methodist Church of Santa Clara Valley.

I am currently the president of the Northern California Korean Churches' Association. However, I am here today as your colleague in world mission. I want to praise our Father with you today! I want to spread the Good News with you all over the world tomorrow! May God be with us all today, tomorrow, and forever!

Major Granat & Capt. Oh Salvation Army, Hayward
"Congratulate the 3rd Global International Mission Rally. As we continue this great event of Christian gathering, I pray that all Christians become one in one God, one Lord and one Spirit beyond cultures, races, and denominations!"

Rev. Isaac Kim from Korean Southern Baptist Convention of Northern California Congratulations on Global International Mission Rally which is God's Festival. We are with you as a part of you and same body of Christ. God bless you. In His Name!
Moderator of KSBCNCRev. Isaac Kim

Rev. Lone Wah Lazum, Oakland Burmese Mission Baptist Church, Oakland
Greeting to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! We are blessed to be a part of Global International Mission Rally this year for the first time. We bring warm embrace to you as we celebrate and share one another the works of God. . May we be united as one for the cause of Gospel here in local and Global. God bless us all. For His Glory!

Pastor Chris Doi
Hallelujah! Aloha from the Japanese Christian Church of Walnut Creek. We are honored to be worshiping with you all in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Arigato from all of us.

Rev. Ki-Kyung Lee of Kyungdong First Presbyterian Church, Seoul, Korea (이기경목사, 경동제일교회)

Hallelujah! Sisters and brothers in the Lord of Jesus Christ! I am very so happy to greet you from here Seoul.
Korea. I am a pastor KyeeKyung Lee of Kyungdong First Presbyterian Church which is home church of Rev. Paul Chung. Congratulations on your opening of 3rd "Global International Mission Rally". I hope God will empower all you participants to be filled with the Holy Spirit and go to reach out to the end of the world and the nations. It's time to explore the strategy of effective mission method. God will use "Global International Mission Rally" to be a good implement of suggesting a method model case for the world mission. I believe your "Global International Mission Rally" will provide a great contribution for achieving Missio Dei in this last generation. Because the unity of multi-races can be an advanced base for global evangelism. May God's grace and peace to you all. Thank you.

Global International Missions Advisory Board

Dr. William O. Crews, Chancellor of Golden Gate Baptist Seminary; Honorary President of the Advisory Board

Dr. John Song, Chaplain of International Aid; Chaplain of Seoul and Athens Olympic Games; Standing Advisor of World Sports Missions

Dr. John Lim, Oregon State Representative; former Oregon State Senator

Rev. Hoon Bae, Pastor of Richmond Baptist Church, Richmond, CA

Dr. David Miller, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Walnut Creek, California; former President of Western Baptist College of Oregon

Rev. Ronnie Laughlin, Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church, San Angelo, TX; General Secretary and Treasurer of Advisory Board

Rev. Jim Clemons, Retired Minister and former University Administrator of Baylor University, TX

Dr. Karen Clemons , Retired Associate Professor and Adjunct Professor

Dr. Jerold McBride, Advisory Board Member; Pastor Emeritus; former President of Texas Baptist Convention

Rev. Paul Y. Chung, Pastor of Walnut Creek Baptist Church ; Publisher of the Newsletter; Founder, President of Advisory Board, and Chairman of Missions; Media Staff of 1986 Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Crusade in Amsterdam Global International Missions

Directors Rev. Michael Fong, Director of Administration of Global International Missions

Rev. Ray Buford, Worship and Evangelism Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church; Director of Music and Sports

Dr. George L. Johnson, Pastor of Holy Fellowship Outreach Church; Director of Communications

Rev. Solaiman Ishak, Pastor of Life Change Baptist, Antioch, CA; Director of Finances and Intercessory Prayer

Mrs. Lori Cooper, Soloist; Secretary for Missions

Faithful to the End
Dr. David F. Miller
Pastor of First Baptist Church, Walnut Creek, California;
former President of Western Baptist College of Oregon

I heard this story about a New York City transit company bus and its driver. Both were missing, so investigators concludedfoul play was involved. For over a week, authorities searched for the man and the bus but could not find them. Finally, ten days after the man disappeared, he and the bus were discovered in Miami , Florida . The driver said, "Well, I just decided one day that I had had it with the cold weather, the rude passengers, and my family, and I wondered what would happen if I just kept driving." So that is what he did.He took off for Florida for a week where he enjoyed the sun and surf all by himself! Haven't we all felt like this bus driver at times? Have you ever felt like quitting – even quitting school; your marriage; your work; your relationship to God? I certainly have. As a student in college, I felt like quitting. And as a professor at a Christian college for 25 years, a pastor for 17 years, and a college president for 8 years, I often felt like throwing in the towel. This is a normal way to feel. Even Paul felt this way. In the first chapter of the book of 2 Corinthians, he said, "There was a time in my life I came to the point of despair. Yes, I felt like giving up." And it was not merely giving up his job or his ministry or even his relationship with the Corinthians. He was down so low that he even despaired of life itself.Paul talked about the opposition that he was getting from the false teachers and opposition from the Corinthians. He also talked about all his trials and how people had disappointedhim and lied about him. He also mentioned that his health had gone bad and that he was depressed. But he kept going on rather than giving up. In verse one of this chapterin the Message Translation, we read, "Since God has so generously let us in on what he is doing, we're not about to throw up our hands and walk off the job just because we run into occasional hard times" (2 Corinthians 4:1). Now how did he do this?Paul was a human energizer bunny who just kept going and going and going. Well, from this great chapter, I want to give you just one secret of how one can keep going rather than giving up. And what is this secret that helps us not give up? Here it is: Though I sometimes fail, God shows me mercy.Yes, I will fail. I have failed, I am failing in some area of my life right now, and I will fail again in the future, but God shows me mercy.Look at 2 Corinthians 4:1 that says, "And so, since God in his mercy has given us this wonderful ministry, we never give up" (2 Corinthians 4:1). This is the last verse of the previoussection where Paul talked about grace, grace, grace, grace. He says, "That's why we never give up. Because everythingwe have comes through the mercy of God. Each of us has a ministry. Our opportunities for ministry include our family, our friends, and our church. All of this is through God's mercy. Praise God for his wonderful grace!