Category: Articles

  • Seeking To Be Immersed In The Cambodian Culture

    By Alexis Hamilton, Asia Gateway Missions Training My husband Alan Hamilton and I set off on a mission trip with a deep desire to learn more about the life of Christians in Cambodia, the Khmer culture, and how we can be of service to God in that country. It was a heady mix of experiences in…

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  • A Journey of Discovery in Cambodia

    By Anilal M. Jose, Asia Gateway Missions Training. What a difference a week can make. An immersion in a rural setting in a faraway land similar to my own has helped me in rediscovering and reformulating my objectives in life and ministry. My field exposure trip to Cambodia between the 11th and 18th of July 2015 has impacted me…

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  • A Fly on the Wall in Takeo and Kandall

    By Amanda Mason, Asia Gateway Training This paper reflects upon a field exposure trip to Cambodia between the 11th and 18th of July 2015 in partnership with the Shalom network of national Cambodian churches. I was deployed to stay for two days with Pastor Tek Andrew’s family in Takeo, a rural province in south Cambodia, with a…

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  • They Came, They Engaged And Were Inspired To Serve Better

    By Yeap Boo Yam  They all came from the four cardinal directions with a single-minded focus – to equip themselves to be better trainers. And the 18 participants of the Asia Gateway Training (AGT) programme went home enriched, and hopeful that they would be able to put into practice what they learnt. The seven-week AGT,…

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  • Humbled to serve their friends in need

    By Amanda Mason The skinhead smiled at me with a gappy smile of recognition. “I see you at the seminary. I go there to work,” he said. We had just arrived at the Kenosis Home, a drug rehabilitation centre in Mantin, run by Christians on Buddhist land for the benefit of any. This was our…

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  • True Transformation Comes From Within

    By Anilal M. Jose. What do you expect a drug rehabilitation centre to look like? Ya, I was expecting something like a closed place, which keeps the people indoors to prevent them from falling prey to the temptation again! Most rehab centres which I visited before were instrumental in creating such a picture in me.…

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  • Practising What Is Preached In Mission Training

    By Yeap Boo Yam. It has been said that where mission work is concerned, the calling is divine but the relationship is very human. By extension, mission training should be a good blend of the core principles of theology and the practicalities of everyday life. It is on this premise that Asia Gateway Training (AGT)…

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  • Our Identity In Christ

    By Aamir Shahzad. One may define identity as the distinctive characteristic belonging to any given individual, or shared by all members of a particular social category or group. When I see myself as a Christian in Pakistan I sometimes wonder if I am meeting the criteria to stay rooted in the identity that Christ has…

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