East Timor

Sis Laura Richards writes: In January, our family of six had the privilege of spending a week in Timor-Leste, sharing fellowship and encouraging brothers, sisters, and friends across Dili. Timor-Leste is one of the youngest nations in the world, known for its resilient people and strong family culture: its people […]

The brothers and sisters in East Timor have recently enjoyed a visit from Brother David and Sister Taneke from Indonesia. It’s good to see connections being established between brothers and areas and sisters in different countries, especially those who share similar cultures and languages.

Sis Tina is our only sister in the town of Liquica in Timor Leste. She conducts preaching activities from her home every day and is well known throughout the area for what she believes. This is the Kids Club Program she runs. She also runs activities for younger children, teaches

Here are some more pictures from our fieldworker team who recently visited Timor Leste. The team have been involved in family activities with the families in the ecclesia, and have been involved in discussions with the brothers and sisters regarding their plans to find a permanent meeting place.

We currently have a team of Filipino and Australian fieldworkers visiting East Timor. Encouraging visits between countries who share similar cultures and languages is very important. The team includes two families with children and one of the main focuses of the visit has been to support the families in the

Our fieldworker team currently in East Timor has been very busy visiting the brothers and sisters, joining them on their preaching work and discussing the ecclesias plans for the future, God willing.

Timor Leste (East Timor to Australians) was always going to be a challenging area in which to preach the true Gospel. Controlled by Portugal as a colony for 500 years, governed by Indonesia for 25 years, and granted self-governing rights after a referendum in 1999, Timor Leste was a troubled

We very pleased to hear of another three baptisms in Timor Leste recently. Bro. Isaac, Sis Ermalinda and Sis Isabell. All three have learnt the gospel message from their families who area already part of the ecclesia.

On April 5 and 6 East Timor was hit by the most severe flooding the country had experienced in over 50 years. Many homes flooded or destroyed by landslides and the ACBM provided support to some of our brothers and sisters whose homes had been flooded or damaged.