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Tim and Wendy Maddocks began church planting in the
Siem Reap town in 1992 while Tim worked for the Adventist Development and
Relief Agency as a development project manager. Prak Heng and his family
were some of the fruit of that church planting work. Tim and Wendy
selected Heng and his family to assist them in the next church plant which
was to be in Sombua, west of the Siem Reap town in the neighborhood of
what is now Wat Preah Yesu. By the time the first Lay training program
began in the middle of 1998, some 16 people had been baptized from the
local community surrounding Wat Preah Yesu, and beyond. Nine of these new
Christians joined the first lay training program in preparation for going
out on new church plants. At the end of the first Lay Training program in
December 1998, SALT Ministries was ready to begin 9 new church plants
while continuing the church plant at Sombua. These church plants were made
possible by a grant from ASI a laymen’s ministry based in the United
States.
Today there are 13 groups meeting that have their
origins from that original project. SALT Ministries
funds 1 full-time Bible worker to continue the spread of the Gospel in
Siem Reap town. The aim is to strengthen the Siem Reap town congregation originally started by Tim and Wendy in 1992.
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