Welcome in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
A church should be a new Christian culture, Acts 2:40-41. When someone in a city or community gets saved, they are still living in the Cambodian culture. All of Cambodia’s religious values, ethics, beliefs and practices will pull at that new Christian to come back.
Kompongsom B-P Church is important because it gives a new Christian a place to go where they can be reminded of the ways of Christ and be strengthened them not to go back into the old culture. This can be seen in Acts 2:40. Most of these new Christians were Jews and they were going to be pressured to fall back into the ways of the Jews. Therefore, Peter tells them that the culture should not determine what they practice, honor and love. He urges them to come into the community of the church and learn the new ways of Christ and the Christian culture.
This means becoming a Christian changes the way one looks at everything – and it is the mission of the church to reteach God’s people how to live in new ways in light of God’s Word. It means that the church must teach God’s people to look at all relationships, family, work, money, technology, suffering, sex and marriage, how to treat others and personal identity.
Through our website, we welcome you to learn more about Komponsom B-P Church, our history, doctrinal beliefs, church ministries and fellowship meetings. Pastoral articles and sermons are uploaded for your edification and knowledge.
It is our hope and joy to have you worship with us on Sunday mornings and participate in one of our many ministries and fellowship meetings available through the week. It is my prayer that we will all come to a greater understanding and knowledge of our Triune God, and derive true joy in Christ alone.
Thanks always,
Rev. Hor Ponlok
Kompongsom B-P Church is under difficulty situations on moving church to new place and finding the place that our members can follow. We are seeking on God’s leading, and we are seeking God’s will and guidance.
In the high price situation (crazy price) that we are in, members and I don’t have any idea, just prayer. The power of Satan, power of darkness is seem so strong. Then we just come to pray, seeking God’s will and God’s power. And on the same time, we don’t know where we are going, but we just trust and we don’t have fund to pay the rent as well, but we go out and find a place and we believe that God will provide to meet our need.
And on the same time, our supported church will decrease the monthly support greatly after 31st December 2018. Therefore, Kompompong B-P Church will suffer ever more, because this local church is full of poor members, youngster do not have job, children from poor community and poor village.
The Rev. Hor Ponlok planted Kompongsom Bible-Presbyterian Church in Sikanoukville in 2008, 11 years after giving his life to the Lord. It was initially on the grounds of the rural Bible school, before moving the church to the heart of the city. Hor and his wife, Esther, and son Joseph have lived alongside his people in poverty while laboring to spread the gospel and disciple young Christians.
For many years, Pastor Hor labored with little or no outside support. He would drive a pickup truck for dozens of miles over difficult roads to bring children to Sunday school, and through this outreach many adults came to Christ as well. He also was able to respond to several life-threatening medical emergencies for members in his church and unbelievers as well. Twice he brought elderly widows he met during village evangelism outings all the way to the capital, Phnom Penh, staying with them there and taking them to a hospital for treatment.
I was born on June 12, 1979, in the time of Pol Pot and civil war. My father passed away in 1990, when I was grade 3 in Government school. Maybe I am about 11 years old, and my father was killed by Khmer Rouge. I have six brethren, and I have one older sister and three younger sisters but one of my three younger sister was passed way in year 2002 by sickness and another younger brother. I am the second brother in our family, so I had the burden of caring for our family too. There was only my mother to raise us up, and she faced so much difficulty during that time. We tried our best to live through these difficulties.
As a poor (impoverished) student after I gave up my study at government school, I tried to find a free English class. I could not pay a fee, and I did not want to add another burden to my family. So I learned English with a missionary, and I did not need to pay. And I took this opportunity to learn English.
“In September 2001, God called me to Koh-Kong province to be a full-time evangelist until 2005, and in 2003 God opened His people’s heart to build a church that is called KohKong Hanma Eum Church, in the heart of KohKong city. Everytime I need to travel by boat and it took about four hours from Sihanoukville province. I trusted that God called me to that position, not because I earned it, but by His grace. I felt that I had great responsibility of raising my members in godliness with loving care and respect, and I clung to the qualifications of pastor as in I Timothy 3:1-7.”
“While I was serving the LORD on that Island, I faced many difficulties, as people on this Island feel new with Christianity. I went out every day to sow Gospel seeds, and some local people sit with me to hear my sharing, and some people just left from me. As a young man, I was 23 years old. I went through all these challenges every time when I told the Gospel. On other hand, I had a limitation of finance support, my sponsor supported me with 150 US$ every month. With this 150 US$, I need to cover my personal expenditure and church’s ministry expenditure including a rental fee for a room. Later on I married my wife, so I faced even more difficulties to live as a servant of the Gospel and a steward.
Many times, my wife and I would like to give up our God’s calling. But every time, when we felt like to give up. Church members always come to us and shared encouragement, and even brought food, love’s gifts and prayer, while my wife and I never let them known. And some time strange people just stopped their car and they gave a box noodle, snack so often. That‘s amazing! Therefore my wife and I served the Lord in KohKong Hanma Eun Church until 2005. I want to say that serving the LORD is a hard work and difficult, but there was a joy throuh it and by it.”
“Year 2005, God opened a door for me to study at Far Eastern Bible College (Singapore) for two years, and I graduated from this college successfully at the end of 2007. As poor local pastor, I did not have money to process documents, to make passport, or even flight ticket. So my wife decided to sell our marriage rings and her bracelet and even other thing more for me, therefore, I got enough money to do all these things. On the same time, I got a bitter heart and even I dropped my tear to understand my wife’s heart. And I would like to say THANK YOU to my wife.
After one semester, she gave up her Biblical study. She worked with one missionary at Phnom Penh city, and this missionary support her 60US$ every month. With this 60$, she needed to cover her own expenses and daily food. I thank God that even she got a little support, but she gave tithe to the church, she traveled to church every Sunday, and she volunteered to teach children every Sunday.”
“And then I came back to Cambodia. In year 2007, a Bible School invited me to teach. So I felt that God was calling me to His service again, and he gave a room to stay, free food to eat, and he supported me 150 US$ every month. My wife teach at his primary school, he supported 60 US$ every month too. So we felt that it should be OK. Serving the LORD is not for money, but it is a clean heart. 
Therefore we taught at this school until 2017, but in 2008, this missionary stopped supported my wife and her teaching, and asked us to pay for our food 60 US$ every month too. Now one door was seem closed, but God would open other BIG door. Later on, Moriah B-P Church decide to support us and church’s ministry with 350US$ every month, what is mysterious plan of our God. Since 2009, I started a church inside of Bible school’s campus and I offer free Biblical teaching to Biblical students at this local Bible School. Give all praise to God alone.”
I met my wife Esther at a Bible School, where she was a Bible student also. Esther was born in an non-Christian family, but God opened her heart to believe Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and LORD. I met her in 2000 in Bible School, and I married her Dec. 23, 2003. Our son, Hor Joseph, was born Sept. 23, 2009. I thank you SO MUCH that you give me time to share my testimony.”
month, his landlord increase to 3000 US$. and landlord does not want renew the contract, landlord wanted to rent to Chinese business man. Therefore, my friend’s church move to other place, and the rental free is 1800 US$ every month with two sleeping and one small living room that sit about 5 people.
And second church, he used to 900 US$ every month over 4 years. Now the landlord increased into 5000 every month, and landlord rented this house to Chinese people. So my friend church divided to start his ministry at other province of Cambodia that is 150 Km away from Sihanouk city.
We are requesting prayers for Mrs. Pov Dany, the wife of Elder. Lang Moa, as she has lady’s sickness. Doctors suggested that she do surgery, which cost about $7000 in the hospital of Thailand.
We appreciate the efforts of Missionary Jonny Mueller the Germany and his wife who volunteers in teaching our KBPC children at 9:30 am every Sunday. We work together for His glory, we want to build a great Cambodia in Jesus Christ.
Today, Pastor Hor Ponlok informs and requests us to pray for Sister Sung-Hang, one of our members. She is at the hospital and in need of a serious surgery, and needs our prayers. Pastor gives a brief background of her life below. Sung-Hang she joined Kompongsom B-P Church (KBPC) when she was a small child, and has grown from a small child to be a Sunday School teacher. She has a blood sickness since she was born, she grow up and live by faith.
Christian pastors are slowly being honored in society and they may use their position and common interactions with the public, by showing compassion for people living with HIV/AIDS. Some pastors/leaders have initiated HIV/AIDS education programs within their membership. The study suggests that pastors/leaders could improve their role in helping their members to fight against HIV/AIDS with an education program.
the Good News to people. There is a really amazing story of Khon Bopha (the Run’s mother). A good story would tell what her life was like before, how she came to be all alone with children and how she got disease and her husband abandon her and the children in family.
Through the grace of God, we believe, she gets saved. God saves her and her children in His right time, now she is not alone (Rom. 10:17) “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”. I believe that we are all a part of God’s great family. And there comes a time when we heed a certain call as she and her children did,. God arranged for me to meet her, she got led to the Lord. By seeing what we did for her and her children, by showing compassion and Christian love, Providing her care and medicine and food, the Gospel spread widely to villagers, praise the LORD!
And now she is an active member in the church and helps others get saved, she moves other people, inspires her villagers and amazes others with the work of the Lord in her village. Praise the LORD! Now there is a lot of joy over flowing from the face of Pastor Hor Ponlok, God has given the first fruits.
I would like to share with you about a little girl named Som Rithy. Here is her testimony: Som Rithy is 12 years old. She is in grade 7 of Secondary school. When she was 4, her parents were divorced. When she was 5, her mother married another man. She was 7 when her mother passed way from cancer.
school after grade 7. Som is a smart girl. She gave her testimony at KBPC today.
