On the 26th of October 1957, Pastor Christian Rimbo was
born in Pontianak, Kalimantan West. His given name at
birth was Lim Siaw Teng. As a young child, the Holy Spirit
planted powerful seeds of truth into his spirit and ever
since his teenage years he has had a burning desire and
intention to serve God.
As
he continued to grow, this attitude and intention continued
to deepen and the Lord led him in the direction of business
and sales and he became a very blessed and successful
businessman.
Christian
Rimbo was faithfulness to the mission and vision that
God had given him since his youth and following his
salvation his inner yearning to serve Him increased
more and more each day. At this point, he came to the
realization and understanding that his life and his
time did not belong to him, but that his life belonged
completely to God - his old way of life having died
(2 Corinthians 5:9,10,14,15,17).
In
the time between his salvation till his clear-cut call
into full-time ministry in 1992, he never neglected
to share the gospel to win the souls of the lost and
from 1975 until 1992, God used him powerfully to enlighten
peoples understanding of the Way and to serve Him in
His work faithfully at all times.
In
business, Christian owned and ran many different businesses
in several industries including clothing and groceries.
These businesses supplied produce to retail shops and
department stores and over time the influence of some
of his businesses spread beyond the local area into
the national and international arenas. During these
years, his major ambition was to grow his businesses
and he became an extremely successful entrepreneur with
four large companies and several partnerships with friends
and family. The large-scale organizations dealt in clothes,
cosmetics, cold storage, sound-systems, flower sales,
stationery, retail shop fittings, bread and general
groceries.
Each
of these business ventures were valuable experience
for Christian Rimbo and enabled his standard of living
to increase rapidly. He gained much needed knowledge
in dealing with people, influencing people for the glory
of God and also how the blessing of God comes into a
faithful servant's life. All of these things have stood
him in good stead since his decision to serve God as
a full-time minister of the gospel.
When
God inquired of Christian Rimbo, "When will thou
serve Me with all thy time?", his answer to God
was, "God, now ... now," an answer accompanied
with tears of joy streaming down his face. An overwhelming
realization that God had called Him into the ministry
came upon him and he immediately made the decision to
follow and obey his Father. After experiencing this
powerful call, he started to submit his businesses to
his wife, as the Lord directed him. In the meantime
there were many indisputable confirmations given by
God concerning His plans for his life and henceforth
he began service for the Lord in the ministry.
After
several years, Christian Rimbo and wife became proud
parents to a daughter whom they named Grace (Ie Hui)
and ten years later their second daughter, Elizabeth
(Fang-Fang), arrived, born in 1993. Their son Joshua
was born in 1995.
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