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Evangelical Mission & Seminary International, Inc.

1. Brief Introduction
   

   Evangelical Mission and Seminary International (E.M.S.I.) was established by the founder, Rev. Moses Yang, in 1968 after "Fellowship of Life" was started. Later it progressively developed into a global evangelical organization. At the present, we have established Gospel ministries in four continents - Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa. The Christian Evangelical Mission was established in West Orange, New Jersey in 1975. And the Evangelical Mission and Seminary International was established in Towaco, New Jersey in 1982. In these forty years (1968-2008), the ministry had expanded to seminaries, churches, mission, literature, and broadcasting, etc. We have a biblically sound Statement of Faith, a clear administrative organization and a strong three-fold Gospel ministry. Through the multi-faceted ministry, the Gospel could spread far and wide.

   The Mission headquarters is located at 36 Alpine Road, Towaco, New Jersey, U.S.A. The Board of Directors are: John Chuang (Chairman), Moses Yang (Executive Director), Rose Yang (Treasurer), Zion Wu (Secretary), Joseph Chuang, Siti Aminah, Luciana Lu, William Chuang, Saw Sim Kie, David Lee, Ruth Chandra, Patrick Chang, Micky Yu, Jane Chang, Thomas Cu, Meelen Lim, Jih-Han Hsieh, and Vicky Yang.

2. Inner Ministry
   

   Thank the Lord for his leading and preservation, all the EMSI co-workers come from different parts of the world and yet we learn from one another and serve our Lord together. We have four major departments of operation in the ministry and below is an introduction to each department:

   1. Administration
      
      1. Executive Director
         
         Oversees all the ministry of EMSI, theological education in the U.S. and overseas, churches pastorate, and overseas missions. Aside from leading the expansion of the ministry in America, Europe, Asia and South Africa, he leads EMSI in preserving biblically sound doctrine and in coordinating with all of the pastors and co-workers in fulfilling the sacred commission before the 2nd coming of the Lord.
      2. Secretary
         
         The responsibilities of the secretary are to coordinate all the different departments within the organization, to arrange the Board meetings, to keep a record of the minutes in those meeting, to take care of the belongings of the different departments, to record the vacation leave of the co-workers, and to handle the correspondence and documents of the different departments. Anything to do with personnel, administration, and belongings are the responsibilities of the secretary.
      3. Treasurer
         
         The responsibilities of the treasurer are to prepare monthly financial statements, donations and expense reports, to distribute salaries, and to comply with the requirements of the federal and state governments.
      4. General Services
         
         The responsibilities of general services include the maintenance of the campus and its supplies, event decorations, and maintenance of office equipment and inventory supplies.
   2. Publication
      
      1. Literary
         
         1. Periodical
            
            EMSI officially launched the Chinese Spring of Life monthly newsletter and English bi-monthly Spring of Life in April, 1990. We started with one computer, and have expanded to more than ten now. Not only has the system improved, but it is also more effective. In the beginning, it was four pages, but it has increased to twelve pages, and from a one-man team to more people who are involved in the editorial, arts and design, and computerized typesetting. The contents are sermon messages, biblical research, topical reports, testimonies, and church reports.
         2. Books
            
            We have been publishing books since 1993. They are categorized into: Bible Studies, Holiday Sermons, Character Bible Studies, Devotionals, Translations and others. Those that were already published are: The Mother of Faith- Ruth, Father of Faith- Abraham, Rebellious Prophet- Jonah, The Theological Perspective, Scientific Perspective and Controversial Perspective of Genesis 1-11, Deeper Life Sermons (Volume 1-6), Holiday Sermon, Faith versus Science Series (Volume 1-2), Character Sermons, Sermons on Service.
            We have translated the following books:
            Christian Evidences, Creation and Eschatology, The 666 International Code, Prophecy Pocket Series (Volume 1-12), The End of Christian Psychology, Psychology Gone Astray, Seven Dead Men Who Rule the World From the Grave, Defender’s Bible, The Theological Heresies of Wescott and Hort, and Which Bible is God’s Word?.
      2. Audio
         
         1. Bible Study Series
            
            In 1996, EMSI started its recording studio and produced the following audio tapes and discs. They are Genesis, Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, II Kings, I and II Corinthians, Romans, Revelation, Exodus, Ephesians, I and II Thessalonians; Acts, Daniel, Deuteronomy, Signs of the Times, and Sunday sermons by Rev. Moses Yang. There are more than 20 sets and these are mainly sermons, Bible studies, and Bible expositions led by Rev. Yang.
         2. Gospel Hymns: YAHWEH Thou Art My God cassette tape and CD, My Tribute cassette tape and CD (EBI Choir), Morning Prayer cassette tape and CD, Worship Our Lord cassette tape and CD, Day by Day with Each Passing Moment CD, and Songs of Life CD (Volume 1-2)
   3. Broadcasting
      

      The Gospel Broadcasting Ministry started in August of 1996. The recording room was set up after the officiating ceremony led by Rev. Moses Yang, Dr. Ben Armstrong and Mr. Henry Wu. The recording equipment was donated by Mr. Henry Wu (the brother of Rev. Zion Wu), the executive director of Lutheran Hour China Branch. This twenty four tract mixing console simultaneously recorded twenty four sound tracks thus facilitating musical productions. A donor gave us a digital audio system and another donor gave the CD production system. This completed our Gospel broadcasting set-up. Thank the Lord for His bountiful grace and may the Lord continue to help us and give us wisdom to use this tool effectively in crossing time and space for the furtherance of the Gospel.

      We produce the monthly "Bread of Life" Broadcasting cassette tapes. This is a forty-five minute program, consisting of a main topic with correlated songs. This is to help believers in their spiritual growth.

   4. Christian Bookstore
      
      In 1981, an American friend who was in the real estate leased to us, at a very low rental fee, a small storefront for our Christian Evangelical Bookstore. It was located at 1236 Route 46 West. Parsippany, NJ. In 2004, upon the church building completion of the CEMC in Towaco, the Christian Evangelical Bookstore relocated the bookstore to the new church. The bookstore has Chinese and English Christian books, stationary, audio tapes, and gift items.

The co-workers at EMSI have been doing the administrative work cooperatively, not only have our lives been enriched, but also our spiritual lives have been more abundant and blessed. We believe that the blessings we receive are greater in our time.

Aside from the inner ministry at EMSI, we have three external Gospel ministries: Theological education, Pastoral education and Overseas Mission Ministry.

1. THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION OF EMSI
   
   Evangelical Bible Institute
   The Evangelical Bible Institute was established in 1979. Its purposes include:

   1. To train full time ministers. There is a lack of full time ministers around the world, so EBI has a special burden and vision to nurture and train people to the needs of our time.
   2. In this age of confusing Christian beliefs, we insist in the inerrancy of the Bible and exalting God’s power. The contemporary and liberal theological thinking have permeated in many seminaries. Our seminary’s purpose is to go against the trend of the times and become a tower of strength in fighting a good fight in defending the Biblical doctrine.
   3. In this age of unbelief, we need to walk by faith. While many have wavered in their faith and blindly followed the trend of the time, we believe in the trustworthiness of God’s promise and to walk by faith, so that the will of God will be accomplished.
2. PASTORAL MINISTRY OF EMSI
   
   Christian Evangelical Mission International
   Rev. Moses Yang started the personal ministry in 1968. He opened his house and targeted different groups for Bible study groups. It included the College Bible Study group, youth and junior high groups and the Children’s Sunday School. Rev. Yang and this group of students built a strong relationship with one another. When Bible study groups continued to grow, a church was established. The purpose of the church is to spread the Gospel and bring people to the Lord. This not only helped the non-believers to receive the new life in Christ, but also for the Christians to have an abundant life.

   Christian Evangelical Mission was established in West Orange, New Jersey in 1975. The main ministry was establishing churches, pastoring churches, and church planting. Presently, the CEM had been established in four continents- America, Europe, Africa and Asia. There are 13 CECs in America – it’s divided by east coast, west coast and south. There are 23 CECs in Europe and it’s divided by six countries - Holland, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium and Italy. The CEC in Cape Town, South Africa was established in February 1996. There are three churches in Asia, two in Japan and one in Taiwan. Therefore, EMSI has established forty CEC churches around the world in these forty years of history.

3. MISSION WORK OF EMSI
   
   Christian Evangelical Oversea Mission
   "Mission" means to proclaim and teach God's Gospel. EMSI established the Christian Evangelical Oversea Mission in 1995 with the purpose of developing the oversea mission work. These thirteen years, we have our own mission strategy and to follow the Biblical truth in leading people to Christ. We went to different places to spread the Gospel, to train our own sheep and establish CEC churches, so that the Gospel will be preached to the ends of the earth. We saw God’s blessings and the fruits of the mission work.

   Mission has been the vision of EMSI, because we know that God would be pleased when the Gospel is preached to the world. We hold on to the vision from the Lord and move forward in reaching out to the lost souls.

   As we reflect on the past thirteen years, we have learned a lot of lessons in the mission works and we had many good experiences. Our spiritual lives have been greatly motivated. Mission work is the responsibility of every Christian and we have the hope that God will use our the churches of CEC to reach out to those who haven’t heard about the Gospel. May the Christian Evangelical Oversea Mission be a blessing to the world.