who we are
Inner City Ministries
Ltd is an
evangelical, non-denominational Christian mission
that is committed to sharing the good news of Jesus
Christ with the South Asian community here in
Hong Kong
Founded in 1994 with the
support of evangelical churches in
ICM has a team of
full-time missionaries, as well as many volunteers,
representing a wide variety of nationalities and
faith traditions. Between them, our missionaries
speak many of the major South Asian languages and
share the culture of those we are reaching out to.
Together, we provide a
family that is open to anyone – no matter where they
have been or what they have done in their past. We
base our ministry on building loving, long-lasting
relationships as we stand alongside our friends
through the ups and downs of life.
We are a registered
charity under section 88 of the Hong Kong
Inland Revenue Ordiniance. We are governed by a Board of Directors drawn from
local churches, which ensures that we remain
accountable to God and to our supporters in all that
we do. Our accounts are handled independently and
are submitted to auditors for completion each year.
Meet the team
Our staff team comes
from Northern India, Kolkata, Nepal and Korea From Left to Right :
Jenny Jeong, Caroline
Simick,Kaushic Biswas,
Dhan Kumari Rai, Martin Radford, Tryfina Phipon and
Ebson Simick
Martin Radford joined the staff team as Executive Director from January 2011. Martin comes from the UK originally although he has lived in Hong Kong for 26 years working as a teacher and from 2003 as a pastor and worship minister.
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statement of faith
Together we accept the
revelation of the Triune God given in the Bible and
confess the historic faith of the gospel of salvation
therein set forth. We regard the following doctrines as
essential to the understanding and practice of our
faith; they are foundational to the outpouring of God’s
grace, love and mercy in our lives and they are
expressed in active discipleship, mutual love, Christian
service and the proclamation of the Gospel:
The sovereignty and
grace of God the Father, God the Son and God the
Holy Spirit in creation, providence, revelation,
redemption and final judgment.
The divine
inspiration of the Holy Scripture and its
consequent entire trustworthiness and supreme
authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
The universal
sinfulness and guilt of fallen man, making him
subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
The substitutionary
sacrifice of the incarnate Son of God as the
sole and all-sufficient grounds of redemption
from the guilt and power of sin, and from its
eternal
The justification of
sinners solely by the grace of God through faith
in Christ crucified and risen from the dead.
The illuminating,
regenerating, indwelling and sanctifying work of
the Holy Spirit.
The priesthood of
all believers, who form the universal Church,
the body of Christ, which is committed by His
command to the proclamation of the gospel
throughout the world.
The expectation of the personal, visible
return of the Lord Jesus Christ, in power and glory.
our vision
TRANSFORMATION
:
Our vision has always been to bring the life
changing message of salvation through Jesus Christ
to the South Asian Community which has been
marginalized by poverty and high unemployment in
Hong Kong. We aim to encourage, comfort, strengthen
and so, by God's grace,
transform those whom we serve.
Specifically we focus upon upholding the family,
both children, youth and parents. NURTURE : Nurture is a key word in our vision for 2011 and beyond as we bring new focus into teaching and training for mission, developing discipleship courses, uniting with brothers and sisters in local Nepalese Churches and in providing a place for worship and biblical teaching for our target community. We see our centre as a place where the Kingdom of God is grown in the hearts of all to whom we minister so that they in turn may share God's love and salvation in the wider community.
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what we do
We work alongside people in
the South Asian ethnic minority community to show God’s
love in practical ways and share the gospel at every
opportunity. Whilst some of those we deal with lead
stable and happy lives there are within our target
community dysfunctional families and individuals
struggling with unemployment, domestic violence, drug
and alcohol addiction, homelessness even prostitution.
Our programmes are designed to build confidence
encourage individuals, strengthen the family and provide
new and lasting change in lives. These
programmes are an important way of expressing our love
for people and Jesus’ love for us all. However, we
see people’s spiritual needs as paramount and our
overarching aim is always to share the gospel and see
lives changed by the power of the risen Lord Jesus. In
doing this we nurture those who come to use having given
their lives to Jesus so that they too may go out and in
turn minister to the community around them.
- Family ministry
- Kid's Club on Saturday
- Youth Worship and Sunday Ministry
- Education, Tutoring and after school club
- Vocational Training Programme
- Mission both in Hong Kong and beyond
a Brief time line of icm
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1994
Inner City Ministries begins
From a flat leased by St. Andrew's Church the ICM team begins to minister and proclaim the gospel in Chung King Mansions in TST -
1998
Inner City Ministries Ltd
Inner City Ministries Ltd is incorporated as a Limited Company in Hong Kong and granted charitable status. The first Chairman of the board is Simon Howells from St. Andrew's. -
2007
ICM moves to Yau Ma Tei
After much through and prayer ICM moves its operations down to a centre in Canton Road to be amongst its target community. The Vocational training ministry in cooking begins -
2009
Move to a Bigger Centre
The move to the large centre in Nanking Street allows ministries to develop especially Youth Ministry, outreach and family ministry. -
2010
A new and different home
After huge rent increase ICM finds a new and very well furnished centre in Ferry Street. New centre brings new vision for the future.