Persekutuan Kristian Malaysia: Bila, Mengapa Dan Bagaimana Kristian Menggunakan Kata ‘Allah’

Graphic by The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/for-confused-and-ignorant-christians-an-allah-fact-sheet)

Pengenalan dan Latarbelakang

Tujuan dokumen ini adalah untuk menjelaskan secara ringkas kepada orang-orang Kristian yang tidak faham bila, kenapa dan bagaimana Gereja-gereja di Malaysia menggunakan kata “Allah”. Ia juga untuk orang Kristian yang keliru tentang bagaimana harus bertindak apabila berhadapan dengan orang bukan Islam yang jahil tentang penggunaan kata “Allah” dalam agama Kristian.

Terdapat banyak (tidak tepat) kenyataan bukan Kristian yang mendakwa bahawa kita tidak boleh menggunakan kata “Allah” kerana ia adalah istilah eksklusif untuk agama Islam yang merujuk kepada Tuhan Islam dan hanya boleh digunakan oleh orang Islam. Ia merupakan masalah pelik di Malaysia kerana di negara-negara Islam yang lain, di negara Arab penganut Kristian berbahasa Arab menggunakan kata “Allah”.

Umat Kristian sendiri kadang-kadang jahil kecuali jika kita berdoa dalam Bahasa Malaysia, kita berdoa kepada “Allah” dalam bahasa kita sendiri. Sebagai contoh, dalam Bahasa Inggeris, kita tidak menggunakan kata “Allah”.

Walau bagaimanapun, lebih 60 peratus daripada Kristian di Malaysia hanya bercakap dalam Bahasa Malaysia, dan perkataan yang digunakan untuk Tuhan di dalam kitab Bahasa Malaysia (Al-Kitab) sejak terjemahan pada tahun 1731, adalah “Allah”. Kata ini digunakan oleh Bumiputera Kristian yang menggunakan Bahasa Malaysia sebagai bahasa pengantara mereka terutama di Sabah, Sarawak, Semenanjung Malaysia, dan masyarakat Baba di Melaka

Sejarah Makna dan Penggunaan 

  1. Kata “Allah” adalah istilah yang digunakan bagi Tuhan yang tertinggi di antara tuhan-tuhan, sebelum wahyu Islam. The Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam, ed. H.A.R. Gibb & J. H. Kramer dan The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, ed. John L. Esposito, menyokong dan mengesahkan pernyataan ini.
  2. Dari segi sejarah, penganut Kristian berbahasa Melayu di Asia Tenggara telah menggunakan “Allah” untuk merujuk kepada Tuhan. Buktinya adalah seperti berikut:
    • Wujudnya Kitab salat as sawai atau Katekismus Kristian di dalam Bahasa Melayu telah ditulis pada tahun 1514 dan diterbitkan sekitar 1545,
    • Telah ada versi cetakan Injil Matius di dalam Bahasa Melayu oleh A.C. Ruyl pada tahun 1629, 2
    • Kamus Melayu-Latin telah dicetak di Roma pada tahun 1631 (Dictionarium The Malaicum-Latinum dan Latinum — Malaicum)
    • Terjemahan Kitab Kejadian oleh D. Brouwerius (1662),
    • Terjemahan M. Leijdecker (1733),
    • Terjemahan H.C. Klinkert (1879),
    • Terjemahan W.A. Bode (1938), dan
    • Pada tahun 1731-1733, telah wujud Al-Kitab Bahasa Melayu lengkap mengandungi kata “Allah” iaitu terjemahan untuk “God”.
  3. Oleh itu, sejak awal lagi, kata “Allah” telah digunakan dalam liturgi, doa-doa dan ibadat orang-orang Kristian yang bertutur dalam Bahasa Malaysia. Tetapi selama berabad-abad itu, tidak ada bantahan atau kegemparan mengenai penggunaan kata “Allah”.

Bahasa 

Bantahan terhadap penggunaan kata “Allah” kebanyakannya berpunca dari wacana politik, atau di kalangan mereka yang membantah dengan tuduhan bahawa penterjemahan dan penggunaan kata “Allah” baru sahaja berlaku. Ini tidak benar kerana sebab-sebab berikut:

  1. Dalam bahasa-bahasa Semitik, kata “Allah” telah digunakan secara meluas di Timur Tengah sejak abad ke-5 SM, sehingga masa perkembangan Islam dan penyebaran Bahasa Arab pada abad ke-7 M.
  2. Penterjemahan Al-Kitab bukan menterjemah dari Bahasa Inggeris tetapi berdasarkan teks-teks dari Al-Kitab Ibrani dan teks Yunani. Dalam Bahasa Ibrani, kata “Allah” mempunyai bentuk akar yang sama seperti Bahasa Arab. Jadi, apabila kata “Allah” pertama kali diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Malaysia, para penterjemah sebenarnya mengikut penggunaan Bahasa Arab Kristian dan mengekalkan perkataan “Allah”.
  3. Seperti yang dinyatakan sebelum ini, kata “Allah” digunakan sebelum kedatangan Islam. Ia bukan ciptaan umat Islam dan kewujudannya tidak bermula di dalam Al-Quran.

Haruskah Kristian Menggantikan kata “Allah” dengan “Tuhan”? 

Ini tidak mungkin atas sebab-sebab berikut:

  1. Dalam Bahasa Melayu, “Allah” bermakna “Tuhan” dan “Tuhan” bermaksud “Lord”. Ini jelas apabila kita membaca Al-Kitab, “Allah” dan “Tuhan” digunakan di dalam Al-Kitab, dan kedua-duanya mempunyai konotasi yang berbeza. Oleh itu “Allah” tidak boleh digantikan dengan “Tuhan”.
  2. Kata Tuhan telah digunakan untuk Yesus Kristus iaitu Tuhan Yesus. Sekiranya Kristian menggantikan kata “Allah” untuk Tuhan, ia menimbulkan banyak kekeliruan dan tidak keruan yang merujuk kepada Tuhan dan Yesus kerana:
    • Makna “Allah” dan Tuhan adalah berbeza. Ini sangat jelas melalui satu contoh sahaja. Di dalam Yesaya, Bab 41 dan Ayat 13; 43:3 dan 51:51. “For I am the LORD, your GOD…” diterjemahkan sebagai “Akulah Tuhan, Allah kamu…”(ALKITAB: Berita Baik. 2001. Edisi Kedua. Terbitan The Bible Society of Malaysia).
    • Ia akan mewujudkan situasi tidak masuk akal jika orang Kristian perlu menterjemahkan frasa alkitabiah “Lord God” sebagai Tuhan Tuhan. Pengulangan kata Tuhan Tuhan menunjukkan jamak di dalam Bahasa Malaysia, ia seolah-olah memperlihatkan bahawa agama Kristian percaya akan banyak tuhan, ini adalah sesuatu yang tidak boleh diterima.
    • Umat Kristian berbahasa Malaysia tidak akan dapat mengesahkan ketuhanan Yesus Kristus dan mengajar doktrin Tritunggal kerana dua perkataan ini adalah kata-kata asas dan penting untuk mengekalkan serta menyampaikan kebenaran ini.

Kesan-kesan Larangan Kata “Allah”

  1. Dinafikan untuk menggunakan kata “Allah” adalah melanggar hak perlembagaan kebebasan beragama rakyat Malaysia di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Perkara 11 Perlembagaan Persekutuan melindungi hak setiap rakyat Malaysia untuk menganut agama dan amalan pilihan masing-masing. Perkara 11 (3) jelas memperuntukkan bahawa setiap kumpulan agama mempunyai hak untuk mengurus hal ehwal agama mereka sendiri.
  2. Pada tahun 2011, Mahkamah Tinggi memberikan penghakiman yang membenarkan Gereja Katolik menggunakan perkataan “Allah”. Kerajaan (semua rakyat Malaysia, termasuk Kristian) membawanya ke Mahkamah Rayuan dan ia masih belum selesai.
  3. Selain itu, terdapat juga pelanggaran hak menggunakan kata-kata penting dalam Al-Kitab Bahasa Malaysia. Lihat arahan 5 Disember 1986 daripada Kementerian Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri menyatakan bahawa, sebagai tambahan kepada “Allah”, kata-kata Al-Kitab, Firman, Rasul, Iman, Ibadah, Injil, Wahyu, Nabi, Syukur, Solat dan doa adalah tidak boleh digunakan dalam Al-Kitab. Di samping itu, membuat larangan melalui fatwa hanyalah relevan dengan umat Islam sahaja dan tidak terpakai kepada bukan Islam.
  4. Melarang penggunaan kata “Allah” dan istilah-istilah lain adalah tidak adil. Kristian Bumiputera perlu diberi penghormatan dan kebebasan untuk memanggil Tuhan dalam satu-satunya bahasa yang mereka. Ini adalah penting bagi identiti agama dan budaya mereka.
  5. Jika gereja-gereja di Malaysia bersetuju untuk berhenti menggunakan kata “Allah”, bermakna hak untuk mengedit Kitab Suci agama utama dunia telah diberikan kepada sebuah kerajaan sekular. Ini akan menjadi satu perkara memalukan dan kejadian yang belum pernah berlaku pada mana-mana agama dan kerajaan.

Kesimpulan 

Sesetengah umat Islam mendakwa berulang kali bahawa orang Kristian di Malaysia enggan berhenti menggunakan kata “Allah” kerana mahu mengelirukan umat Islam dan memurtadkan penganut Islam, sekali gus menimbulkan ancaman kepada keselamatan negara. Tuntutan itu adalah tidak berasas kerana tiada bukti penggunaan kata ini membawa ancaman keselamatan negara. Tuduhan ini kekal sebagai tidak berasas.

Sebaliknya, keadaan sebegitu dibuat kerana jahil dengan hakikat bahawa apabila orang Kristian menggunakan Al-Kitab, ia adalah khusus untuk umat Kristian berbahasa Malaysia. Gereja-gereja di Malaysia tidak pernah mencadangkan untuk mengubah kata “Allah” dan “Lord” kepada “Allah” dan “Tuhan”, begitu juga bahasa-bahasa lain dalam Al-Kitab

16 Mei 2013
DISEDIAKAN OLEH PERSEKUTUAN KRISTIAN MALAYSIA
(The Christian Federation of Malaysia)

Christian Federation of Malaysia: When, Why And How Christians Use The Word ‘Allah’

Graphic by The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/for-confused-and-ignorant-christians-an-allah-fact-sheet)

Introduction and Background

The objective of this document is to explain briefly to those Christians who do not understand when, why and how Churches in Malaysia use the word ‘Allah. It is also for Christians who are confused about how to respond, when confronted by the ignorance of non-Muslims about the Christian use of the word ‘Allah’.

There are many (misleading) statements by non-Christians who claim that we should not use the word, because it is an exclusive Muslim term for the God of Islam and can be used only by Muslims. This is a situation peculiar to Malaysia, as elsewhere in the Muslim world, Arabic-speaking Christians use the word ‘Allah’.

Christians themselves are sometimes ignorant, because unless we pray in Bahasa Malaysia, we pray to ‘God’ in our own language. In English services, for example, nowhere do we use the word ‘Allah’.

However, more than 60% of Malaysian Christians only speak Bahasa Malaysia, and the word used for God in the Bahasa Malaysia Bible (Al-Kitab) since its translation in 1731, is ‘Allah’. The word is used by Bumiputera Christians who only have Bahasa Malaysia as their common language in Sabah, Sarawak and peninsular Malaysia, and by the Baba community in Malacca.

Historical Usage and Meaning

  1. The word ‘Allah’ was a term used for the supreme God in a pantheon of gods, before the revelation of Islam. The Shorter Encyclopedia of Islam ed., H. A. R. Gibb & J. H. Kramer and The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, ed. John L. Esposito, both affirm and support this contention.
  2. Historically, Malay-speaking Christians in South-East Asia have used ‘Allah’ to refer to God. The proof is as follows:
    • The Kitab salat as-sawai or Christian catechisms in Malay written in 1514 and published around 1545,
    • The printed version of the Gospel of Matthew in Malay by A.C. Ruyl in 1629,
    • Malay-Latin Dictionary was printed in Rome in 1631 (The Dictionarium Malaicum-Latinum and Latinum – Malaicum)
    • The translation of Genesis by D. Brouwerius (1662),
    • M. Leijdecker’s translation (1733),
    • H.C. Klinkert’s translation (1879),
    • W.A. Bode’s translation (1938), and
    • The complete Malay Bible of 1731-1733 containing the word ‘Allah’ for God.
  3. Therefore, from the very beginning, the word ‘Allah’ has been used in the liturgy, prayers and worship of those Christians who speak Bahasa Malaysia. But for centuries, there has been no opposition or uproar about their use of ‘Allah’.

Language

Objections to the use of the word ‘Allah’ comes mostly from political discourse, or those who argue that the translation and usage of the word is a recent decision. This is not true for the following reasons:

  1. In Semitic languages, the word ‘Allah’ has been widely used in the Middle East dating back to the 5th century BC and up to the time of the expansion of Islam and the spread of the Arabic language in the 7th century AD.
  2. The translation of the Al-Kitab is not from the English translation but based on the Hebrew and Greek text of the Bible. In the Hebrew language, the word ‘God’ has the same root form as the Arabic language. So, when the word ‘God’ was first translated into Bahasa Malaysia, the translators merely followed the Arabic Christian usage and retained the word ‘Allah’.
  3. As stated earlier, the word ‘Allah’ pre-dates Islam. It is not a creation of the Muslims and its existence does not begin in the Al-Quran.

Should Christians Substitute the word ‘Allah’ with ‘Tuhan’?

This is not possible for the following reasons :

  1. In the Malay language, ‘Allah’ means ‘God’ and Tuhan means ‘Lord’. As is obvious when we read the Bible, both God and Lord are used in the Bible, and both have different connotations. Therefore ‘Allah’ cannot be substituted by ‘Tuhan’.
  2. The word Tuhan has been applied to Jesus Christ and read as Tuhan Yesus. If Christians are to substitute the word ‘Allah’ for Tuhan, it will render many Biblical references to God and Jesus incoherent because:
    • The meaning of ‘Allah’ and Tuhan are different.
    • This is obvious in just one example. In Isaiah chapter 41 and verse 13; also 43:3 and 51:15. “For I am the LORD, your GOD…” is translated as “Akulah TUHAN, ALLAH kamu…”. (ALKITAB: Berita Baik. 2001. 2nd edition. Published by the Bible Society of Malaysia).
    • It creates an absurd situation if Christians have to translate the biblical phrase ‘Lord God’ as Tuhan Tuhan. The repeated words Tuhan Tuhan indicates plural in Bahasa Malaysia, and creates the impression that Christians believe in many Gods, which is unacceptable.
    • Bahasa Malaysia-speaking Christians will not be able to affirm the deity of Jesus Christ and teach the doctrine of the Trinity as these two foundational words are essential to maintain and communicate these truths.

Consequences of Banning the Word “Allah”

  1. Being denied the use of the word ‘Allah’ disregards the constitutional right of Malaysian citizens to freedom of religion under the Federal Constitution. Article 11 of the Federal Constitution safeguards the right of each Malaysian to profess and practice one’s religion of choice. Article 11(3) expressly provides that every religious group has the right to manage their own religious affairs.
  2. In 2011, the High Court handed down a judgement allowing the Catholic Church to use the word ‘Allah’. The government (of all Malaysians, including Christians) is appealing the judgement and it is pending.
  3. There have been other infringements on the right to use words imperative in the Bahasa Malaysia Bible. See the directive of 5 Dec 1986 from the Ministry of Home Affairs stating that, in addition to ‘Allah’, the words: Al-Kitab, Firman, Rasul, Iman, Ibadah, Injil, Wahyu, Nabi, Syukur, Solat and doa are not to be used in the Al-Kitab. In addition, making such prohibitions through fatwa render them only relevant to Muslims as the Shari’a does not apply to non-Muslims.
  4. Prohibiting the use of the word ‘Allah’ and these other terms is unjust. Bumiputera Christians should be given the respect and freedom to call God in the only language they have in common. This is important to their religious and cultural identity.
  5. If Churches in Malaysia agree to stop using the word ‘Allah’, it means that the right to edit the Scripture of a major world religion has been given over to a secular government. This would be a shameful and an unprecedented development for any religion and government.

Conclusion

Some Muslims have claimed repeatedly that Christians in Malaysia refuse to stop using the word ‘Allah’ because they want to confuse and convert Muslims, thereby posing a threat to national security. The claim is groundless as there has been no evidence offered of any threat to security. These remain unfounded accusations.

On the contrary, such an assertion is made in ignorance of the fact that when Christians use the Al-Kitab, it is simply for Bahasa Malaysia-speaking Christians. Malaysian Churches have never suggested changing the words ‘God’ and ‘Lord’ to ‘Allah’ and ‘Tuhan’ respectively, in the other languages of the Bible.

16 May 2013
PREPARED BY THE CHRISTIAN FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA
(Persekutuan Kristian Malaysia)

BLC-Rumah Hope: Christmas In The Park (2005)

We’re continuing our stroll down memory lane on our 13th anniversary. This video came by way of David Berry (who’s family blessed the church with the boat candleholder we posted about here)

BLC has a great relationship with the Rumah Hope kids. One Christmas, we decided to celebrate the season together with a big outing to the Bukit Kiara park in TTDI.

It was a fun day for all of us!

Join our BLC Carollers this weekend at MPH Bookstores!

BLC’s Carollers have once again been invited to share our Christmas hope and joy through carolling at:

Please join us at these venues and show us your enthusiastic support! We definitely appreciate it and look forward to seeing some friendly, familiar faces this weekend!

Reminder: Join us to bring Christmas cheer to Rumah Hope kids this Saturday!

Tomorrow, Saturday, 8 December 2012, as part of our Advent and Christmas celebration and thanks to your generosity and graciousness, Bangsar Lutheran Church will provide school uniforms and school shoes to each of the 50 children of Rumah Hope.

The enthusiastic response to the Tree of Hope project has been wonderfully encouraging and we’re all set with our gifts, Christmas cards and activities for the Rumah Hope kids. Now, all we need is YOU!

Please join us tomorrow at 3pm to spend some time with the kids. We are planning to have some games, light refreshments and a time of giving out presents.

If you know your way to Rumah Hope, please feel free to make your way there on your own.For those who need transportation to Rumah Hope, we will meet at The Father’s House, Bangsar Lutheran Church at 2pm and drive together there.

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2012 celebrations here:

Join us to bring Christmas cheer to Rumah Hope kids!

Next Saturday, 8 December 2012, as part of our Advent and Christmas celebration and thanks to your generosity and graciousness, Bangsar Lutheran Church will provide school uniforms and school shoes to each of the 50 children of Rumah Hope.

The enthusiastic response to the Tree of Hope project has been wonderfully encouraging and we’re all set with our gifts, Christmas cards and activities for the Rumah Hope kids. Now, all we need is YOU!

Please join us next Saturday at 3:30pm to spend some time with the kids. We are planning to have some games, light refreshments and a time of giving out presents to the children of Rumah Hope.

If you know your way to Rumah Hope, please feel free to make your way there on your own. For those who need transportation to Rumah Hope, we will meet at the Luther Center driveway at 3pm and convey there together. Luther Center is easily accessible via LRT – just take the Putra/Kelana Jaya line to Asia Jaya and cross the street from the station. It’s a 5 minute walk from the station.

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2012 celebrations here:

Reminder: 27th Annual Austrian-German-Swiss Charity Bazaar Tomorrow!

A gentle reminder to join us for the annual Austrian-German-Swiss Charity Bazaar will be held at Luther Center, PJ held TOMORROW, Saturday, 1 December 2012, from 4pm to 8pm!

There will be handicraft items made by volunteers as well as homemade cookies, candles, traditional cakes and other Christmas treats! All of which can become special gifts for your family and friends!

Not only that, our very own Wolfgang and Judith will be participating in this and you will also get to hear from our BLC Carollers from 5:45pm-6:00pm!

Tickets are by a minimum donation of RM20 per person (free admission for children under 12) – and all proceeds go to local charities.

For more information, please contact: agskualalumpur[at]gmail[dot]com.

As We Celebrate The Season of Advent…

As we celebrate the season of Advent, it is sometimes quite easy to get overwhelmed by all the activity that surrounds us - from church activities to Christmas present shopping – and distract us from using it as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas.

Here are some great resources to help us celebrate the season of Advent more purposefully and meaningfully.

The first one is Occupy Advent – a resource to reclaim the holy season of waiting and watching for the Lord, encouraging us ”slow down” and “simplify”. Check them out here:

The other one is a perennial favorite at BLC, called Advent Conspiracy. Advent Conspiracy is an international movement centered around bringing a deeper meaning to Christmas. The movement is characterized by its four founding principles: Worship Fully, Spend Less, Give More, Love All. The movement’s message is to avoid getting caught up in the consumerism surrounding the holiday in order to celebrate Christmas more fully.

Finally, as we journey towards Christmas, BLC would like to invite you to join us on the various activities we have lined up this Advent and Christmas season and focus our thoughts collectively on the theme, “Arise, shine, for your light has come“.

May you and your loved ones be especially blessed this Advent and Christmastime.

Advent and Christmas 2012 at Bangsar Lutheran Church, KL

  • Dec 1st (Sat) 4pm – German Charity Bazaar at Luther Centre (Caroling by BLC from 5:45pm – 6pm)
  • Dec 2nd (Sun) 10am – 1st Sun in Advent: Combined Advent service with Luther House Chapel at Luther Centre
  • Dec 8th (Sat) 3pm – Christmas Visit to Rumah Hope
  • Dec 9th (Sun) 7pm – 2nd Sun in Advent: Festival of 9 Carols, evening service (Note: no morning service at 10am)
  • Dec 16th (Sun) 10am – 3rd Sun in Advent: Youth Service
  • Dec 22nd (Sat) 3pm-4pm - Caroling at MPH Subang Parade
  • Dec 23rd (Sun) 10am – 4th Sun in Advent: Church Service
  • Dec 23rd (Sun) 3pm-4pm - Caroling at MPH 1 Utama
  • Dec 25th (Tue)  10am – Christmas Day morning service with lunch
  • Dec 30th (Sun) 10am – Sunday after Christmas morning service
  • Dec 31st (Mon) 11pm – Watchnight Prayer and Holy Communion

Prepping for our Rumah Hope visit!

Since we announced our Tree of Hope initiative, we’re pleased to report that all the children tags have been taken up and we’ve started to receive some lovely messages via the Christmas cards that are being returned.

We’d also like to update you on some of the activities that are happening with Rumah Hope as we gear up towards our visit on 8 December 2012!

First, on 5 November, Sarah brought a team from Oh Jun Hair Salon to provide hair cuts for the children of Rumah Hope. Oh Jun, who is Korean and is based in Ampang, was certainly looking forward to do his part for a good cause and we are very thankful that he was willing to come with his professional team of stylists!

Then, yesterday 26 November, Sarah and Wan Ching went out and started purchasing school uniforms and shoes for all 50 children of Rumah Hope! A huge kudos to the two ladies, as well as Keat Lim and Wan Ching’s kids: Mynn and Jearn for helping out late into the evening as well!


The super-efficient Wan Ching organizing buying different shoe sizes for 50 different Rumah Hope kids!


Loading up the car with the very industrious help of Jearn and Mynn (not pictured)!


A car full of school uniforms and shoes for the 50 Rumah Hope kids!

A huge thank you especially to Sarah and Wan Ching, as well as the rest of the Giving Tree Life Group for organizing this!

 

BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2012

With today’s celebration of Doom/Christ the King Sunday, we begin the liturgical calendar anew and  enter into the season of Advent, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the coming of Jesus. For Christians, the season of Advent anticipates the coming of Christ from two different perspectives: to share in the ancient longing for the coming of the Messiah, and to be alert for his Second Coming.

The theme of readings and teachings during Advent is often to prepare for the Second Coming while commemorating the First Coming of Christ at Christmas. With the view of directing the thoughts of Christians to the first coming of Jesus Christ as Savior and to his second coming as judge, special readings are prescribed for each of the four Sundays in Advent.

As we journey towards Christmas, we would like to invite you to join us on the various activities we have lined up this Advent and Christmas season and focus our thoughts collectively on the theme, “Arise, shine, for your light has come“.

May you and your loved ones be especially blessed this Advent and Christmastime.

Advent and Christmas 2012 at Bangsar Lutheran Church, KL

  • Dec 1st (Sat) 4pm – German Charity Bazaar at Luther Centre (Caroling by BLC from 5:45pm – 6pm)
  • Dec 2nd (Sun) 10am – 1st Sun in Advent: Combined Advent service with Luther House Chapel at Luther Centre
  • Dec 8th (Sat) 3pm – Christmas Visit to Rumah Hope
  • Dec 9th (Sun) 7pm – 2nd Sun in Advent: Festival of 9 Carols, evening service (Note: no morning service at 10am)
  • Dec 16th (Sun) 10am – 3rd Sun in Advent: Youth Service
  • Dec 22nd (Sat) 3pm-4pm - Caroling at MPH Subang Parade
  • Dec 23rd (Sun) 10am – 4th Sun in Advent: Church Service
  • Dec 23rd (Sun) 3pm-4pm - Caroling at MPH 1 Utama
  • Dec 25th (Tue)  10am – Christmas Day morning service with lunch
  • Dec 30th (Sun) 10am – Sunday after Christmas morning service
  • Dec 31st (Mon) 11pm – Watchnight Prayer and Holy Communion