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Audio: God’s Good News Changes Us

Published on Monday, November 10, 2014 | 1:40 pm
 
Pastor Jeff Liou. Photo courtesy Lake Avenue Church Pasadena

This sermon was delivered by Jeff Liou, Pastor of College & Young Adult Ministries, Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena on Sunday, November 9, 2014. Jeff spent his first ten years in Cleveland, Oklahoma, a small town where there was no lack for hearing the good news of Jesus Christ. He gave his life to Christ one night during Vacation Bible School a local church just down the street from his home. The Sunday School lessons and children’s sermons Jeff received from various churches in Cleveland sustained his faith, until he moved to Tulsa and became a part of the Tulsa Chinese Christian Church. The small group of Chinese American youth was lead by a youth pastor who encouraged Jeff to “count the cost” of life with Christ.

Jeff’s college years confronted him with the cost of discipleship. Following Jesus at the University of Michigan required him to abandon the easy answers, get clear on Christian worldview, and take some costly, unpopular stands for the Gospel. While not all of the university community is favorable to Christ, Jeff developed friendships and ministry partnerships with university administrators and faculty. For four years, Jeff worked alongside his friends in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to live a credible witness on the university campus.

After graduation in 2001, Jeff joined the staff of InterVarsity as the first Asian American staff of the Chinese Christian Fellowship. Together, Jeff, his wife, Lisa and his students explored and developed the gifts that Asian Americans bring to the Church. Their cross-cultural marriage and work with students across the Great Lakes region have made multiethnicity and racial reconciliation important parts of their ministry. Under the training and supervision of gifted and godly mentors, Jeff’s work with students and staff bore joyful, gospel fruit. Few things excite him more than seeing students’ lives transformed by the gospel.

In 2002, Jeff married Lisa. Lisa has been on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for seven years. In 2006, they welcomed their daughter, and in 2009, their son. Jeff and Lisa are also pursuing doctoral and master’s degrees, respectively, in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Lake Avenue Church, 393 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, (626) or visit www.lakeave.org.

 

 

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