There are currently 3 house churches in this ministry: Crossroads, Pillars, and Cana.
Crossroads is the original one (probably 10+ years?) and is where David Ooi and his family stay at. It is the central hub of activity (visitors + mission teams come here, the joint leadership meetings are here, etc...). Every once in a while, when all 3 churches come together for an event, it will typically be at Crossroads. Approximately 20 guys live at Crossroads (in one huge room with 2 rows of bunk beds); the girls that are a part of Crossroads live in a separate building (Kirirom and another one I can't remember).
Pillars is a house church planted 2-3 years ago and is pastored by a former Crossroads student, Rathana (he started leading the house church while he was still in college!). It has approximately 12 students who all live in the same building (guys and girls on different floors) and is much smaller than the Crossroads building. I previously mentioned the planning/visioning for upcoming house church planting. In fact, 5 (!!) new houses will be planted around Pillars. Each of these houses are about the size of Pillars and will be started with about 3-4 students each from Crossroads (with 2-3 as the leaders). These 5 houses will initially all go to Pillars for worship, but as they grow, the hope is that they will become their own independent house churches. I'll talk about the house church planting plans in a later post (sounds crazy, huh??)
Cana is a house church planted just 1 year ago and is pastored by a former Crossroads student, Rithy. When I last visited, Rithy was dating Dalis (and told me the hilarious story of winning her and her relatives :P). Well... they're now married!! Cana's original vision was to reach out primarily to girls. It has 19 students, all of which are girls (poor Rithy...). Recently, they have begun to reach out to women who were victims of sex trafficking. It is a recent thing that the girls at Cana want to serve in. They are starting a Cana guys group too (currently 2 students living at Crossroads) and Rithy is hoping it will grow larger in time.
Exciting stuff! :)
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