About SIAC Ministry

The composition of the Methodist Church in Malaysia largely reflects the racial composition of Malaysia. There are 389 churches and 590 preaching points with 446 pastors and ministerial staff. The total membership of the Methodist Church is about 160,000, consisting of 100,000 confirmed members and about 59,000 preparatory members.

SIAC congregation comprises Iban-speaking congregations in Sarawak and Johor Bahru. It serves 46 churches in Malaysia with over 27,000 congregation members.

The Methodist Church in Malaysia has a general conference. General Conference comprises the following Annual Conferences.

Rev Steward Damat was elected President of SIAC in 2008. He is an ordained minister with the Sarawak Iban Annual Conference since 1986. He has served in various boards of the Conference and as Conference Secretary from 2005 - 2008.

He was a theological educator at the Methodist Theological School in Sibu, Sarawak for 18 years. Prior to his full – time teaching in MTS, Rev Damat served as a pastor in Kapit, Sarikei and Sibu Districts. He graduated with a Bachelor of Theology degree (1986) from Seminari Theoloji Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur and a Master of Ministry and Master of Theology degree in Pastoral Theology (1999) from Trinity Theological College, Singapore.

He is married to Lau Lee Lam and they have one son, Abraham and three teenage daughters Adele, Angela and Amenjah.
 

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