ICCC (INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) ADALAH MIMBAR DIMANA PESAN KRISTUS BAGI KITA DI ZAMAN INI DIJABARKAN, DIBAGIKAN DAN DINYATAKAN TERHADAP DUNIA BISNIS
NATIONAL BOARD National President Umbu Pekuwali Vice Presidents:
Admin/Secretary Tonny Soetjoadi
Finance/Treasurer: Johanis S. Najoan
Membership/Mentoring/ Network Simon Aditan
Teaching Benjamin B. Juwono
Business Development / Micro-Enterprise Efendi Sitorus
Young Professional Maria Ellis Sitorus
Intercessors Eliezer H. Hardjo
From the desk of National President Selaku komponen bangsa sekalipun tidak ikut secara aktif namun kita semua ikut memperingati Hari Sumpah Pemuda pada tanggal 28 Oktober 2017 bulan lalu, dan memasuki bulan Nopember 2017 kita juga akan memperingati Hari Pahlawan yang jatuh pada tanggal 10 Nopember 2017. Keduanya merupakan bagian dari sejarah perjalanan Bangsa Indonesia yang patut kita setiap kali peringati. Firman Tuhan berkata bahwa KasihNya selalu baru setiap pagi dan tidak pernah habis: “Kasih TUHAN kekal abadi, rahmat-Nya tak pernah habis, selalu baru setiap pagi sungguh, TUHAN setia sekali! (Ratapan 3: 22 – 23) Agar kita dapat menerima Kasihnya, kitapun setiap pagi harus diperbaharui dengan FirmanNya sehingga kita selalu siap menerima yang baru dari TUHAN. Kita harus melepaskan keakuan kita, kesombongan kita dan berlutut menerima Kasih dan BerkatNya. Kita juga dibaharui melalui pembaharuan budi kita oleh karya Roh Kudus. TUHAN terus menerus melakukan hal yang baru dalam hidup kita jika kita siap sedia menerimanya termasuk dalam kehidupan bisnis dan pekerjaan kita, oleh karena itu jangan kita menyia-nyiakan kesempatan yang diberikan TUHAN. Kita ingat perkataan Tuhan Yesus bahwa Anggur Baru harus dituang ke kirbat yang baru, sebab kirbat tua akan pecah dan rusak tidak dapat menampung anggur baru (Matius 9: 17, Markus 2: 22, Lukas 5: 37). TUHAN memanggil kita bukan hanya menjadi sekedar orang baik dan saleh, namun TUHAN menginginkan kita untuk menjadi pembaharu yang membawa pembaharuan dalam hidup rumah tangga, masyarakat dan di dunia marketplace. Mereka yang berhasil mengubah sejarah, adalah mereka yang sekalipun hidup dalam ke-tidak-nyamanan, namun yang membuat pembaharuan bagi generasi penerus. Jadilah pembaharu bagi keluarga, masyarakat dan lingkungan dimana Anda berada, mereka menunggu kita. Mitra Tuhan di market place, mewakili seluruh National board, kembali kami menyampaikan terimakasih atas doa, donasi dan partisipasi anda bagi ICCC-Indonesia (International Christian Chambers of Commerce) Umbu Pekuwali National President ICCC Indonesia www.iccc-indonesia.com
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MEMBERSHIP FEE
Bagi anda yang ingin bergabung dan member yang akan memperpanjang kartu keanggotaan anda untuk tahun 2018 agar segera menghubung Simon Aditan – V.P. Membership Domain (HP: +62816974647 atau email: simonaditan@yahoo.com Annual Membership Fee masing-masing untuk tahun 2017 dan 2018 kategori Developing Nation menjadi Rp. 750.000 (tujuh ratus limapuluh ribu rupiah) dimana US$ 50 dikirim ke Kantor Pusat di Swedia sebagai syarat dan kewajiban International Membership
Bertepatan dengan Ulang Tahun ke 85, pada hari Jumat tanggal 27 Oktober 2017 yang lalu, tiga orang National Board ICCC Indonesia berkunjung ke rumah Senior Member: Bunan Djambek dan berbagi sukacita merayakan secara sederhana. Semoga kehadiran kami bertiga: Umbu Pekuwali – National President, Tonny Soetjoadi – Secretary/V.P. Admin dan Eliezer H. Hardjo – Intercessor membawa kebahagiaan tersendiri bagi Bro. Bunan Djambek yang pernah menjadi National Presiden dan Treasurer.
Membership Fee dapat ditransfer ke rekening ICCC Indonesia atau FORUKIN dibawah ini, dan mengirimkan bukti transfernya dengan fax ke alamat yang tercantum pada halaman pertama kiri bawah dari Newsletter ini: Rekening Bank: CIMB NIAGA BANK Cabang Senen - Jakarta No. 200-01-00012-00-0 a/n : Forum Komunikasi Usahawan Kristen Indonesia (FORUKIN).
Dari Ka-Ki: Bunan Djambek, Eliezer H. Hardjo dan Umbu Pekuwali – National President.
Dari Ka-Ki: Bunan Djambek, Eliezer H. Hardjo, Tonny Soetjoadi
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Betapa senangmya Bpk. Bunan Djambek sedang meniup lilin.
Praying for his health, and long life; heavenly joy and happiness.
NATIONAL BOARD
Dari Ki – ka: Maria E. Sitorus, Benjamin B. Juwono, M.Luhut Sitorus, Johanis S, Najoan, Umbu Pekuwali, Tonny Soetjoadi. Tidak nampak dalam gambar: Eliezer H. Hardjo
ASIA AND PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL
ICCC International Board mengadakan Board Meeting di Billaberga, Swedia, 27 Oktober dampai dengan 1 Nopember 2017. Benjamin B. Juwono selaku Regional Director Asia
National Board ICCC Indonesia secara rutin mengadakan monthly meeting untuk merencanakan program-program dan megevaluasi hasil kerja dan perkembangan. National Board Meeting bulan Oktober diadakan pada tanggal 14 Oktober 2017. Page 3
menghadiri
rapat
tersebut.
Rapat tersebut dihadiri juga oleh pendiri ICCC yakni J. Gunnar Olson yang menyampaikan kesaksian perkembangan
dan dunia
sharing kekristenan
berbagai secara
umum
dan
di
dunia
marketplace.
Pada kesempatan itu, International Board mendoakan TWL 2.0 yang baru agar seri TWL (Transformed Working Life) seri yang baru ini membawa dampak yang luas di lingkungan gereja Tuhan dan di kalangan marketplace.
International Board sedang berdoa bagi TWL 2.0 seri baru agar menjadi berkat bagi dunia marketplace.
Benjamin B. Juwono dengan J. Gunnar Olson
Dengan Rebecca, Ketua Young Professional.
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Testimony Wisdom
Inspiration A Christian Success Story:
Stick to God’s Plan!
Can a Christian business leader walk the talk and still end up on top? Yes, says A. Ray Dalton, President of international medical equipment supplier PartsSource in Aurora, Ohio. If you stick to the plan – God’s plan – you can get ahead in the world. That is the story from Dalton, whose faithbased approach to the corporate jungle has taken him from x-ray technician to top spots in the medical equipment industry. He has started and managed seven successful health care companies—three in Ohio—that have gone on to make $120 million or more. Rising from street kid to become an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year, Dalton is also a Weatherhead Award winner who makes a
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humanitarian difference in the world. He has also been able to navigate the minefields of corporate America and still hold fast to principles of Christian life. Dalton spoke this month at Church on the Rise in Westlake, sharing his Christian approach to both living and business ethics at COR’s “Running with the Giants” monthly men’s breakfast series. “The Bible,” said Dalton to an audience of about 100 guests, “Is reserved for those who know Him and accept His gift. “AND – it is available to everyone!” By making use of that availability, you can find answers to questions that challenge you in life. And walking the talk is central to his success. “Everyone knows the Bible verses quoted in Ephesians 2:8 (“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works….”). But, he adds, the message that follows in Ephesians 2:10 (“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works….”) is the rallying cry to walk the talk. Dalton began as a street kid in L.A. pumping gas and simply surviving. He started in life with plenty of “bad” and worked his way into lots of “good” by choosing a Christian path that isn’t always so easy on the surface. Today, PartsSource is a multi-milliondollar company that ranks 179th nationally in the healthcare industry sector. PartsSource offers replacement part support for over 2,500 separate makes, models and modalities of hospital equipment in the market today. His story begins when he walked into an Air Force recruiting station as a young man looking for an answer to poverty and street life. “You are a smart guy,” the recruiter told him. Dalton saw an opportunity. “I had never, ever had anyone say anything encouraging to me. I wasn’t stupid. I just wanted to be educated,” he said. He parlayed his military service into a 52-month education that brought him five certifications in
health care. Curiously, he was also assisted along that path by an older lady who got to know him and stayed on his case about church and developing faith. She would ask him questions like, “Are you done doing it by yourself?” The challenge led Dalton to Biblical insights that put a rough and tumble childhood that included neglect and beatings into perspective. By having his faith encouraged, he was brought to a life-changing realization from the Lord: “I have not done this to you. I have done this for you,” was the message. Dalton began to realize something about tribulation: It toughened him to walk on a narrow path to success. The message: “The Lord plucked you out and prepared you in advance.” The realization gave Dalton the strength he needed to make right decisions in the corporate world. Those decisions meant tough calls: losing a prestigious job for refusing to misrepresent billings, resisting unsavory business practices, and staying true to a Christian code. “I will be bold in Your word!” That is the challenge Dalton took to heart as he refused to roll over to unethical corporate policy-makers. More than once, that commitment put Dalton in tough spots. It cost him jobs, and it also put him in a place to understand his own weaknesses. “Everyone has lusts,” he said. “Money, greed, love, materialism. These are the important things we learn about ourselves – if something makes your vulnerability come into question again, just stay away from it! “My prayer is this,” he said: “Where I go, I will be strong.” The sharpening of his ethical senses brought Dalton to management leadership in several successful medical equipment companies, like National MD, OneSource, TRW and GE. Today, he heads PartsSource in Aurora. It is a medical equipment company with a ministry that recycles and places used medical devices for third world countries. PartsSource fills an incredible world-wide need for viable health equipment rotated out of upgraded American hospital service. The opportunity fits Dalton’s mission of success through service perfectly. It is a business Page 6
leadership mode that looks to serve the community and world through Christian principles. ‘God will reject me if I am just moving with a situation and waiting for something to happen to me. We are part of an army of men built to serve when service is required,” said Dalton. Dalton says his approach to life’s challenges is valid for anyone. Just look at it from a Biblical perspective. “What has God prepared you to do, through bad or good, and what are the things you can do to bring balance into your life?” asked Dalton. For Dalton, that message holds true as time goes on and also influences his personal life. Sharing an anecdote about a time when he spent too many hours at work, his wife joking suggested that, ‘Someday you will come home and find out your wife is dating somebody else.’ I had to be prepared to be a better man, have better faith, be a better husband. When I figured that out, my career just rocketed,” said Dalton. His book, “Proceed with Confidence,” is a memoir of lessons learned by this serial entrepreneur. You can find it on line at www.proceedwithconfidence.com/books/pwcll.ht m.
International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) lahir dari kepatuhan terhadap visi yang diberikan selama kurun waktu enam tahun kepada seorang usahawan Swedia J. Gunnar Olson, yang diteguhkan dengan nubuatan dan terbukanya pintu kesempatan disekitarnya yang sebelumnya tertutup. ICCC merupakan panggilan yang serius dan menantang bagi pengusaha Kristen untuk mengenali jaman yang sedang kita masuki dan dengan terang dari pengenalan itu memasuki dimensi iman yang baru yang disediakan bagi mereka yang …” takut akan TUHAN … berbicara satu sama lain … dan menghormati namaNya.” (Maleakhi 3: 16)
Visi ini memanggil para pengusaha dan kaum profesi di seluruh dunia yang terbeban untuk saling berhubungan, bertukar pendapat, memperdagang-kan barang dan menyediakan jasa, saling mendukung dan menguatkan secara rohani dan materi. Berdasarkan eksistensi dari visi itu memproklamirkan otoritas Kristus yang diseluruh dunia.
sendiri mutlak
Alkitab, sepenuhnya sebagai Firman TUHAN yang memberikan inspirasi dan berbagai peraturan bagi kehidupan yang dilandasi iman.
Keselamatan pribadi orang berdosa dan kebutuhannya untuk mengalami proses regenerasi melalui8 karya Roh Kudus dalam menuju menjadikannya sebagai manusia yang dikehendaki oleh TUHAN, seutuhnya.
Pada intinya ICCC adalah kehendak TUHAN untuk memperluas tali kasih-Nya, melalui gereja-Nya, didalam dunia usaha. Hal ini menuntut para pelaku bisnis mencari terlebih dahulu Kerajaan-Nya dan segala Kebenaran-Nya. Urapan tersedia bagi mereka yang dengan mata melihat dan telinga mendengar panggilan jaman. Sebagaimana halnya Raja Daud yang menerima urapan untuk menjadi raja, jauh sebelum dia menjadi Raja, yang keadaan pada saat urapan diberikan sama sekali tidak mungkin bagi Daud untuk menjadi Raja, demikianlah ICCC memanggil para pengusaha Kristen sebelum peristiwanya terjadi untuk mengalami kebebasan masuk ke dalam dimensi baru, dimana sasaran, strategi dan perencanaan bersama-sma diwujud-nyatakan sesuai dengan iman di dalam Kristus. ICCC mencanangkan panggilan itu sejalan dengan rencana TUHAN bagi jaman ini sebagai kunci memperoleh berkat dan pertumbuhan dan agar dapat bangkit berkemenangan diatas gelombang ombak yang mengancam. Panggilan ICCC: “Mereka akan menjadi milik kesayanganKu sendiri, firman TUHAN semesta Alam pada hari yang Kusiapkan. Aku akan mengasihi mereka sama seperti seseorang menyayangi anaknya yang melayani dia. Maka kamu akan melihat kembali perbedaan antara orang benar dan orang fasik, antara orang yang beribadah kepada TUHAN dan orang yang tidak beribadah kepadaNya.” (Maleakhi 3: 17-18)
KEYAKINAN IMAN ICCC:
Satu-satunya TUHAN pencipta segala sesuatu dalam kesatuan Trinitas: Bapa, Anak, dan Roh Kudus.
Keilahian TUHAN Yesus Kristus. Kelahiran-Nya dari rahim seorang Perawan. Karya penebusan dosa manusia melalui kematian-Nya diatas kayu salib. Kebangkitan-Nya. Hak otoriatas diri-Nya atas dunia dan Kedatangan-Nya yang kedua kali dalam Kuasa dan Kemuliaan-Nya.
Transformed Working Life (TWL) adalah Pelatihan resmi dari Kantor Internasional bagi anggota ICCC dalam memperlengkapi anggota dengan pengetahuan dan pemahaman latar belakang, tujuan dan penerapan prinsip-prinsip Kerajaan TUHAN bagi dunia bisnis dan profesi. TWL diperuntukkan bagi anggota dan dapat diikuti secara cuma-cuma, namun terbuka juga bagi siapa saja yang berminat untuk mengikutinya. TWL diselenggarakan dalam bahasa Indonesia dan dilengkapi dengan buku panduannya, yang telah diterjemahkan kedalam Bahasa Indonesia juga, sehingga para peserta betul-betul akan memperoleh manfa’at yang besar dan mengalami transformasi dalam kehidupan pribadi maupun bisnisnya. TWL difasilitasi oleh anggota National Board yang terlatih dan dikoordinir oleh V.P. Teaching: Benjamin B. Juwono bersama dengan Teaching Team: Johanis S. Najoan dan Eliezer H. Hardjo Transformed Working Life (TWL) akan ditayangkan dalam salah satu channel di
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Indonesia agar dapat dimanfaatkan oleh para pebisnis & profesional Kristiani di Indonesia bagaimana menerapkan prinsip-prinsip Kerajaan Tuhan dalam kehidupan berbisnis dan bekerja mereka. TWL bagi members secara rutin diadakan pada hari Sabtu ke 2 setiap bulan dan terbuka dan dianjurkan bagi semua member untuk mengikutinya sebagai pembekalan wajib.
We Work Best When We Work Together Pride and selfishness hinder a team from being successful. Jesus instructed everyone, even leaders, to lay aside pride and live to serve others. The Apostle Paul understood the value of working effectively with others. He emphasized teamwork because he knew that we could only reach our goals through mutual effort. In his letter to the Philippian church, he passed on advice about successful living: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4). Page 8
Paul pointedly addressed a destructive attitude—selfishness. Focus on ourselves and our own interests at the expense of others will ultimately leave any of us isolated and ineffective. When Paul wrote the Philippians, he mentioned selfish ambition. It is the translation of one Greek word. It meant self-seeking that focuses on the question, "What’s in it for me?” That word was commonly used to describe the political world of that day. Paul’s additional challenge to consider others better than yourselves wars against selfishness. That advice goes against our fallen human nature. We live in a highly competitive world. We know that winners are rewarded. No one wants to be a loser. Yet, Paul exhorted us to focus, not on our gifts, and ourselves but on others and their gifts. That doesn’t mean that I deny what God has given me, but it does mean that I value highly what God has given others. Everyone has some skill that makes him or her better than we are at some things. No one has it all, and what God has given others is important to us. Each individual has some unique combination of gifts and personality that gives him or her great value. Jesus wants His disciples to model unselfishness. During the 1964 Olympics, in the two-man bobsled competition, a
British team driven by Tony Nash had just completed its first run and was in second place. Then they made a most disheartening discovery. They had broken a bolt on the rear axle of their sled, which would put them out of the competition. The great Italian bobsled driver Eugenio Monti, who was in first place, heard of their plight. He removed the bolt from the rear axle of his own sled and sent it to them. The British team placed it on their sled and then raced down the mountain, winning the gold medal. Monti’s Italian team took the bronze medal for finishing in third place. When asked about his act of sportsmanship, Eugenio Monti modestly replied, “Tony Nash did not win because I gave him a bolt. Tony Nash won because he was the best driver.” Because of his unselfishness, Monti was given the first De Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship. The award, named after the founder of the modern Olympics, is one of the highest honors an Olympian can receive. God honors unselfishness. It is the only attitude that will make us winners in the end. As Casey Stengel demonstrated with the New York Yankees, championships are won when individuals play together. It works for church and, what’s more, it works in everyday life. It will work for any of us
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