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Pastor Bill Nabeel Zaydan Pastor Bill Nabeel Zaydan first saw the light on 17 March 1959 in the city of Kuwait. He is the eldest amongst four children and has a brother and two sisters. His early years of primary schooling were in Kuwait city. During this time he made many trips to Lebanon in the summer holidays and he came to know his homeland and his many relatives there. At the age of nine, his parents returned to northern Lebanon to live a country lifestyle in his mother’s.   Pastor Bill Zaydan and wife Joseline However, his first year in Lebanon saw him boarding at  “Tripoli Boys’ School.” Many opportunities to hear the gospel came through some Christian friends, his uncle who was the pastor of The Free Evangelical Church in Beirut, and the many counsellors at the Christian camps run in the Lebanese Mountains. Despite hearing the gospel preached and making many professions of faith at various occasions no real change took place in his life. When he was 12 years old, his father went on a business trip to Melbourne, Australia but never returned. Being the eldest among his brethren, he started to have many responsibilities and learn the hard realities of life. Furthermore, in April of 1975, the long and fierce civil war broke out in Lebanon. This caused him to go through many hard experiences, especially when the rest of his family including his mother and siblings were able to return with his uncle to Kuwait and he was left all alone between Lebanon and Syria with relatives waiting for some miracle to occur. Crying out to God to deliver him, The Lord answered with a miraculous exit from the war torn country to join his family in Kuwait. It was at this point of his life God’s Holy Spirit convicted his heart of sin, righteousness and judgment. He found himself meeting with a small group of Christians who were preaching the Gospel and teaching the Bible in Kuwait city. On the 6th of January 1977, while attending a youth meeting the 139th Psalm was read and the words pricked his heart “O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.… Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.… Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? ...If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. ...If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; ...Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.” Psalm 139:1-10 While hearing God’s Word, memories of many false professions and a life of continual running away from God was reviewed in moments and God’s Holy Spirit was clearly showing that God is merciful, loving and wonderfully gracious with another chance for repentance and submission. On that day, he called upon God through Christ Jesus, admitting his sinfulness and submitting himself to God trusting Christ shed blood on Calvary’s cross for the forgiveness of his sins and committing his life to God’s leadership through the Holy Spirit that came to abide within. A new life in Christ Jesus saw him with new desires to read the Bible, pray, testify to others, and regularly meet with God’s people. God moved in an extraordinary way to prosper the work there and many young people came to accept Christ as their personal Saviour and Lord. After finishing his high School, divine providence led our pastor to migrate to Melbourne – Australia in 1979 where the family was reunited again. Having completed his studies in Information Technology at Monash University and The Control Data Institute he then transferred to Sydney where he worked for five years with Honeywell Control Systems. Then for another fifteen years held several positions in IT management and consultancy until he established a private Information Systems and Services company.     In Sydney, he joined Faith Baptist Church of Croydon Park in July 1980, and then through the ministry of this church under Pastor Richard Hester, God called him to prepare for ministry through studying at Sydney Bible Baptist College. Upon graduating in 1984, he was called to become associate pastor; he worked among youth and adults preaching, teaching and interpreting into both Arabic and English. In May of 1986, he married Joseline Youssef who was saved through the ministry of the church, then prepared for ministry through Sydney Bible Baptist College at Carlingford NSW.   Pastor Hester - our founding pastor In March of 1992, he was ordained to become a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ and continued to work alongside Pastor Hester who graciously transferred the reins of leadership to him in 1994. Today, he serves the church through the guidance of the Holy Spirit under the headship of our Lord Jesus Christ to the honour of our Father God. Unto Him be all glory forevermore!