Our Lead Pastor
- by Phanny Neak
Pastor Samdy Leang was born in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia. He moved to the capital city, Phnom Penh, in search of a better education and a brighter future. In 1998, through the Skills Training Center, he became a believer. He has been happily married to his wife Navy Ouk since 2005 and they have two sons Benedict, who was born in 2009, and Rithipong who was born in 2020, and a daughter Monique, who was born in 2014. In 2006, Samdy and Navy were asked to join the senior leadership team of New Life Fellowship of Churches across the country. In 2016, Pastor Samdy was made an executive pastor of the church in Phnom Penh. Early in 2019, the Senior Leadership Team asked Pastor Samdy to be the interim Lead Pastor at New Life Fellowship. In 2020, he was appointed as Lead Pastor of New Life Fellowship Cambodia in Phnom Penh, a church of over 1,500 members, and New Life Fellowship of Churches Cambodia which includes 150 congregations.