Rev Howard and Rosella Ridings came to Hong Kong to continue the work. In the two years of their ministry, the attendance grew to 500. June 20, 1975, was an exciting day as they dedicated the new Christian Action Centre. When the Ridings departed suddenly in 1976, the Keeners were asked to return for a few months pending the search for another pastor. The Keeners returned in November 1976 to August 1977 and served for almost 10 months before they were replaced by Rev David and Nancy Cawston (July 1977 – August 1979). The first language ministry was started for the Filipinos sometime late 1978.

The Cawstons’ parents, the late Rev Alfred and Elizabeth Cawston, also came to Hong Kong to help. And in September 1979, Rev Alfred and Elizabeth Cawston (September 1979 – November 1980) became the pastor. The late Rev Lester and Betty Jo Kenney were appointed as the pastor on November 1980 but left on December 1980. However their son Rev Dave Kenney who had a brief time with ICA Hong Kong went on to start a new International Church (IES) in Jakarta. Today, there’s also a strong and vibrant ICA church in Surabaya and Bali.

Rev Eldon and Sue Brown arrived on December 1980 and there were about 250 members attending the Sunday services at the Furama Hotel. The church grew in numbers during the first year of the Browns’ ministry, making it necessary to begin a second morning service in late 1981. It became increasingly difficult to handle the crowd at the Furama; the lobby, lifts, stairways and rest rooms were filled to capacity. The hotel’s management then asked the church to look for other facilities, ending a nine-year use of the place. It was during this time that a new name for the church was needed.

It was Rev Otis Keener who named the church “Furama Fellowship” at its founding in 1973, which continued under the Ridings, Cawstons and Kennys continuing into the tenure of the Browns. However it was the Browns in 1982 who were instrumental in developing a constitution and charter which established International Christian Assembly (ICA) as an official church organisation under Hong Kong laws.

Rev Brown was asked by DFM to lead Furama Fellowship’s official board in developing an official church constitution and bylaws patterned after the American Assemblies of God and officially chartered the church with the Hong Kong government. This was finalised in 1982 at which time the church name “Furama Fellowship” was changed to “International Christian Assembly of Hong Kong.” It was at this time that the name ICA was coined and now used by many others around the world. From that time in 1982, new international churches planted by Assemblies of God missionaries across Asia and Europe took on this name. For example, ICA Bangkok (1989) and ICA Kiev (1995).

Also during this time, the fourth floor of Queen’s Centre was purchased for use as offices and chapel services. The Browns left Hong Kong in summer 1984 and in 1989 pioneered ICA, Bangkok.

The late Rev D.L and Marion Nultemeier arrived on June 1984 until December 1984.