Church Life

Discipleship

Dear Languishing Leader, I know it can feel like you’re drowning

Dear fellow leader who can’t seem to shake that languishing feeling off you… Perhaps you’re having a dry season or drowning in circumstances spiralling out of control. If you’re...

Worldview

Methodist Churches in Singapore and Malaysia clarify stand on marriage

In a controversial decision made this week, same-sex marriages have been permitted by the Methodist Church in Britain (MCB). However, The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) and The Methodist Church...

Church Life

After 3 years as a pastor, here is what I have learnt

Today is the official day and three-year mark of being a pastor in Soakability Church! Prior to this, I was based in Redding, California for five years before moving back to Singapore. If you want to...

Church Life

Church, let’s be a safe place for all who struggle

Five years ago, I met and heard the stories of many Christians with same-sex attraction – they shared honestly and vulnerably about their experiences and how their church had responded. I was also...

Church Life

Creatives in ministry: 5 tips to prevent burnout

With the new restrictions on churches really upping the ante on pre-recorded services, our pastors aren’t the only ones in the hot seat. Another often overlooked group is the creatives behind...

COVID-19

How are young adults adapting to church in the new normal?

Online church was something I didn’t really like at the start. As someone who never enjoyed being online in the first place, it was a struggle. I found my mind constantly drifting off even when I...

Health

“I don’t see this as a setback”: Grace Assembly’s Senior Pastor Wilson Teo on the church’s new COVID-19 case

When Grace Assembly of God‘s Senior Pastor Wilson Teo received the news that a pastor from his church had tested positive for COVID-19, the first thing that came to mind was: “Oh no! Why are...

Faith

The power of God and community during a quarantine

I was making my way out of school when I received a video message from my cell group leader. She briefly explained that one of our cell group members had contracted the resurgent COVID-19 virus....

Faith

#THIRSTBITES: Mentorship: Who are you walking with?

Many of us like to receive encouragement. We say, “Feed me, feed me, feed me!” But not many of us like to receive feedback — including me. The reason why we don’t like receiving...