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“Below 250 participants where possible”: Church leaders respond to latest advisory on social distancing

Most of the churches Thir.st spoke to are making plans to adjust their worship services in response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s address to the nation yesterday and additional guidelines...

News

Religious gatherings may need to evolve with global escalation in COVID-19 situation: PM Lee Hsien Loong

With the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, religious services may need to be shortened and attendance at faith-based gatherings reduced, said Singapore’s Prime Minister...

Outreach

3 Impossible stories of praying for someone we barely knew

  1. ONE MAN’S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN’S TREASURE On my way home, as I walked past the basketball court under my block, I saw a lot of rubbish everywhere. I decided to clear it up. The...

Real Life, Real People

Who’s behind those church bells? St Andrew’s Cathedral rings in a new era

Imagine this: You happen to be at City Hall at midday and you stop to admire the neoclassical architecture of an era bygone in between appointments. All of a sudden, you’re surprised by what...

Church Life

“Discipleship requires proximity and not just connectivity”: Pastor Andre Tan of The City SG

I am a big fan of the “return to the Acts church” movement. Namely, the notion that big gatherings are an incomplete expression and reflection of our faith. We need to go back to the church of...

COVID-19

COVID-19 and the threshing floor: The Church in a moment of reckoning

“Do you see all these things?” he asked. A line that could describe any of us reacting to the events of the past few weeks. Just over a month ago, the first case of COVID-19 surfaced in...

Church Life

What should we make of livestreamed church services?

COVID-19 has been seeing an increase in the number of people getting infected, and churches here seem to be badly affected with some being identified as clusters. In the midst of much concern, fear...

COVID-19

Young people and COVID-19: Don’t be scared, but please be wise

Most Singaporeans are fearful of COVID-19, but it seems this is less true for younger people. In fact, over 60% of those under age 30 said they would continue to attend important events even if they...

COVID-19

No services, but an opportunity to bless the neighbourhood: FCBC builds “church without walls”

“When we face various crises in life, will we be found to be faithful?” asked Faith Community Baptist Church’s (FCBC) Senior Pastor Daniel Khong to an empty church building – save...