Church Life

Surveys & Reports

Young adult, this is what your church leader really wants to tell you

This year’s theme at Summit 2020 – Love Never Fails – encapsulated well the spirit of the 4-day LoveSingapore annual prayer retreat for pastors and leaders. Unity, authenticity and...

Mental Health

Pastors are people too

Yet another pastor has left us by suicide. Yet another wife has lost the love of her life; another two boys, their loving and dedicated father. News reports of young pastors committing suicide seems...

Finding Purpose

What does God really think about your CV?

CV stands for the Latin words curriculum vitae, which translate to “the course of your life”. Yet the only thing it really shows is a list of your credentials, certifications and professional...

Church Life

Why do our leaders leave?

It’s always tragic to hear stories of people who fall away from the faith. It’s even more tragic when these are anointed worship leaders, powerful speakers or full-fledged pastors. I’ve...

Church Life

Am I still a member of my church if I’m not “useful”?

I don’t remember the first time I played the guitar on stage, but I certainly remember the third. I was a new member of the worship team, and I was only just becoming comfortable playing on stage....

News

City Harvest’s Pastor Kong Hee released from jail

He’s free. City Harvest Church’s founding pastor Kong Hee was released this morning after being in jail for 2 years and 4 months. He turns 55 tomorrow.   As quickly as the media mob...

Church Life

Working out our faith in a culturally diverse society

I wanted the ground to open up right there and then and swallow me forever. We were in the house of a Chinese member of our church who had just been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer. We came...

How-tos & Handles

How can I help my cell group to grow?

Growing up as a Christian, I didn’t experience the love of Christ within the Church until I joined a cell group. So the cell group is really important to me. Nothing else so closely resembles...

Surveys & Reports

Burning Hearts Conference: Pay attention to God’s design for His Church

Do we know what God wants His house to look like? “It doesn’t say that it has to be a megachurch, although it can be,” said Jess Shao on Friday at the Burning Hearts Conference....