Church Life

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...

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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...

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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....

Surveys & Reports

Signing up for a PhD in prayer: Jess Shao at Burning Hearts Conference

“At age 23, I made one of my life’s most dangerous yet necessary prayers,” said Jess Shao on the second day of the 5th annual Burning Hearts Conference. All ears, the audience listened...

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Crazy rich Christians: Are we really being inclusive?

I was once chatting with a group of first-generation Christians, and I found it really perplexing that many of their parents were more concerned about the financial cost of their new-found faith...

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When I didn’t encounter God in worship

What comes to mind when you think about worship? Or more specifically, what do you think of when it comes to singing in church? For me, it used to involve emotional music, closed eyes and of course...