Church Life

Church Life

I am a Pastor’s Kid: I know the pain of being compared to someone else

I have never thought much about my Dad being a pastor, but one incident changed my mind. I was about 8 years old and attending a children’s church camp.  A pastor was preaching on the book of...

Church Life

We can’t pick our cell groups like we’re buying cai fan

There may be a problem in the way some of us think about cell group. Before I get to that, let me first give you some background. Imagine having spent most of your growing years in church: You went...

Church Life

Do you feel lonely in church?

“God why is there no one in church I can talk to?” That was the desperate question I found myself praying after a time. I have been going to the same family church ever since I was in...

Church Life

I am leading a shrinking cell group

Being a cell leader for a group of secondary 4 boys is tough. What’s even tougher is being recently told that two of my cell members have decided to leave the cell and the church altogether....

Dating

Are we getting enough help from our Churches on dating and BGRs?

I have met quite a few Christians from churches that actively discourage dating among youths, or are extremely legalistic about it. In some cases, there isn’t even any teaching about dating...

Faith

What does 2019 hold for the Church in Singapore?

What new chapters will the Church in Singapore write this year? In this we include not just the hundreds of churches in the nation, but also Christian organisations and missions agencies who together...

Faith

Moments and milestones: What shook up the Singapore Church in 2018?

As 2018 comes to a close, we thought that we’d take a closer look on what the local Church has experienced this year. Living up to its designation as the Year of Prayer, 2018 was filled with...

Faith

Experiencing church in a new city

Last August, I moved to Vancouver, Canada and began the process of finding a new church home here. I was from a Charismatic church in Singapore, which meant that speaking in tongues was commonplace...

Faith

Does my denomination matter to God?

“What? You’re attending a Bible study in a Methodist church?” My husband expressed his surprise when I first told him that I was joining this particular Bible study. It was 10...