Missions

Faith

My struggle with becoming a full-time missionary

ā€œLord, please donā€™t ever call me to be a missionary!ā€ This was my plea after my first mission trip as an 18-year-old onboard Operation Mobilisation’s (OM) ship Doulos. It had been an...

Faith

“You are not a humanitarian”: The heart and purpose of missions

“Therefore go …” These two words have been the bedrock (Matthew 28:19) of the missional church today. I have been affiliated with several mission organisations: Cru Singapore (CRU),...

Faith

Where in the world are our young missionaries?

It’s becoming somewhat of a perennial question: How can we engage and mobilise millennials for missions, both within the Church and across cultures? Here’s something my cell member said...

Faith

What perseverance looks like in the mission field

I’ve just returned from a week-long mission trip, where I saw the perseverance of 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 in the local church there. “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed;...

Culture

The lies we believe about poverty

There was once I was catching up with a couple of friends in Jakarta when we ended up talking about the state of poverty in Southeast Asia and the possible issues we noticed. Impassioned by the...

Faith

I’m tired of missions, should I keep going back?

This December, IĀ spent a week in a rural town on a mission trip. As I wasn’t able to make the trip last year, I made an intentional commitment toĀ goĀ this year.Ā I was eager to catch up from...

Faith

It takes a miracle to feed a whole village ā€“ and we did

There’s a good chanceĀ you’ve heard of the story about how GodĀ multiplied five loaves and two fish toĀ feed 5000 people (John 6:1-14). If you haven’t, it goes something like this:...

Faith

Passion 4 Missions: Catching fishers of men

“How do we engage the millennialsĀ on missions?” Joseph Chean asked me. I was sitting in a room full of executive directors from various agencies includingĀ Cru,Ā WECĀ andĀ Pioneers...

Work

From medicine to missions: I left the hospital for the field beyond

Previously a doctor in a private hospital, Josiah recently left the marketplace to serve as a ministry apprentice in his church. While his main focus is the missions portfolio, he also handles the...