Outreach

Missions

To be one of you: What it took for this Singaporean pastor to love Japan

Pastor Lam Wai Chan was 37 when he first received the call to uproot and relocate to Japan. Despite his love for the country and its culture, and his fluency in the language, it was not something he...

Do Good

Lazarus Ministry: Meet the people feeding Tokyo’s homeless since 2012

For 60-year-old Seiichi Arai, Christianity was something he had stumbled upon. The Saitama native had been taking up odd jobs in Tokyo and sought temporary lodging in various Internet and manga...

Family

What does winsome evangelism in an inter-faith family look like?

Whenever anyone asks me if I’m a first or second-generation Christian, I get a little queasy inside, and I never know what to say. While most of my immediate and extended family members are now...

Real Life, Real People

As an ex-convict, these are 5 lessons I’d tell my teenage self

At 56, Richard Tan looks back on a past marked by gang involvement, substance abuse and drug trafficking — choices that led to a total of eight arrests in his life.  Some 18 years since he left...

Personalities

Let’s Get Real: The story behind Malaysia’s first Christian vodcast

As a YouTuber, radio DJ and TV host, I always thought that I was quite open about my faith as a Christian. But one time after I spoke at a church, a young person came up to me and thanked me for...

Outreach

What’s the next step if my friend simply isn’t interested in God?

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And...

Real Life, Real People

National School Games: My season was wrecked by injuries, but God gave me a miracle

My first year of Junior College was when I began training for pole vault – a completely new sport after ten years of table tennis and six years of running middle-long distances. It was something...

Missions

I told God I would do anything for Him except for missions

For most of my years as a Christian, I have never really been passionate about evangelism or missions. I have always seen evangelism as the weakest area of my faith. After all, I’m not good at...

Faith

Wanna be a good neighbour? Practise these 4 Ms to bless your community

What does it mean to be a good neighbour? The word “neighbour” is often used in the Bible, especially in passages relating to how we should treat other people around us. In the Old Testament,...