Church Life

Cell group: What does ending well or leaving well look like?

As much as many of us would want to, we don’t always get to remain in the same community in church. Sometimes, members may leave the cell group because they are entering a new station of life or...

Missions

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few”: Reflections of a Singaporean missionary in Tokyo

In November last year, Amanda made the huge decision to leave her job in Singapore to relocate to Tokyo and join her church’s missions team there. The big move was not a snap decision, but the...

Missions

In the red-light district of Shinjuku, where God broke my heart for Japan

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was first published in 2023. Our team caught up with Jackson again in Tokyo in 2025 to record his video testimony. I first decided to go to Japan for a short-term...

Church Life

How to make the most of church camp this June

To me, June starts in Batam. It’s about that familiar walk down the ramp with a hundred other kids wheeling their suitcases off the boat. It’s the excitement that builds when the entire Youth...

Church Life

Everything we took away from Hope Conference 2023: Hearts On Fire

Somehow, in an unplanned (though perhaps divine) coincidence, half of our interns this summer season are members of HOPE Singapore.  That’s how they’re able to share their top takeaways...

Finding Purpose

Personal calling: Obedience isn’t easy, but it’s worth it

At this month’s #ThirstYouthNight, we explored the topic of personal calling. At the Chapel of the Resurrection, we held an extended panel discussion on the pressures of pursuing conventional...

Real Life, Real People

Guna Raman: My heart was reawakened to the Gospel through the work of Tim Keller

We spoke to Pastor GUNA RAMAN, CEO of City to City Asia Pacific – sister organisation to the church planting organisation co-founded by #TimothyKeller. Pastor Guna looks back on his encounters with...

Personalities

Dead at 72: Timothy Keller

On Friday, 19 May 2023, Pastor Timothy Keller went to be with the Lord after a three-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.  Based in New York, Pastor Keller was a spearhead for...

Church Life

5 tips for a smooth transition between church communities

I hate transitions. I have never been the kind of person who looks forward to new changes in life. To me, transitions are painful because they often involve bidding goodbye to things that I have...