Surveys & Reports

Marriage

State of the Family 2022: What do our young people think about marriage and having kids?

At first glance, some of the statistics relating to marriage, divorce and childbearing that were presented at Focus on the Family Singapore’s 8th State of the Family seemed to make for grim...

Faith

What were the best stories in 2021? Here’s 1 list to rule them all

The stories at Thir.st go by so fast — there’s an article or video every single day — that it’s often hard to take it all in.  Which is why I’m glad we’re at the end of...

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2021’s Verse of the Year and the fastest-growing search term… sorcery?!

The world’s most popular Bible app, YouVersion, has just released its Verse of the Year for 2021. This year, the verse that users most engaged with in terms of shares, bookmarks and highlights on...

Outreach

One For Jesus: Can you bring 1 person to Christ if you have 10 years to do that?

1/10. Do you think you can bring 1 person to Christ if given 10 years to do so?  That was the question that tugged at the heart of Jason Wong, the founder of Yellow Ribbon Project and Dads for Life,...

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Where do you find meaning in life?

American think tank Pew Research Center released some fascinating findings last week (November 18) that looked at where people around the world find meaning in life. Having surveyed nearly 19,000...

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5 things the census tells us about young people and religion

Back when we could still meet in large numbers, seeing new faces at our weekend services was common, so our churches must be growing right? Based on Singapore’s latest population census...

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Survey: What do you want to see on Thir.st?

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I want to help someone in need, but don’t know where to start

With the pandemic casting the spotlight on needs within and outside the church, Christian youths and young adults were asked to rank the issues they were most concerned about.  A total of 170 people...

Faith

Young people, this is what’s keeping your pastors awake

On the final day of the LoveSingapore Pastors’ Summit 2021, three seasoned church leaders in Singapore were asked to reimagine church in the new normal. Titled Honest Conversations, the panel...