COVID-19

Discipleship

Are we seeing the “new normal” with eyes of faith?

Following the World Health Organisation’s declaration of a global pandemic last Thursday (March 12), our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong provided an update on the COVID-19 situation. In the...

COVID-19

Why panic-buy when you can have peace instead?

We’re not looking so good tonight, if my WhatsApp chats and reports from social media are anything to go by. I’m talking about the panic-buying and mass hysteria that have hit our little...

News

Last COVID-19 patient in Grace Assembly of God cluster discharged

Case 53, the last COVID-19 patient linked to the Grace Assembly of God cluster, has been discharged. In a press released issued yesterday night (March 14), the Ministry of Health announced that...

Tech

Digital discipleship: 3 ways to take the gospel online

In light of recent developments, the way we do church will have to evolve. And I don’t mean scaling back our ministries, because the gospel is more relevant than ever in these dark times. On...

News

“Below 250 participants where possible”: Church leaders respond to latest advisory on social distancing

Most of the churches Thir.st spoke to are making plans to adjust their worship services in response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s address to the nation yesterday and additional guidelines...

News

Religious gatherings may need to evolve with global escalation in COVID-19 situation: PM Lee Hsien Loong

With the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, religious services may need to be shortened and attendance at faith-based gatherings reduced, said Singapore’s Prime Minister...

Do Good

Lessons on love from giving out 6,000 cups of ice cream

It may seem frivolous when compared to care packages stocked with hand sanitisers, health supplements and surgical masks, but what if showing love to others during this COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t...

Music

3 things our COVID-19 songs have taught me

We first saw this in China, but it was heartening to witness songwriters and artistes banding together in Singapore when COVID-19 started hitting close to home. Listening to these new songs and...

Church Life

“Discipleship requires proximity and not just connectivity”: Pastor Andre Tan of The City SG

I am a big fan of the “return to the Acts church” movement. Namely, the notion that big gatherings are an incomplete expression and reflection of our faith. We need to go back to the church of...