February–April 2022? |? Edifying the church & engaging the world? |? Quarterly dispatches

SBC is committed to its mission “to glorify God by training faithful servants of Jesus Christ to edify the body of Christ and to make disciples of all nations.” But can theological training really make disciples?

In 2019, I wrote an article for SBC Heartbeat entitled “The Singapore Church on the Cusp of Change”, in which I noted that the majority of churches were in the midst of generational leadership shifts and facing…

Jin (pseudonym) sits across me looking forlorn and teary. She is overwhelmed by work and personal stress, exhausted from insomnia, loss of motivation, and thoughts of suicide. She sighs in resignation…

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SBC Students

Hear from Steven Tumbaga and Poudikhonbou Pamei on how they were called to ministry.

According to the US Pew Research Center, Christianity is expected to grow in the Asia-Pacific region by 33 percent between 2010 and 2050, rising from 287 million to 381 million followers! It goes without saying, 94 million…

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新神学生

黄万力与Christine的蒙召见证。

新加坡教会领袖最近感到烦恼的问题,是当教会全面恢复实体敬拜时,会众是否会如疫情前那般,到教会参加实体聚会?从目前逐步开放的情况来看,就算教会全面恢复实体敬拜,预料参加人数极有可能…

爱是我们生活中的重要命题,是个人内心深处的渴望,也是意义之所向。但是何为爱呢?让我们思考约翰壹书四章7~10节,从中获得亮光。

Rev. Dr. Clement Chia preached at the Sunday service of nine churches and conducted three seminars: “Social Policies and Christian Faith” for the 140th Anniversary of Glory Presbyterian Church (Singapore), and “Hurting or Healing Words” and “Theological Reflections on Church Scandals” at Lifewords Berhad (Johor Bahru). He also exhorted the first batch of certificate graduates from Lifewords Berhad, led the annual strategic planning retreat for the College’s senior leadership on “Strategize Theological Education in the New Normal”, and attended an Asia Theological Association board meeting. Finally, he contributed a sermon to The Gems of Preaching compiled by the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Singapore.?

We warmly welcome Dr. Daniel Yojin Ahn as our School of Theology (English) Visiting Professor from Nov 2021. Dr. Ahn graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with a PhD in the New Testament.

Rev. Dr. Jerry Hwang made two virtual presentations at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting held in San Antonio, Texas. The first was at the Israelite Prophetic Literature section, while the second was at the Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics section.?

Dr. Calvin Chong conducted two workshops on the topic “Reimagining Church: Church in an Online Setting” at the 2021 Varsity Christian Fellowship ANNTIC (Annual Teach-in Camp). ?

Dr. Peter Ho presented “The Design of the Psalter and Implications to Translation” at the Wycliffe-SIL project consultant pool meeting and published a review of Hallowed: Echoes of the Psalms in the Lord’s Prayer by Reuben Bredenhof in Themelios 46.3: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/review/hallowed-echoes-of-the-psalms-in-the-lords-prayer/. ? ?

Rev. Dr. Samuel Law contributed “Multiethnic Churches Beyond American Shores in Diasporas—from Seattle to Singapore: Principles and Practices of Establishing Multiethnic Congregations Through the Lens of Multicultural Churches in the Chinese Diaspora” to Journeys of the Asian Diaspora: Mapping Originations and Destinations, edited by Sam George (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021), pp. 153–170.

梁以利亚老师为叶恩汉纪念讲座的其中一位讲员;在荣耀堂学生团契分享有关疫苗接种与政教关系;于亲邻基督教会和长老会锡安堂分别主讲圣诞布道和培灵信息。

陈恩慧老师以线上授课方式于国际欧华神学院教授“基督教教育概论”;并在长老会荣光堂圣诞主日证道。

李志秋老师参与了国际福音派神学教育议会(ICETE),并在灵风(Langham Partnership)博士后研习会中应邀为副导师。

吴国安老师于《华神期刊》发表〈历史进入末世:约阿希姆的历史神学及其“诺斯底性质”的再思〉;于台湾辅仁大学哲学系的研讨会发表〈神学形上与唯物辩证之间:班雅明论历史的拯救〉。

朱美娟老师于叶恩汉纪念讲座中主讲“基督徒如何面对性诱惑”;在一创启地区提供心理辅导课程训练;并于勿洛信义会主讲“疫情下的心理健康”。

Mrs. Penny Quek conducted a webinar workshop for The Bible Church on the COVID booster with the theme of helping ourselves to help our kids. She also gave a training workshop for Emmaus Evangelical Free Church to lay counsellors for church leaders.

Income 收入
01/10/2021–31/12/2021 S$1,329,306
Expenditure 支出
01/10/2021–31/12/2021 S$1,565,568
Deficit 不敷 S$ 236,262
Accumulated Surplus 累计不敷
01/07/2021–31/12/2021
S$ 36,229