ISSUE 282

SBC HEARTBEAT

August–October 2022? |? Edifying the church & engaging the world? |? Quarterly dispatches

ARTICLES

HIGHLIGHTS

A word from Principal
New Era, New Horizons

Rev. Dr. Clement Chia

Singapore Bible College is celebrating its 70th birthday—the platinum jubilee! It would not be inappropriate for a 70-year-old to receive a thorough body check-up for the sake of the person’s continued well-being. Moreover, ...
CONNECT

For church & society
Reorienting Our Intuitions and Habits in the Virtual World

Dr. Calvin Chong

A recent webinar I attended explored the church’s pastoral and missional responses to developments in digital technologies and social media.1 The webinar was of great interest to me—not least because a colleague and I had just...
ENGAGE

For church & society
Pastoring Your Flock amid Spiritual Danger

Dr. Peter Ho

First Peter 5 is one of the earliest textual witnesses where church leaders are called “shepherds”. While kings and leaders were often called shepherds in the ancient Near East and the Old Testament (1 Chr 11:2; 17:6; Ezek 37:24), at the core of this...
ENGAGE

Encouragement & exhortation
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

Dr. Myrleene Grace Yap

Calamity after calamity—powerful visual and auditory scenes of destruction are presented by David in Psalm 29. Mighty storms and dangerous floods (v. 3), toppling trees (v. 5) and strong earthquakes (v. 6), flashing lightning (v. 7) and...
SPIRIT

On partnering with SBC
Teach, Learn, and Collaborate Better: One-year Milestone

Dr. Peter Ho

The efforts of the EduTech department (ED) formally began in 2021 with a 13-page White Paper and a budget proposal. But it was God’s timely provision through a devoted and generous couple that allowed the project to take off. At its core, ...
SUPPORT

教会与社会
科技安息

梁以利亚博士

科技所带来的便利大家有目共睹,且无孔不入地渗透我们生活的各个层面,任何时刻、任何角落,近乎无所不在、无所不能。有人警告这是新巴别塔,至终是篡夺神权,为己立名(创11:4)。赫拉利在《未来简史》一书预告,“人类...
角声

鼓励与劝勉
勇往直前 · 迎向每一天!

张心玮博士

随着申命记的记载结束,约书亚记开宗明义地说:“耶和华的仆人摩西死了”,真正接棒正式开展!回顾过往,在申命记第三十一章,摩西将领导的棒子交给约书亚的吩咐,而现在,在约书亚记第一章,约书亚正式挑起领导责任。
得力

TOUCH

News & updates for Feb–Jul 2022

Rev. Dr. Clement Chia preached at 13 churches in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia and conducted four sessions on Public Theology at Providence Presbyterian Church in Singapore. He participated in strategic planning meetings of the Asia Theological Association and Evangelical Alliance of Singapore.?

Rev. Dr. Simon Quah Cheok Hooi (Associate Professor, School of Theology Chinese and Director, Doctor of Ministry Chinese) and Dr. Benjamin Wu Kuo-An (Associate Professor, School of Theology Chinese and Director, Master of Theology) ended their service on 31 May 2022 after 7 years of faithful service.?

Dr. Peter Ho (Director, Centre for Teaching & Learning; Associate Professor, School of Theology English) and Mr. Eudenice Vicente Palaruan (Associate Professor, School of Church Music) are on sabbatical leave from 1 Jul to 31 Dec 2022.

We warmly welcome Ms. Tan Ching Sueng Belinda as our School of Theology (English) full-time faculty member from Jul 2022. Ms. Tan graduated from Singapore Bible College with a Master of Divinity (Biblical Studies) and a Master of Theology (Old Testament).? ?

Rev. Dr. Jerry Hwang had an article entitled “Bible Translation as Contextual Theology: The Case of the Chinese Union Version Bible of 1919” published in the International Journal of Asian Christianity 5 (2022): 89–114.

Dr. Calvin Chong led three community arts outreaches by HeathServe at a migrant dormitory. He also delivered a guest online lecture on the topic “Explosion of Information and Technology and Its Impact on Interpersonal Communication and Relationships” for the Everett Theological Institute in Kathmandu, Nepal.? ?

Dr. Peter Ho gave two lectures on the Servant Songs in the Book of Isaiah at the Lent Adult Bible Study Series of Logos Christian Church. ? ?

Rev. Dr. Samuel Law presented on “Contextualization of Theological Formation in Southeast Asia” at the Lausanne Southeast Asia Regional Forum (video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhnNKL06mok). He was also a respondent on a Fuller Seminary panel on “Applications of Cognitive Science in Missiology” at the American Society of Missiology’s Annual Meeting.

Rev. Dr. Andrew Spurgeon contributed “The Letters to the Thessalonians” to An Introduction to the New Testament, edited by Johnson Thomaskutty (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2022).

梁以利亚老师于恩泽堂乌节路聚会青成团契主讲“了解成功神学”;在以便以谢播道会信仰班主讲“三一论”;于恩典浸信教会信徒造就课程主讲“基督教伦理初探”。

陈恩慧老师于新加坡证主福音协会、真理文字中心与生命树媒体联合举办的基督教教育论坛中主讲“教导那能忠心教导别人的人 ”;在新加坡生命堂安提阿团契主讲“从男女有别看两性相处之道”;并于新生命浸信会母亲节主日证道。

李志秋老师应邀在英国牛津大学的新约博士研讨会中发表研究,以及在美国Langham Partnership的聚会中分享其在华文神学教育方面的事工。她与英文神学系学生Yutaro Kato和另一牧师Eugene Low 合著了“For His Pleasure and His Glory” Impact Magazine 46.2 (2022): 24–27.

吴国安老师于新加坡生命堂安提阿团契分享“再思神的主权和预定”。

张心玮老师于女皇镇浸信会基督教教育讲座主讲“从约书亚记看作主门徒”; 在新加坡基督教教育论坛线上带领“如何正确面对同性恋”工作坊;并为环球传播录制创世记灵修节目。

Dr. Myrleene Yap was the speaker at Sumi Baptist Church’s Theological Students Fellowship in Nagaland. She also gave a talk on the development of worship in the Bible to the Maitrichit Baptist Church in Thailand.

Dr. Myrleene Yap and Dr. Virginia Tsai led a multi-sensory Good Friday service at Bethany Evangelical Free Church.?

张国信老师在加州真道神学院线上教授“更美的音乐敬拜带领”;于创启地区一网络神学院教导“更美的教会崇拜与音乐”;并在世界华人圣乐大会带领 “现代传统面面谈,现代传统漫漫唱”工作坊。

Mrs. Penny Quek ministered at the Sisters Prayer Ministry of Yio Chu Kang Chapel with a seminar on “Healing Broken Relationships”. She also gave a talk on “Parenting with a Christian Perspective” to the Sunday school parents at International Evangelical Church, Singapore.

朱美娟老师在圣道基督教会同工退修会主讲“疫情下的关顾与牧养”;于怀恩堂与新加坡浸信教会担任双亲节主日讲员;并发表期刊论文〈扎根理论研究方法:不同阵营之间的比较与选择〉。

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Income 收入
01/04/2022–30/06/2022 S$1,412,000
Expenditure 支出
01/04/2022–30/06/2022 S$1,362,497
Surplus 盈余 S$ 49,503
Accumulated Surplus 累计盈余
01/07/2020–30/06/2022
S$ 180,341