ISSUE 283

SBC HEARTBEAT

November 2022–January 2023? |? Edifying the church & engaging the world? |? Quarterly dispatches

ARTICLES

HIGHLIGHTS

A word from Principal
Forget the Culture Wars: Just Proclaim the Gospel!

Rev. Dr. Clement Chia

In this age where social media fuels information flow, anything related to geopolitics, ethnicity, culture, gender, or human rights can trigger responses from anyone in any part of the world at any time. It is heart-wrenching that this has...
CONNECT

For church & society
Rereading the Bible with Asian Eyes

Rev. Dr. Jerry Hwang

Decades after the last of Western empires withdrew from their colonies in Southeast Asia, the impression often remains across the region that Christianity is a Western religion. The reasons for this association with imperialism are numerous...
ENGAGE

For church & society
Darkness

Dr. Joseph Soon-Guan Lee

On 5 April 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted violently. It was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The cataclysmic explosion drastically altered the weather conditions not only in Asia, but across the world. The year that...
ENGAGE

Encouragement & exhortation
God’s Servant as Infant, Mother, and Father

Dr. Brian Thomas

Often, believers are tempted to skip over the first few chapters of 1 Thessalonians in the belief that the ‘good stuff’ of Paul’s teaching begins in chapter 4 after a lengthy historical prelude. However, this would be skipping over a portion that is highly...
SPIRIT

On partnering with SBC
God’s Family Tree of Blessings

Rev. Dr. Clement Chia

SBC held our 70th Founders’ Day on 19 August 2022, marking the start of our 70th anniversary celebrations. One interesting item was the Scripture reading by current students related to our alumni—their second generation. This gave us a glimpse of...
SUPPORT

教会与社会
基督教组织的传统观

戴永富博士

任何一个基督教组织或团体,自然会发明并发展一套属于自己的传统,因为组织积累的经验、文化处境及组织领导的个人因素,都会共同形成一套能定义组织个性的文化。我们可称组织文化为组织传统。传统的形成过程是自然的,本身也不是坏事...
角声

鼓励与劝勉
在苦难中得胜的忠心子民

李志秋博士

虽然物价攀升是生活常态,但是物价飚升却是令人担忧的事。俄乌战争之前,冠病大流行已使全球经济遭受重挫。作为主要原油和粮食出口国,两国开战以来使全球原油和粮食供应短缺,更是雪上加霜。每公升的汽油自年初至今已飚升...
得力

见证
马来西亚宜力

新神学生

经过两年的疫情,差传团契有机会到马来西亚宜力附近的原住民部落中进行短宣。当地牧师希望向那些没有机会到城中的原住民信徒做示范,让他们学习如何建立自己的主日学与崇拜,短宣队就以此为目标筹备了五天的活动。抵达后的第一天,因应...
短宣分享

TOUCH

News & updates for Aug–Oct 2022

Rev. Dr. Clement Chia preached in 15 churches and conducted a leadership training seminar at Holy Light Presbyterian Church, Johor Bahru. He attended the OMF Theological Educators Consultation and ATA Triennial Conference in Penang.

Mrs. Yap Su Choong Ting was called home to be with the Lord on 25 July 2022 at the age of 97. Born in 1925, the late Mrs. Yap was the mother-in-law of our retired faculty Rev. Dr. Chan Fong. In 1988, she married our late Principal, Rev. Yap Un Han, who was called home in 1995. She served the Lord faithfully as a nursing staff until her retirement and as a Sunday school teacher at Grace (Singapore Chinese Christian) Church into her 90s.

25 years/年资25年:
Mr. Lang Ren Shee David 蓝仁齐老师(Associate Professor, SOTE 英文神学系副教授)

10 years/年资10年:
Mr. Woon Yew Meng Daniel 温耀明同工(Senior Executive, Estate Dept 产业处高级执行员)

5 years/年资5年:
Dr. Ho Chee Wun Peter 何智耘老師(Associate Professor, SOTE 英文神學系副教授);
Ms. Hoon Li Ann 洪丽安同工 (Executive, Academic Admin Dept 教务行政处执行员);
Ms. Li Kim Hong 黎金凤同工 (Executive, Academic Admin Dept 教务行政处执行员);
Mr. Pang Tin Siong 彭定雄同工 (Senior Director, Infotech Services 资讯部部长);
Ms. Tsai Ying Ching Lydia 蔡英青同工 (Executive, Library Services 图书馆执行员);
Ms. Wong Choy Yin Dolly 王彩燕同工 (Secretary, Principal’s Office 院长室秘书);
Mr. Yong Teck Hong 杨德汉同工 (Manager, IT Operations Dept 资讯业务处经理)

We warmly welcome Ms. Sally Liu I Hsuan as our School of Counselling (Chinese Section) full-time faculty member from August 2022. Ms. Liu graduated from Singapore Bible College with a Master of Arts in Counselling.

Dr. Eudenice Vicente Palaruan, Associate Professor from the School of Church Music, was conferred a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Choral Conduction by St. Paul University Manila’s College of Music and the Performing Arts on 29 July 2022.

Rev. Dr. Jerry Hwang published Jeremiah in vol. 6 of the ESV Expository Commentary (Crossway) and Contextualization and the Old Testament: Between Asian and Western Perspectives (Asia Theological Association/Langham Literature). He also had an article accepted for publication in Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches entitled, “Who Is the Real Model Minority? An Asian American Reading of Ruth and Ebed-Melech in the Hebrew Bible” and available at https://www.doi.org/10.1163/15685152-20221683.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Law was the Mission Conference speaker for Logos Christian Church, spoke on “Thinking Theologically in Context” at the Lausanne Movement’s Asia 2022 Congress in Bangkok, and published Missions in Southeast Asia: Unity and Diversity in God’s Mission (Cambridge: ATA-Langham), co-edited with Dr. Kwa Kiem Kiok.

梁以利亚老师在杨厝港福音堂、乌节路恩泽堂与武吉巴督聚会教导“使徒行传”;于文莱福音社神学延伸课程教导“三一神与祷告”;在南方圣经学院主讲“从神的国度反思教会观”。

陈恩慧老师在乌节路恩泽堂主领主日学老师训练;于恩泽堂长老会武吉巴督聚会的主日学主日证道;并在长老会生命堂教师退修会担任讲员。

张心玮老师在加冕浸信教会团契主讲专题“妻子的角色”;
于长老会爱恩堂成人主日学教导“圣经婚姻家庭观”。

The SCM faculty served as speakers and facilitators in the SBC Selah Webinar Series (Indonesia). They also produced “All Things New: A Hymn Festival”, performed at SBC by the Canticorum under the guest conductor, Dr. Joel Navarro.

Dr. Myrleene Yap preached at Bartley Christian Church.

朱美娟老师于圣经公会D6家庭事工大会主讲“言传身教”;在卫理公会宏茂桥堂主讲“建立丰盛家庭”生活系列课程;于长老会荣耀堂、笃信圣经长老会加略堂主讲“世代间沟通与信仰传承”。
Income 收入
01/07/2022–30/09/2022 S$1,431,917
Expenditure 支出
01/07/2022–30/09/2022 S$1,341,744
Surplus 盈余 S$ 90,173