Rev. Dr. Clement Chia preached in seven local and four overseas churches. He spoke at the 42nd Graduation Ceremony of Malaysia Bible Seminary, the 125th Anniversary cum 45th Mission Conference of Klang Chinese Methodist Church, and Victory Chapel (凯歌堂) in Taipei. He gave a talk on Christianity at the World Council of Mission (Singapore) and a series of lectures on the “Interface of AI and Theology” to Italian Chinese Theological Seminary (意大利华人神学院). He joined the ordination committees for two alumni. He attended the installation services of the 7th Archbishop of the Anglican Church of the Province of South East Asia and the 11th General Director of OMF International. He also attended the 18th Theologians’ Fellowship at Taiwan Theological Seminary, which was dedicated to the Christian Movement behind the May Fourth Movement and Historical Theology. Throughout, he has been hosting alumni gatherings in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Appreciation
Dr. Christy Wang (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Martin Zhang (Visiting Professor) at the School of Theology (Chinese) completed their ministry with SBC in Nov 2023.?

New Faculty
We warmly welcome Dr. Kwa Kiem Kiok as our full-time faculty member at the School of Theology (English) from 1 Dec 2023. Dr. Kwa graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary with a PhD in Intercultural Studies.

We warmly welcome Dr. Sharon Lei as our full-time faculty member at the School of Theology (Chinese) from 1 Dec 2023. Dr. Lei graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with a PhD in Historical Theology.?

Sabbatical
Dr. Lee Chee Chiew is on sabbatical leave from 1 Jan to 30 Jun 2024.?

School of Theology (English)

Dr. Peter Ho presented a paper, “The Macrostructural Designs of the Psalms, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah,” at the Macro Analysis of Hebrew Poetic and Prophetic Discourse Conference organized by the Dallas International University. He also spoke at two services at the New Life Fellowship in Vietnam.

Dr. Calvin Chong was Moderator at the GoForth “Mission 3.0 Navigating Digital Frontiers Together” event held at SBC.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Law gave a workshop on apologetics for the National University of Singapore Varsity Christian Fellowship (NUS VCF), wrote an article for the World Evangelical Alliance newsletter on the Helix Centre–SOTE Conference on Honour and Shame (https://theology.worldea.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TN-52-4_web.pdf), and was appointed as Eastern Asia Hub Director for Durham University’s “Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science” Templeton grant (https://www.eclasproject.org/).

Dr. Jean Luah was invited to respond to Prof. Walter Moberly (Emeritus Professor, Durham University, UK) at the lecture series on “God, Scripture, Wisdom: The Enduring Truth of the Old Testament” held by China Evangelical Seminary (Taiwan). She was also the main speaker at the NUS VCF Bible camp. She taught from the book of Job and the camp theme was “Refined as Gold” (Job 23:10).

Ms. Belinda Tan gave three talks on Genesis 38, the Pentateuch, and the theme of accountability for the Nanyang Technological University Christian Fellowship Bible Camp.

School of Theology (Chinese)

梁以利亚老师受邀成为荣乐基督教会按牧团的一员，同时也受邀参与南圣委员退修会，成为特邀嘉宾之一。

陈恩慧老师主讲长老会传道教牧培育课程”牧者作为女性教牧的装备与调适”，为笃信圣经长老会希伯仑堂儿童布道会讲员，主理长老会恩泽堂武吉巴督少儿主教师献心礼。

李志秋老师代表亚洲神学协会到香港的神学院参与认证审核。

张心玮老师应邀于台北主讲“以色列历史讲座”讲座，于长老会爱恩堂主讲“基督徒如何回应以巴冲突”，受佳音广播电台专访，并在新加坡圣经教会主讲约书亚记导论。

School of Church Music

The SCM faculty team provided care for alumni and musicians in Northeast India.

Dr. Myrleene Yap was the speaker at the Christmas services of GII Hok Im Tong – Puri (Jakarta, Indonesia) and at the Youth Worship Service of Davao Evangelical Church (Philippines).

Dr. Myrleene Yap and Dr. Virginia Tsai led the ladies ministry of Mount Carmel Bible-Presbyterian Church in a musical worship time.

School of Counselling

朱美娟老师于马来西亚皇后圣光教会为教会领袖们主讲“自我认识与灵性成长”；也受邀于新加坡伯特利堂夫妻退修会担任讲员。