What do we want to make friends for?

This Chinese New Year I had this cousin who was 2 years old. And you would know that kids like him love chocolate. So he was having a ball of a time eating and playing with chocolate that came in the form of gold coins and gold bars. While he was doing all that, everyone [...]

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Why we evangelize?

I have written some supplementary material to accompany the “Just Walk Across the Room” material that my church is using to get people to evangelize. “Why do you go to church every week?” a friend once asked me. For some of my friends, they only visit their temples when it’s Chinese New Year or when [...]

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What kind of disciple are we making?

We are intent on making disciples together as a church and we have studied, prayed and discussed and agreed on the list of traits we want to develop in people whom the Lord entrusts to us. These are the traits in a nutshell: WORLD: Evangelism and Missions-  Compelled, Compassionate, Community service REVIVAL: Holy Spirit’s Work-  [...]

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Planning retreat at Batam (24th to 26th Sep 2009)

It was one of the most important of retreats in the church’s life and we knew it. We had  our consultant, Dr Philip Huang’s analysis, notes and recommendations with us. He has had many meetings with the staff, the board of elders, and with the G20 a name we coined for the group of  20 church [...]

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“Showtime!” No More

Could our church shift from performance to mission? An article by Walt Kallestad, printed in Leadership Journal (Nov 2008) My first Sunday back from some time away, I sat in the worship service and wept. It struck me as such a production, so performance driven. In a word, it was shallow. I couldn’t believe this [...]

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