by Bernice Lee | Oct 22, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Death & Grief, Family, Loving Others
Soo Inn often quips when asked about his mum’s former role as Chairperson of the Penang Baptist Church Board, “She was the best man for the job!”. Known throughout the church as Deaconess Ho (何执事), mum was the one you would go to when you wanted to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 15, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Church, Leadership
‘Tis the season for ordinations. Last Saturday a dear friend from the Evangelical Free Church was ordained. This Sunday, another dear friend from an independent Pentecostal Church will be ordained. Reminded me of my own ordination. Can’t remember exactly when it...
by Soo-Inn Tan, Wei-Hao Ho | Oct 8, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Generations Project, Mentoring, Soo-Inn Tan
The Generations Project is an endeavour that Graceworks embarked on which seeks to improve the unity within our churches by increasing the empathy that the different generations have for one another. Having concluded our research into Millennial, Gen X and Baby...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 1, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Church, COVID-19, Small Groups
How healthy is your cell group? This may go by different names in different churches, like action group, care group, life group, etc. Essentially, it is part of the small-group ministry of the church. Some of us remember a time when there were no small groups. The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Discipleship, Mentoring
Recently a church asked me to teach them about mentoring. I was happy and excited to do this of course, mentoring being one of the key foci of my ministry at this stage of my life. I was particularly excited by this invitation because I was told that they have never...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 16, 2021 | 2021, Articles, God, Life Issues, Suffering
These are dark and terrible times for me (and the family) Asking for prayers… Saw the above posting on a friend's Facebook page. I PMed him and found out that indeed his family was going through a very rough time. This seems to be the kind of postings I am...
