by Tan Huai Tze | May 7, 2026 | 2026, Following Jesus, Leadership, Spiritual Friendship
What a great blessing it is to have friends who bring to us the presence of Christ by their presence! It is something I long for, and something I have experienced, but truth be told, as a pastor of a growing church, I have found ministry to be increasingly lonely....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 1, 2025 | 2025, Leadership, Mentoring, Ministry & Training
As some of you may know I have phased out taking church camps from my ministry menu for now (read about it here). But I am open to taking some retreats for those in ministry. I have a burden for those on the front lines and if I can encourage them in some way, they...
by Bernice Lee | Nov 22, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Community, Leadership, Soo-Inn Tan
A church member approaches his/her church elders and says that he/she believes God has called him/her to vocational church ministry. How can church leaders decide if an individual is indeed called to that ministry? I prefer the term vocational church ministry rather...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 12, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Growth, Leadership, Obedience & Faithfulness, Soo-Inn Tan
Recently I was chatting with a Gen X (born 1965–1980) Christian leader. He said that his leadership board was made up of people in their 60s and 70s. He also said that it was time to introduce some younger leaders into the board. For that to happen, however, some of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 22, 2023 | 2023, Leadership, Spiritual Friendship, Spiritual Maturity
The most interesting teaching I did recently was a day-long webinar on spiritual formation for Asian leaders. I did this at the invitation of my old friend Chris Leong for MPI (Missions Partnership Initiative). What was interesting was the way this webinar was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 24, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, God, God's Grace, Growth, Leadership
Tonight (23 June) I will be sharing at an FES (Singapore) leadership consultation on “Leaders who Fail.” There is a sense of deja vu here. In 2003 I was part of the first Eagles Leadership Conference and was asked to do a workshop on “Growing Through...
