by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 11, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
grief n. the anguish experienced after significant loss . . . (American Psychological Association) I find myself grieving at many worship services. Nothing wrong at these services. The sermons were Bible-based and spoke to me. The worship leaders were sensitive to the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, Leadership
The following paragraph from the 23 February 2022 issue of the Singapore Straits Times caught my eye: Companies with a high proportion of board directors and senior executives aged over 60 delivered lower returns on assets compared with others, an inaugural...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 4, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Evangelism
I first heard about the three Cs of being human from R. Paul Stevens. From the creation accounts, he pointed out that humanity was defined by three “calls”. First was communion, the call to relate to God. (Gen 2:7; 3:8) Second was community,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 14, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Generations Project, God, Young Adult Ministry
In our last ecommentary we looked at some of the challenges to evangelism that the church faces today, especially for our young. I am particularly indebted to an article by James Chambers that points out how our usual pitch for the gospel may sound to...
by Wei-Hao Ho | Jan 7, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Evangelism, Generations Project, Young Adult Ministry
The Generations Project is an initiative by Graceworks that seeks to improve the health of the churches in Singapore by increasing the empathy that the different generations have for one another. After researching four different generations, we realised that the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 3, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Church, Discipleship, Family, Generations Project, Parenting
Of born Protestants whose parents talked about religion “a lot,” 89 percent continue to identify as Protestant. . . . The “raised religious” who are leaving organized religion aren’t, for the most part, those whose parents found purpose...
