Ministries

Christian Education

Recognising that the intake of God’s Word through Sunday sermons is far from adequate, to ensure that our adult members know more of the Word, a formalised Christian Education (CE) programme was conceived in January 2004. In line with the Church’s vision of “Grow, Glow and Go”, the mission of CE is “To teach the Word towards the attainment of Christian maturity and to equip more to be teachers of the Word”.

This ministry is co-ordinated by Boon Heng under the pastoral guidance of Pastor Alfred Yeo. They are assisted by a team of regular instructors such as Kok Kay and Mei Ling.

For the first half of 2010, the English congregation will be studying the subject on Hermeneutics i.e. the interpretation of the Bible. Please refer to the schedule of syllabus for more information of the class.

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LESSON	DESCRIPTION	Date
1	Introduction	10 Jan
Part I – The Bible & Basics of Bible Interpretation
2	The Nature of the Bible, Qualifications for Bible Interpretation and the Common Objections	17 Jan
3	Common Terms, Goals and Sources of Proper Bible Interpretation	24 Jan
4	A brief history of Bible interpretation	31 Jan
5	Historical-Grammatical Method – Bridging the Historical	21 Feb
6	Historical-Grammatical Method – Bridging the Grammatical Gap	28 Feb
Part II - Different Types of Bible Literature
7	Bible Narratives, Gospels, Parables and the Epistles	14 Mar
8	Books of Wisdom, Poetry and Hyperbole	21 Mar
Part III - Application of Bible Interpretation
9	Observation 1 and 2	28 Mar
10	Observation 3, Interpretation and Application	11 Apr
11	Interpreting 3 John 1-4	18 Apr
12	Interpreting Philippians 2:12-13	25 Apr
13	Interpreting Luke 7:40-43	9 May
14	Interpreting Hebrews 6:1-8	16 May
15	Interpreting 1 Cor 2:14	23 May
16	Interpreting Jude	30 May

CE classes are also available for the Mandarin congregation after their service. This is carried out under the pastoral guidance of Pastor Joyce Yeo.

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