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APPOINTMENTS OF MINISTRIESFormal Training: Rev Dr Loh Hung Chey • Church Training: Rev Timothy Poon • Ministerial Training: Rev Lawrence Koo • Chinese Ministry: Rev Sophia Tan (Advisor) / Rev Peter Loh (Coordinator) • Archives Ministry: Rev Dr Andrew Ong • Prayer Ministry: Rev Chia Beng Hock • Assemblies of God Bible College (AGBC): Rev Lawrence Koo (Chairman) / Rev Dr Loh Hung Chey (Principal) • Global University (former ICI): Rev Winnie Wong (Director) • Royal Rangers: Mr Chia Eng Kiat (National Commander) • Assemblies of God Community Services Society (AGCSS): Rev Alfred Yeo (President) • Teen Challenge Singapore: Rev Dr Patrick Lau (President) / Ms Joyce Chan (Executive Director) • AG Times: Rev Dr Andrew Ong (Chief Editor)

25. Hougang Assembly of God Rev Joseph G Jayaraj 26. Jubilee Assembly Rev Priscilla Lee Kan Hui 27. Kam Kwong Christian Church Pastor Lau Wai Lan 28. Lifeline Family Church Rev David Wong Wan Tho29. Living Spring Fellowship Rev Sophia Tan Luang Keng 30. Maranatha Christian Assembly Rev Dr David Lee Foh Fatt 31. Moriah Assembly Rev Simon Ang Chuan Leong 32. New Covenant Sanctuary Ps Donnaven Teo Guan Chong33. New Destiny Fellowship International Rev Dr David Chee Yeow Seng34. New Life Church Rev Timothy Poon Wai Hon 35. Pentecostal Christian Community Rev Douglas Goh Chye Choon 36. Philadelphia Assembly of God Rev Dr George Seow Kah Sin 37. Philos Assembly of God Rev Yeo Pin Pin 38. Sembawang Assembly of God Rev Emily Tan Tang Mui 39. Shekinah Assembly of God Pastor Tan Hock Cheng 40. Shepherd’s Assembly Pastor Clara Wong41. Smyrna Assembly of God Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen42. The Ark Rev Jimmy Hoo Seng Lee43. The Harvest Force Rev Dr Loh Hung Chey44. The Living Word Fellowship Rev Jerome Madarang45. The People’s Church Pastor Patrick Cheong46. Trinity Christian Centre Rev Dominic Yeo47. Zion Full Gospel Church Rev Alfred Yeo Hock Leng

For details, go to website: www.ag.org.sg

AG established 16 doctrines as a standard to reach, preach and teach its people. These doctrines became our Statement of Fundamental Truths. Four of these truths are our core beliefs due to the key role they play in reaching the lost and building the believer and the church both now and for the future. WE BELIEVE…1. The Scriptures are Inspired by God2. There is only One True God3. In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ4. Man Willingly Fell into Sin5. Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with God Through ‘Salvation’6. Two ordinances – (1) Water Baptism by Immersion (2) Holy Communion7. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvation8. The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues’9. Sanctification Initially Occurs at Salvation10. The Church has a Mission11. Leadership Ministry Serves the Church12. Divine Healing of the Sick is a Privilege for Christians Today13. The Blessed Hope—When Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth14. The Millennial Reign Of Christ15. A Final Judgment Will Take Place16. In New Heavens and a New Earth

A Glance at AG…Information of the Assemblies of God of Singapore:AG SECRETARIATOffice Manager: Ms Catherine Chee8 Lorong 27A Geylang #02-08Guilin Building, Singapore 388106Tel : 68414912 Fax : 67471170Email : admin@ag.org.sgWebsite : www.ag.org.sg

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEGeneral Superintendent:Rev Dominic Yeo

Assist. General Superintendent:Rev Robert Lum Siew Loke

General Secretary:Rev Dr Anthony Phua Chai Chuan

General Treasurer:Rev Simon Ang Chuan Leong

Committee Members:Rev Sam KunaRev Sophia Tan Luang KengRev Lawrence Koo Chok NamRev Timothy Poon Wai Hon

1. Aflame Family Centre Pastor Patrick Tay 2. Agape Community Church Rev Lawrence Koo 3. Bethany Christian Centre Rev Andrew Tng Teck Long 4. Bethel Assembly of God Rev Chia Beng Hock 5. Calvary Assembly of God Rev Gerald Tan 6. Care Assembly of God Rev Chng Mui Yong 7. Centre of New Life Rev Lawrence Ong Keng Kiat 8. Church of Christ The Rock Ps Paul Ng Moh Ngee9. Church of Praise Rev Pang Yan Cher & Rev Pang Yan Leng10. Covenant Life Assembly Ps Stephen Ng Heok Kiah11. Ebenezer Assembly of God Rev Kanakaraj Jeevanandam12. Elim Church Rev Glen Lim Cheng Huat 13. Emmanuel Assembly of God Rev Mark Poh Ik Woon 14. Eternal Life Assembly Rev Robert Lum Siew Loke 15. Faith Assembly of God Rev Humphrey Choe 16. Full Gospel Korean Church Ps Jin Hyun Moo17. God@Work Rev Dominic Tan Kim Yong18. Grace Assembly of God & Grace II Rev Dr David Lim 19. Grace Christian Centre Rev Tay Hey Tong 20. Great Shepherd Assembly Rev Paul Tan Teck Beng21. Harborlight Church Rev Gerry Poon Lee Soon 22. Harvester Community Church Rev Bernard Foo Chaw Sou23. Herald Assembly of God Rev Dr Johnny Yeoh Hooi Chai24. Hosanna Assembly of God Rev A Vanimogan

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Front (L-R): Dr Anthony Phua, Rev Dominic Yeo, Rev Robert Lum Back (L-R): Rev Sam Kuna, Rev Lawrence Koo, Rev Sophia Tan, Rev Simon Ang, Rev Timothy Poon

Evangelists’ Corner Pg.11Testimonies Pg. 8 -10Ministers’ Retreat Pg. 4Slaying Giants Pg. 3 & 7

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Children as well as adults are fascinated by the story of young David with a sling and a stone killing the giant Goliath. We often think only one giant was killed but there were four other giants that were killed by David‘s men as recorded in 2 Sam. 21:16-22:

16And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant [Giant No.1], the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. 18And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant [Giant No.2]. 19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite [Giant No.3], the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number [Giant No.4]; and he also was born to the giant. 21And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. 22These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

A preacher who prayed and prophesied over me said that I was to be a giant slayer. I began to search the scriptures and found what giants I was to kill. I will be sharing five giants to slay in this and future issues.

First, The Giant of Fears. Giant Fear has tormented many (1Jn. 4:18 “…fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love”). We face many kinds of fears: darkness, people, enclosed spaces, heights, insects, death, etc. I found a list of 593 fears or phobias on the Internet (http://phobialist.com/). There are people who exploit our fears by writing horror stories, directing movies and even building houses of horrors.

God knows all our fears. Someone counted 366 promises of “fear not” or its equivalent in the Bible. If it is true, God knows we need assurance every day including an extra one for a leap year. Many of these are found in Isaiah (e.g. Isa 35:4 “Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you”; Isa 41:10 “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”). Claim them in times of fears.

The opposite of fear is faith. When you believe something positively, it is faith. But when you believe something negatively, it is fear. What you believe is likely to come to pass whether good or bad. In Job 3:25, Job says: “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.” If you keep thinking or focusing on your fears, you will bring them to pass. Replace fear with faith. Instead of believing bad things will happen to you, believe good things will come upon you.

I came across this story of the fear of the unknown bringing death instead of life to people:

Several generations ago, during one of the most turbulent of the desert wars in the Middle East, a spy was captured and sentenced to death by a general of the Persian army. The general, a man of intelligence and compassion, had adopted a strange and unusual custom in such cases. He permitted the condemned person to make a choice. The prisoner could either face a firing squad or pass through the Black Door. As the moment of the execution drew near, the general ordered the spy to be brought before him for a short, final interview, the primary purpose of which was to receive the answer of the doomed man to the query: “What shall it be-the firing squad or the Black Door?”This was not an easy decision, and the prisoner hesitated, but soon made it known that he much preferred the firing squad to the unknown horrors that might await him behind the ominous and mysterious door. Not long thereafter, a volley of shots in the courtyard announced that the grim sentence had been fulfilled. The general, staring at his boots, turned to his aide and said, “You see how it is with men; they will always prefer the known to the unknown. It is characteristic of people to be afraid of the undefined. Yet I gave him his choice.” “What lies beyond the Black Door?” asked the aide. “Freedom,” replied the general, “and I’ve known only a few brave enough to take it.” Slay the giant of fears in your life.

Second, The Giant of Worries. Giant Worry causes many to age rapidly: turning hairs white, adding wrinkles and eye bags to faces. People worry too much. Here are some worries of the Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) as

found in a survey [the Louis Harris Poll, financed by Oath Pharmaceutical Corp., maker of Renova skin cream] of more than twelve hundred 30–50 year-olds. It also found: 66% worry about gaining weight, 28% worry about losing hair, 28% worry about getting facial wrinkles and 24% worry about getting grey hair.

Some worries are unnecessary for they will never come into your life. For example, a person worried he would contract cancer but he died of TB instead. Some worries will come to pass but they will have no significant impact in your lives. Failure in one subject in a diploma course may not be the collapse of your life. I read somewhere that only 8% of our worries are real worries but still there are solutions to alleviate their impact on your life.

In the Sermon of the Mount, Jesus said that the heathen worry about food, drink and clothing [Matt. 6: 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things]. I came across this interesting poem that describes those who worry:

Said the robin to the sparrow, “I should really like to know Why these anxious human beings Rush about and worry so.” Said the sparrow to the robin, “I think that it must be They have no Heavenly Father Such as cares for you and me.”

How do you slay Giant Worry? First, bring every worry to God in prayer and leave it there. Phil. 4:6 states, “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

I heard of an old uneducated man who was given a lift on a horse and carriage but he was still carrying his sack of things. When the driver asked him why he was still carrying his sack, he replied he did want to burden the horse. Similarly, when you are in Christ, He carries all your burdens. Yet we are anxious because we do not want to bother the Lord. 1 Peter 5:7 says: “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” If you feel you have no strength to cast your worries, you can roll them to the Lord.

Second, take one step at a time when you are overwhelmed by your worries. Matthew 6:34 states: “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Take one day at a time when you become anxious about your future. If you can plan your future without worrying, then go ahead in your planning for 5 years, 10 years or even a lifetime. But when you let your future burden you, you should take one day at a time. When you have an enormous project or work, don’t be anxious. Break your work into smaller portions and tackle one task at a time. Someone says you can eat a whole elephant by eating one bite at a time. Don’t sit and start worrying about anything, start by doing something small towards your goal.

We have slain the giants of fears and worries in this issue; I will share more giants to slay in the next issue.

Dear Ministers and Churches of the Assemblies of God, I want to take this opportunity to thank many of you for your wonderful support to the Executive Council 2010/2011. It has truly been an eye opener to lead and to see this movement grow from strength to strength. As we enter into a new season, we are believing God for greater things to come. The AG TIMES is one of the first of many new things that we will be seeing. To foster our vision and communication, I would like everyone to participate in the AG TIMES by submitting a story, a testimony, an article of your church life or even an advert of your forecast events that we as a denomination can rally around.

To fan a movement of the Spirit towards Togetherness, I would like to see the AG churches and ministers coming together in greater interaction. Already the prayer meetings are achieving some of this component of us praying together and having times for engagement. At the recent MIR at the

Golden Palm Resort, it was wonderful to see ministers from the different churches engaging in conversation after dinner into the late night hours. What was more pleasing was the momentum of prayer for each other.

I believe that come 2012, we will see greater fellowship and cooperation together. Let us look forward to the Prayer Meetings and the Minister’s Summit that we will be having together. This would be a time of us coming together, praying together and walking the journey of ministry together.

As the Spirit leads us, we want to endeavour to see Training take place across the board for all of our credentialled workers. This year, we saw several such training sessions organized for our ministers, both on formal and non-formal platforms. The Assemblies of God Bible College (AGBC) has received another 5 more years of recognition and affirmation from the Asia Theological Accreditation Board and 10 more years of academic excellence and standing from the Asia Pacific Theological Accreditation Board for our programs. Education must be primary and ongoing as we continue to labour in the current “harvest fields”. As the sociological arena changes, we need to engage both in a theological and relevant manner to reach the unreached and to bring revelatory understanding to our congregation. Hence, I would like to encourage everyone, both full-time ministers and laity, to engage with us in AGBC so that you can be equipped to serve our Master.

On the non-formal platforms, we had both excellent impartation sessions from Rev Dr Naomi Dowdy, Rev Dr David Lim and Rev Simon Chan. Many ministers have feedback their deep appreciation for these times of engagements. On top of these platforms, there were other trainings organized by churches and organizations that were made available for our ministers to attend. Some of these

were sessions were on Handling Media by National Council of Churches, Dr Kevin Mannonia and the Global Leadership Summit to name a few.

In year 2012, we will continue to see more of these trainings both formal and non-formal to engage ministers to better serve our AG constituents. As these developments continue, we will move into the next wave of seeing church trainings that will be developed in consultations with the Senior Pastors.

The third development of the Spirit will be the area of Transformation. Transformation is about bringing the impact and influence of Christ into our world. We would like to see how as a movement of the Spirit, we are able to do this at all spheres. Currently the main draw has to do with missions that each local church of the AG is undertaking. However at the Asia Pacific and International level, the AG Singapore is engaging to bring social transformation through our relief efforts e.g. Japan’s tsunami.

Closer to home is the convening of a group of experienced itinerant ministers/evangelists to be the steering committee to launch an association of evangelists within the AG Singapore umbrella. Through this committee we aim to provide endorsements, care and mentoring amongst these that are called to be God’s messengers. This would also provide a listing of ministers that can bring transformation to churches and community within the Asia Pacific networks. At this moment, the paper submitted by this committee is being studied for implementation. I believe once implemented, this Association of AG Evangelists / Itinerant Ministers can be a transformational force.

In 2012, we believe that God will continue to lead us forward to do greater exploits both in our nation and beyond.

Slaying The Giants SeriesGeneral Superintendent’s Message

Editorial : New Format

By Rev Dr Andrew OngBy Rev Dominic Yeo

By Rev Dr Andrew OngWhen there is more material than space allows, it may be published in subsequent issues. Please help us by sending any news, information, photos and other relevant material to us that we can be able to serve you better.

The Executive Committee of the Assemblies of God of Singapore has decided to revamp The Singapore Evangel magazine into a quarterly 12-page newsletter under a new editor with a new format. As the newly-appointed Chief Editor, I wish to share my objectives and concepts of this AG Times:

OBJECTIVES 1. To keep the AG constituents informed of the AG community news and events 2. To inspire the readers through articles, photos, cartoons and other materials 3. To uphold the AG doctrines and practices 4. To be a platform for the AG community to interact with one another

CONTENTS • Sharing messages of AG General Superintendent, Executive Committee and Editor • Introducing Executive Committee, AG ministries, institutions, events and relevant AG information • Providing news of AG and churches • Updating future events of AG ministries, institutions and churches • Featuring devotional and Biblical articles • Publishing testimonies of healing, miracles and answers to prayers • Providing a place for readers to interact • Inspiring readers with cartoons, quotations and other interesting materials

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The following are brief comments from different individuals about the MIR:

“The MIR through the convicting messages from Dr Mannoia has definitely brought us back to our central focus as a couple and as pastors – loving God, His body, and the World (His mission field). ~ Rev Jerry & Gloria Madarang, The Living Word Fellowship

“Dr Kevin Mannoia ministered as a pastor to pastors and this expanded my ministry perspective and heart.” ~ Rev Lindsey Lui, Faith Assembly

“MIR 2011 has been a time of refreshing and recharging. The sessions are enriching. The group dynamic has brought individuals closer. Through praying in small groups and sharing, I have been ministered. I look forward to the next MIR.” ~Joyce Chan, Teen Challenge

“Good place, good food, good fellowship and most important of all – God’s ministering presence at every session! What more can one ask?” ~ Darick Yeo, Trinity Christian Centre

“It’s a time of realigning ourselves to the purpose of God.” ~ Rev James Singh, AG Evangelist

“It’s the best MIR I have attended: good speaker, great camaraderie, warm fellowship, and unique location.” ~ Cheng Kuna, Trinity Christian Centre

“In this MIR, I’ve learned the overriding principle of having the mind of Christ which includes humility, making deliberate efforts in making sure that we become servants of the Lord Jesus Christ as our Master while serving others; and being consistent in all our behaviour, and ultimately to be worthy and emit the aroma of Christ!” ~ Pastor Andrew Ting, Bethany Christian Centre

“I am happy to be ‘home’ with the Assemblies of God.” ~ Poh Aye Lan, Emmanuel Assembly

“The messages are relevant, thought-provoking, and soul-searching.” ~ Rev Calvin Lee, Grace Assembly

“In MIR, I have got to know more fellow ministers.” ~ David Chng, Trinity Christian Center

For this year, MIR we had more than 60 Chinese pastors and leaders attending the retreat at Golden Palm Tree Resort, Sepang.

Rev Lawrence Liu from Taipei Revival Church was our speaker. He was a mission pastor at heart, spending much time in Russia, China and other countries, training and developing pastors in their homeland. In this camp, he shared on the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul. There were many good points which were practical and applicable to our ministry and personal growth. The following feedback from the Chinese pastors and leaders show this.

在今年的教牧退修营，我们有六十多位的牧师领袖参加。地点在西马的金棕榈树度假村举行。讲员柳建台牧师是台北复兴教会堂主任。深具宣教热诚，长时间在苏联，中国等地，训练和栽培在其所在地的教牧同工。这次营会，他分享使徒保罗的生平及事绩；这在我们的侍奉和个人的属灵进程提供不少宝贵的经验。

以下是华文同工们对这几天所给于的回响和反馈：

我是谁不重要!重要的,我是上帝的儿女.所以祂要教育我,指示我当行的路.祂要定晴在我身上劝戒我.因为我原是祂的工作,在基督耶稣里造成的,为要叫我行善,就是神所预备叫我行的.感谢柳建台牧师,透过祂的分享再次提醒神给我的异象,成为有效能的神仆.感谢教牧同工领袖营的委员,你们辛苦了! ~锡安全备福音教会，Joyce牧师

感谢主为我开路,使我有机会参于今年的营会.我喜欢房间周围肃静的环境,享受与同工彼此勉励,更从所讲的道得着坚固重新得力。~神召会加略山，邹撒拉牧师

感谢天父的恩典,让我参加了今年的MIR.聚会中神再次提醒和确定身为传道人, 需要花更多时间来研读神的话语.这是神给我的答复. ~神召会赞美堂，李爱莲牧师

非常感恩.在营会中得知自己是神的命定中.何等安慰!何等幸福! ~神召会，陈德明牧师

每年的MIR都带来不少帮助,讲员的供应,大致上很好,地点简值美好. 神召总会的同工很少碰面面, 藉此机会彼此认识,交通建立友情.个人方面,有好环境作灵修默想. 非常感激神召总会. ~神召会永生堂，王康弼牧师

无论食物与属灵粮食是那么丰盛,透过这趟的教牧MIR,使我更加了解神的命定, 在我的生命里,持守神的异象迈进. ~HARVEST FORCE，Terence牧师

感 谢 神 的 恩 典 , 在 这 个 营 会 中 , 神 藉 着 信 息 , 前 辈 的 鼓励 , 以 及 同 工 们 的 安 慰 , 使 我 重 新 得 力 , 持 守 神 的 呼 召 . ~神召会主临堂，莫蕙珠牧师

Thank God for His refreshment in the Spirit and in the Body. ~Elim Church, Ps Raymond & Lily

在这个营会中,我学习敞开自己,破碎自己,献给主.以受教的心,顺服主,重新得力.让主将眼睛的鳞片,一片一片的拨开来, 认识主, 祈求主的引导. 我要为祢作什么?在圣 灵 的 光 照 中 , 彼 此 扶 持 , 合 一 , 建 立 全 备 祭 台 , 预 备 自己,突破软弱,领受能力.去扩张事奉的境界,爱人如己,实践对人扩张的异象.照主成就所赐的异象在我身上. ~神召会永生堂，林英光弟兄

一心,专心,忠心,持守一颗单纯的心,保守一颗不变的热忱与动力。 ~无名

The Graduation ceremony is the climax of the school year. The Assemblies of God Bible College (AGBC) rejoiced with the 35 graduates and their families and churches. Held at Centre of New Life on 13 November 2011, AGBC’s College Management Committee, members of the A/G Executive Council, invited guests, pastors, families, and friends gathered to celebrate with AGBC and the graduates. Altogether, the graduates were conferred certificates to master’s degrees.

The years of formal training have come to an end for the graduates. However they will keep on learning and growing in their area of ministry as a new journey has just begun. May the graduates go forth boldly, knowing they are in the Master’s Hand!

Heah Yong Chian of Royal Rangers Outpost #12 (Eternal Life Assembly), received the National Youth Achievement Award (Gold) from His Excellency, Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of the Republic of Singapore, at the 11th NYAA Gold Award Presentation Ceremony held at ITE College (West) on 28th October 2011. The Gold Award is the pinnacle of the National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA) programme that provides young people between the ages of 14 and 25 years old with a platform to develop and maximize their potential though participation in five areas– service, adventurous journey, skills, physical recreation or a residential project that benefits the community. The NYAA award programme is a full member of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award adopted in over 130 countries worldwide to recognise exceptional youth development. Successful recipients of the NYAA Awards are also eligible for CCA points from their respective schools/institutions.

Teen Challenge (Singapore) recently celebrated its 35th anniversary at the Ban Heng Pavilion Restaurant, on the 4th of November 2011 and had the honour of having Mr Hri Kumar Nair, a Member of Parliament for Bishan and Toa Payoh GRC, Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law, Member of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education GRC to grace this event.

With a crowd of over 570 distinguished guests, families and friends of Teen Challenge (Singapore) gathered together to give thanks to God for His goodness upon the ministry.

Upon commencement of the service, Mr Eddie Joseph, DARE Centre senior manager, together with Mr Jason Lim, one of the Board of Directors of Teen Challenge, led the congregation in a time of praise and worship, while Rev. Sam Kuna, the Vice-President and the former Executive Director of Teen Challenge (Singapore) livened up the night by hosting the 35th Anniversary celebration. Teen Challenge (Singapore) also had the honour of having guest singer, Mr Geoffrey Wu, present two songs to thank God for His provision and guidance upon Teen Challenge throughout the past 35 years. Not forgetting the famous Faith Bandwagon performed with Rev. Sam Kuna as the keyboardist, which had many cheering them on.

Ms Joyce Chan, the Executive Director of Teen Challenge (Singapore) also shared a touching message on the importance of saving the lost from their addictions and other life threatening problems, emphasising on the phrase found in the film “Schindler’s List” “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire”.

Indeed it was a joyous occasion for many old friends, colleagues, ex beneficiaries, volunteers and families as many took the opportunity to catch up with friends and that was what it was all about, coming together as one big family, exhorting and encouraging one another which reflected on the theme “Building for Life”.

Teen Challenge is grateful for all the support rendered from the various churches, friends, and sponsors that have continuously sowed into the ministry all these years. Without these support, Teen Challenge would not have been where it is today, reaching out to the marginalised, and making a difference in our community. Glory to God in the highest!

Royal Rangers Singapore has been accredited as an Operating Authority with the NYAA Council since 2009. To date, it has shaped a total of 19 NYAA Bronze Award recipients and 11 NYAA Silver Award recipients - through its child-led, adult-facilitated Christian mentoring programme. The synergy between NYAA and Royal Rangers provides a unique opportunity for our young people to develop and to reflect on their experiences in a Royal Rangers environment built on friendship, fun, Christian service and hands-on experiential learning. In Yong Chian’s own words, “I was constantly challenged by my leader and mentor, Commander Daniel Yue, to rethink my motivations and purpose for doing the different sections. This challenges me to think about what’s next and how to bring myself to another level”. Such reflections empower the next generation to not only hone their leadership edge; more importantly, it allows Christian leaders to mentor them to remain ready and responsive to serve God’s purpose as their own.

The Royal Rangers NYAA programme is an excellent resource for churches, youth groups and community outreach centres to build up their congregation and reach their communities through an internationally recognised adventure-based mentoring programme.

For more information, please contact the National Royal Rangers Singapore office at info@royalrangers.com.sg

News & EventsAG COUNCIL, MINISTRIES & INSTITUTIONS

The Ministers Institute cum Retreat (MIR) was held in the exotic Golden Palm Tree Resort, Sepang, Malaysia from 21 to 24 Nov 2011. About 220 participated in this meaningful event, among whom, about a third of them were Chinese-speaking ministers. We were blessed to have two speakers, Dr Kevin Mannoia from USA, and Dr Lawrence Liu from Taiwan, ministering to the English-speaking and Chinese-speaking ministers respectively.

Golden Palm Tree Resort, Sepang

By Rev Lawrence Koo, MIR ChairmanBy Rev Kwek Sew Kian

By Chris Chan

By Ps Peter Loh, AG Chinese Department

Ministers’ Institute Cum Retreat (MIR) 2011 Assemblies of God Bible College’s33rd Graduation Exercises

Royal Ranger ReceivesNYAA Gold Award

Dr Kevin Mannoia teaching

MIR 2011 Group Photo

2011 AGBC Group

Graduation Service

Praying for Graduates

RR Receiving Award from President

By Timothy Pan

Celebrating God’s Goodness – “Building for Life”

柳建台牧师

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New Destiny Fellowship International celebrated its 14th Anniversary on the 22nd October 2011 along the theme of ‘AWESOME IS OUR LORD.’ We had the honour of having the General Superintendent, Rev Dominic Yeo, as speaker.

The highlights of the occasion included:

1. Building Your Legacy (Building Fund Faith Promise) The pledge amount exceeded the target set for the period of November 2011 to March 2012.

2. Destiny Centre A video presentation of our dream of ‘Destiny Centre’ - A Family Life Centre offering spiritual, medical, financial, educational and emotional healing to the community. This is an audacious dream. Yet we are reminded that

If the size of our visionisn’t intimidating to us, there is

a good chance that it is insulting to GOD.

Every God-given dream is intimidating to man; but it is also EPIC: Everything Possible In Christ. We praise the LORD for the promise He gives to us from Ephesians 3:20,

Now to Him Who, by the power that is at work within us, is able to do superabundantly,

far over and above all that we [dare] ask orthink[infinitelybeyondourhighestprayers,

desires, thoughts, hopes or dreams]

3. Faithfulness of God God’s faithfulness upon all our congregations – English, Mandarin, Filipino, Indonesian and BM - was depicted via a video with the following story line: a. Passionate Heartbeat for God and His Agenda b. Transforming Families through the Word and the Spirit c. Strategic Leadership empowered by Prayer, Mentoring and Team Ministry

4. Special Items Sister Kesia, our 10-year-old from the Indonesian congregation, presented the song “YOU LIFT ME UP”. Many were touched and inspired by her joy in the LORD despite her physical handicap.

The children from the English congregation interpreted the song ‘MY HOPE IT COMES FROM GOD ALONE’ through sign language.

Our F i l ip ino youth presented a mime - ‘By His Wounds’ .

The Celebration Service climaxed with the unwrapping of the door gift which was given to all. Pastor David Chee used the gift – An Hour Glass – to remind all that “greater things are yet to come.” This is our “kairos” moment to rise up with audacious faith so as to fulfill the purpose of God in and through our lives.” This was followed by a memorial time of food and fellowship.

It was with great joy and wonderment that the Centre of New Life Kindergarten celebrated with the students and parents in the 2nd CNL Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony. The occasion was graced by Dr Amy Khor, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health, Mayor of the South West district and Member of Parliament for Hong Kah North.

The CNL Kindergarten started out as a vision by Senior Pastor Lawrence Ong. He had an intense desire to start a work to impact children’s lives in the west of Singapore. At that point of time, Centre of New Life Church was in the midst of constructing our church building at Gek Poh, Jurong West.

As the building neared completion, a committee was set up to study the feasibility of starting a kindergarten. Although the committee consisted of members of CNL who had no prior experience in kindergarten operations and child care, it was by God’s grace that a principal with 25 years’ experience who shared the same vision, stepped out in faith to join us in this pioneering work.

At the beginning stage, the kindergarten started operations with less than 10 students and by end of 2010, it grew to 80 students. As of now, our enrolment is 115 students. The start of school year 2012 will see an enrolment of 150 students.

Indeed, the journey to bring the kindergarten to fruition had been a faith walk. We started the journey with limited experience and resources. God had been faithful at every stage of our kindergarten’s progress. He faithfully blessed us in time and season so that we can be a blessing to the children in Hong Kah North.

Through the kindergarten, doors have been opened to further bless the children of Hong Kah North through neighbourhood reading programmes and enrichment courses. It is our deepest desire that the children be brought up to be God-fearing and productive individuals.

News & EventsFROM AG CHURCHES

The Worship Team

By Rev Dr David Chee

New Destiny Fellowship International

By Pastor Francis Chen CENTRE OF NEW LIFE 《胜过生命里的巨人》系列

王泉隆博士 牧师

孩童和成人都喜欢大卫用石子击杀巨人歌利亚的圣经故事。很多时候，我们以为只有一个巨人被杀 了 。 但 是 根 据 撒 母 耳 记 下 2 1 章 1 6 - 2 2 节 大 卫的随从一共杀死了四个巨人。

16伟人的一个儿子以实比诺（巨人一）要杀大卫。他的铜枪重三百舍客勒，又佩着新刀。17但洗鲁雅的儿子亚比筛帮助大卫，攻打非利士人，将他杀死。当日，跟随大卫的人向大卫起誓说，以后你不可再与我们一同出战，恐怕熄灭以色列的灯。 18后来，以色列人在歌伯与非利士人打仗，户沙人西比该杀了伟人的一个儿子撒弗（巨人二）。19又在歌伯与非利士人打仗，伯利恒人雅雷俄珥金的儿子伊勒哈难杀了迦特人歌利亚（巨人三）。这人的枪杆粗如织布的机轴。 20又在迦特打仗，那里有一个身量高大的人，手脚都是六指，共有二十四个指头。他也是伟人的儿子（巨人四）。 21这人向以色列人骂阵，大卫的哥哥示米亚的儿子约拿单就杀了他。 22这四个人是迦特伟人的儿子，都死在大卫和他仆人的手下。

曾经有一位传道人为我祷告并预言我会成为一个诛杀“巨人”的人。我就开始查考经文以找出所要克服的“巨人”。在这两期的时报里我将与大家分享如何克服五个“巨人”。

首先，惧怕的巨人。许多人被惧怕折磨。（约翰一书4:18“爱里没有惧怕。惧怕的人在爱里未得完全。”）我们面对不同的惧怕：黑暗，人，围困的空间，高度，昆虫，死亡，等等。有些人利用我们对惧怕的心态来著作恐怖故事，编导电影，甚至建筑恐怖的房子。

神知道我们有惧怕的心。有人数算过圣经里共有366个“不要惧怕”的应许。倘若这是真实的话，神知道我们每天都需要有这样的确据。这些应许在以赛亚书里可以找得到。好比：以赛亚书35:4“对胆怯的人说，你们要刚强，不要惧怕。看哪，你们的神必来报仇，必来施行极大的报应，他必来拯救你们。”以赛亚书41:10“你不要害怕，因为我与你同在。不要惊惶，因为我是你的神。我必坚固你，我必帮助你，我必用我公义的右手扶持你。”

惧怕临到的时候我们要宣告神的话语。惧怕的反面是信心。当你正面相信时，那是信心。反之，负面的心态就是惧怕。你所相信的无论是好是坏都会成就。 约伯记3:25“因我所恐惧的临到我身，我所惧怕的迎我而来。” 如果你持续的思考或专注于你害怕的事情，你就会自然而然的惧怕起来。

请用信心来替代惧怕。相信好的事情会发生在你的身上而不是相信坏的事情会发生。我曾听过一个故事说到未知的惧怕心里会使到人死亡。

很久以前在中东沙漠最动荡的战争里，有一个间谍被虏，并被判死刑。当时一位蛮有机智和同情心的将军采用了一种很不寻常的手法。他允许被定罪的人抉择行刑或穿越一道黑门。当行刑的时刻临近的时候，将军下令把间谍带到他的面前作最后的面试，主要的目的是要那人作最后的选择：行刑或

黑门？”这是一个棘手的决定。间谍犹豫了一阵后决定面对刑法而放弃黑门，因为他对黑门后面的神秘感而产生惧怕。不久之后，院子里就发出了刑法的子弹枪声。将军盯着他的靴子转身对他的助手说，“你看人就是如此，他们一般上只是选择自己知道的而放弃未知数的。这就是人的特性。“黑门之外是什么呢？”助手问。“自由”，将军回答说，“只有少数的人敢勇敢的面对它。”

第二，忧虑的巨人。 忧虑使到许多人容易苍老：头发变白，脸上出现皱纹和眼袋。人往往就是有太多的忧虑。调查报告显示66% 的人忧虑肥胖，28%忧虑掉头发，28% 忧虑脸上有皱纹，24% 忧虑头发变白。 有些忧虑是不必要的，因为它永远不会发生。例如，一个人忧虑会患上癌症却死于结核病。一些忧虑会发生却不至于在生活里产生重大的影响力。在文凭课程里失去一个科目不会使到你的生命崩溃。我在某处读过只有8％的忧虑是肯定的，是有办法可以解决的。

在登山宝训里，耶稣说外邦人忧虑吃什么，喝什么，穿什么。(马太福音6章31节“所以不要忧虑，说，吃什么？喝什么？穿什么？ 32节“这都是外邦人所求的。你们需用的这一切东西，你们的天父是知道的。”

曾读过一遍有趣的忧虑小故事:

知更鸟对麻雀说：“我真的很想知道世人为什么如此的忙碌和担心。”麻雀回答说：“我想那是因为他们没有天父的看顾吧！” 你如何克服忧虑？首先，藉着祷告把所有忧虑交托给神。腓立比书4:6“应当一无挂虑，只要凡事借着祷告，祈求，和感谢，将你们所要的告诉神。”

曾经听过这么样的故事说到一位没有受过教育的人乘搭一辆马车。当他登上马车的时候，他不把布袋放下乃是继续的背在肩膀上。司机问他为什么如此行，他回答说：“因为我不想拖累马儿。”同样的道理，当你在基督里，耶稣背负你所有的重担。然而我们还是一直的担心深怕我们会干扰基督。

彼得前书5:7“你们要将一切的忧虑卸给神，因为他顾念你们。”当你不堪忧虑的时候，你要一步一步的来克服它。马太福音6:34 “所以不要为明天忧虑。因为明天自有明天的忧虑。一天的难处一天当就够了。”

当你面对巨大的工程或工作时，不要忧虑。把你的工作分成段落然后逐步的处理它。有人说，你可以一口一口的吃掉整只大象。不要无谓的惧怕，开始一小步一小步的去成就你的目标。这一期的时报里我们分享了生命的巨人：惧怕和忧虑。下一期我将与你更多的分享生命里的巨人。

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2006年7月3日我被送往陈笃生医院。当天晚上，医生诊断我的心脏被不知名的病毒感染而有衰竭的现象。由于我的心跳率下降 (<15%)，医生建议我接受两个手术。

第一次手术在午夜进行。进入手术室的时候，我害怕极了，甚至于不晓得该如何的祷告。因着惧怕和忧虑，我的脑袋一片空白。我的内心一直呼喊着“耶稣，耶稣。”就在手术开始时，(在手术过程中我是清醒的)，突然间，我心里有平安和喜乐。我可以感受到耶稣就站在我的左边观看着整个手术。手术成功! 当天晚上，我安然的睡到天明。

第二天早上又施手术。在进入手术室之前，我又再一次的惧怕。就在那个时候，两首主日学诗歌“因他活着” 和“有基督在我的船中，我可以笑看风浪”回旋在我的脑里。唱完诗歌后，我的心再次的充满了平安和喜乐。第二次手术也成功进行！

可是手术后，我的病况恶化。医生说已经尽力而为了。在束手无策的时候，医生们把我转入新加坡中央医院。 在转移过程中，我在救伤车内看见一群鸟儿飞过。霎时间，马太福音6章26节浮现在我的脑海里提醒我比天空的鸟儿更珍贵。我深知耶稣会来拯救我。一路上我开始唱诗赞美神。

抵达中央医院的时候，我的情况已经稳定，不需要再插入更多的仪器。第二天，医生们惊讶我的病情已经慢慢恢复。我的心跳率开始增加。每一天我都逐渐的康复。

然而我的病况在心电图扫描的时候又出现状况。医生发现一个大血块在我其中的一条动脉里。因此，我不能出院直到这个问题被解决了。为此，我把这个问题交托给神。在祷告的时候，圣灵启示神会给我一颗新的心。

确实的，第二天的心电图扫描里没有血块的迹象在我的动脉里。几天后我就出院。多年来，神医治了我。神启示我无论我往哪里去，风浪有多大，病况有多重，神都能够带领我安然的渡过。

~ 李伟明

By Arielle Yang, Emmanuel AssemblySince the age of 5, I could see spirits or ghostly figures

from time to time. As we were not from a Christian family, our family believed that this could happen due to periods of ‘bad luck’ or the opening of a ‘third eye’. My parents started bringing me to various mediums and participated in rituals to improve my luck, to ask for protection as well as for blessings.

When I was about 7 years old, I started having frequent oppressions as I lay down to sleep. Nightmares and insomnia began to haunt me but somehow, throughout my years of growing up, I gradually got ‘used to’ all these disturbances as I had accepted them as periods of “ups and downs” in my “luck cycle”. Meanwhile, I continued to seek and worship various mediums and gods but had never sought Christ for help. I was in fact put off by

稣，邪灵就马上消失，我也经历了前所未有的平安。我体会到耶穌基督确实与众不同，可是就是无法接受他。我在房间里告诉耶稣我还不能信他，然而如果他是真神，就帮我解决问题，并且显现给我看。

一星期后，因着自己对基督教的渴慕，就单独一人去教会。敬拜的时候，我感受到主耶稣基督的爱，深知自己曾否认主而不禁落泪。当牧师台前呼召的时候，我知道自己需要与神和好，也觉得该是接受耶稣的时刻了。当天晚上信主后，我就不在有被掐的缠绕了。接下来的两个月里，藉着两个简单的祷告神医治了困扰我七年的肠胃问题和慢性膝伤。虽然噩梦偶而还会发生，但是我已经不在意了。

然而信主三年后，几乎每天晚上我又被攻击了，而且历时了五个月的时间。我感到非常的不安和失望，因为我以为自己的问题已经完全解决了。

就 在 此 时 基 督 徒 朋 友 们 告 诉 我 麦 克 康 奈 尔 （ M i k e Connell）牧师将拜访以马内利堂，并鼓励我参加聚会。在朋友的鼓励下，我第一次来到以马内利堂。当迈克牧师为我祷告的时候，圣灵的能力临到我的身上，我在地上被医治释放了六个小时。我从来没有听闻有关圣灵医治和释放的事情，因此对所生在我身上释放工作感到很惊讶，也不晓得自己该如何的处理。从那个时候邪灵说它在我的身上“保护”我已经二十年了。忽然间我想起七岁那年，曾经吃渴了让邪灵进入我生命的东西。没想到二十年前一个看似无害的举动却影响了自己往后的生命。

从那时起，藉着上帝的爱和帮助，我经历了十个月的释放，最终在2010年完全的得着医治。内心深处我深深的感受到生命的改变和突破。不久后，主感动我去洛杉矶宣教。在哪里我为人祷告并且见证到神在那里的奇妙作为。我看到跛脚的走路，受伤的脸露微笑和无家可归者得到祝福。

耶和华以勒，我们的主，也为我的行程提供了经济的需要。 确实的，神能够完成他在我们生命里的计划。

今天，我的全家已接受了耶稣，并且在生活中感受到主的爱，医治和生命的改变。回想起来，在我三岁那年曾经有一位美国宣教士带我去主日学。感谢神，尽管我曾拒绝耶稣，但是他却从来没有离弃我。我也感谢神差派真正关心我的人来帮助我完全的得到自由。谢谢耶稣！

诗篇36: 9 因为在你那里，有生命的源头。在你的光中，我们必得见光

~ Arielle Yang

By Mrs Doris Teo-Gay, Emmanuel Assembly HEALED OF BREAST CANCERI would like to share a short testimony of God’s Amazing Grace upon my life!

Jeremiah 32:27 “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh”. Is there anything too hard for me?

In early February 2007, I was diagnosed with Stage One breast cancer. The doctor told me that although it was Stage One, the cancerous cells were aggressive. I was classified as high-risk and patients in this category are supposed to have 5 years’ survival rate. I asked God, “Why me? My family has no history of cancer”.

During this period, I went through MRI, Scan and Needle Biopsy. While in pain, negative thoughts ran through my mind. I cried and confessed before the Lord, that I

Christianity at that point in time. Hence, seeking help from church was never an option then.

All these continued in my life and even affected my family members as they too started experiencing weird or spooky sightings at home. When I reached the age of 24 in the year of 2006, the attacks progressed from oppressions, nightmares and insomnia to strangulations. I would simply be laying on my bed, preparing to go to sleep, but an unseen force would tighten my neck till I was breathless. This carried on for 3 months and I was slowly sinking into depression with suicidal thoughts as I literally could not see my attacker every night and would not know if I would be alive the next day. All the amulets, charms, chanting and visitations to apparently powerful spiritual masters did not seem to be working too. I felt worse as they started to have different explanations or hopeless solutions to my issues, citing things like extreme bad luck or curses due to the timing that I was born to a consequence of what I did in my past life.

I then confided in a Christian friend and he suggested me to give Christianity and Jesus a shot. He said, “Just call out to Jesus in your heart when the attacks happen again. You have nothing to lose.” I gave him a skeptical look but went home thinking that he did make sense, that I have absolutely nothing to lose but a chance to resolve this terrifying issue. That night, the strangulation came again and instead of chanting in my heart, I called out to Jesus and immediately, the strangulation left and I felt this overwhelming sense of awe and peace which I had never experienced before. I knew then that Jesus was different from the rest but yet, I still found it hard to accept Him. I then prayed in my room, telling Jesus that I could not yet believe in Him fully but if He was real, He would resolve my issue and reveal Himself to me.

A week later, I went to my friend’s church alone as I was interested to find out more about Christianity. As the worship songs started, I just could not stop tearing and felt this love and knowing that I had denied Christ in my life. As the pastor gave the salvation call, I simply knew it was time for me to be reconciled with Him and to accept Him into my life. I received Jesus that night and immediately after, my problem of strangulations left. In the next 2 months, my 7 years of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and chronic knee injury were amazingly healed by God through 2 simple prayers. Occurrences of oppressions and nightmares still happened once in a blue moon but I was not bothered by them.

However, 3 years after being a believer, the attacks came back full blown for almost every night that lasted about 5 months. I was very disturbed and upset as I thought that these problems had been resolved. Some Christian friends started to tell me about Pastor Mike Connell who would be visiting Emmanuel Assembly of God and that I should attend his service. I then went to Emmanuel AG for the first time and right after Pastor Mike prayed for me, I fell under the power of the Holy Spirit and manifested for 6 hours. I was in shock as I had never heard nor seen anything about deliverance and manifestation then. It simply happened upon myself and I had no idea how to handle nor perceive it then. The spirit that spoke through me said that it had been with me and ‘protecting me’ for

would trust Him for supernatural healing, so that I won’t have to go for a major operation and chemo. I prayed in tongues to guard my heart from worry and fear. I was later told by the oncologist that neither major operation nor chemo was needed; only minor surgery, and one month of radiotherapy. Praise and Thank God! His Grace is bigger than my worries.

April 2011 was my 4th year of God’s mercy upon my life. I went for my mammogram, and was told that I had to stay back to re-take the X-ray as the doctor wanted to re-confirm my result, to see whether the cancerous cells had spread. During those weeks of fear and anxiety, I shared with my cell leader Bro David & Sis Amy together with our cell group. They prayed with me. When Bro David asked me to focus on Jesus only, I felt a warm sensation all over my body. Through the power of praying in tongues and meditating on the Word, I believe that from the moment we confessed healing, God had already begun the healing process. The following week, I went back to the doctor and he said, “Great! Result is clear!” I was so thankful that I said, “Thank you, Jesus” right in front of him! The doctor smiled and said, “Yes!” My healing was already paid for at the cross when Jesus’ hands were pierced for my sake. Jesus is indeed our Healer. Even if we do not experience healing instantaneously, we should continue to trust God for it. Hallelujah, Abba Father is so, so good! He is faithful and never fails!

Truly, You are the Lord who heals! Yesterday, Today, and Forever! And I am so blessed to be in Emmanuel Assembly of God! Thank you Pastors and Cell Leaders, for preaching the awesome Gospel of Christ which has set me free! And I am reminded of His love and grace every day! I pray that my testimony will be a blessing and encouragement to you.

God bless you and your family richly!

乳 癌 痊 愈我愿与大家简略的分享神的奇异恩典

耶利米书32:27“我是耶和华，是凡有血气者的神，岂有我难成的事吗？”

2007年2月初，我被诊断出第一期的乳腺癌。医生告诉我虽然这是第一期的癌症，但癌细胞的侵略性很强，是属于高风险

性的，生存率只有五年的时间。当时我向神说：“为什么是我？我的家族又没有癌症历史“。

在此期间，我接受了不同的扫描及测验。伤痛的时候，消极的思想贯穿了我的脑海。我哭了，并在主的面前供认不讳的要仰望神的超自然医治，以至于自己不需要经历大手术和化疗。我也在灵里祷告祈求神保守我的心免于忧虑和恐惧。后来肿瘤专科告诉我除了轻微的手术和一个月的电疗以外，没有必要化疗更不需要进行大手术。感谢赞美神！神的恩典超越我的忧虑。

2011年4月神的怜悯临到我生命的第四年。我再次的接受了乳房X光检查，以检定癌细胞是否有扩散的机率。在几个星期的恐惧和焦虑里，我与小组长和组员们分享了我的需要，大家也为我祷告代求。当大卫弟兄鼓励我注目耶稣

I was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital on 3 July 2006. Later that night, the doctor diagnosed that I was suffering from heart failure due to an unknown virus. As my heartbeat rate was declining (<15%), the doctor suggested that I needed to have two operations.

1st Operation (in the middle of the night) I was very frightened when I went into the Operating Theatre, so frightened that I didn’t know what or how to pray. With fear and worry, my mind was blank. In my heart, I was shouting “Jesus, Jesus.”

Just before the start of the operation (as I was awake throughout the whole process), all of a sudden, there was peace and joy in me. I could feel that Jesus was standing on my left side, watching the whole operation. It was a successful operation! That night, I had a peaceful sleep till the next morning.

2nd Operation (the next morning) Before entering the Operating Theatre, I was fearful again. Two Sunday School songs came into my mind: “Because He lives” and “With Christ in the vessel I can smile at the storm.” After singing them, my heart was filled with peace and joy again. The second operation was a successful one, too.

My condition became worse after the second operation. The doctors told me that they had done their best. They could do nothing more to help me but to transfer me to Singapore General Hospital (SGH). I was in distress.During my transfer and while inside the ambulance, I saw a group of birds flying across the window. Immediately, Matthew 6:26 came to mind. I was more valuable than the birds of the air. I knew that Jesus would come to save me. I began to sing praises and worshipped all the way to SGH.

My condition was stable upon reaching SGH. There was no need to attach more sophisticated equipment on me. The next day, the doctors were amazed as my condition had improved greatly. My heart rate was increasing. Every day, I was recovering gradually.

During the ECG scan, the doctor realized there was a big blood clot in one of my arteries. I could not be discharged until this problem was solved.

As I was praying, the Holy Spirit told me that God would give me a new heart. Indeed, the next day, after the ECG scan, there was no sign of clotting in my arteries. I was discharged a few days later. Over the years, God has healed me. He has shown me that no matter where I go, how big the storms are or how sick I am, He is able to bring me through it.

20 years. I suddenly recalled that when I was 7 years old, I went to this medium who was possessed by this spirit and he gave me things to eat to receive the spirit’s protection and blessings. I had no idea that a seemingly harmless act out of good intentions 20 years ago could still affect myself years later.

Since then, by God’s help and love, I went through about 10 months of deliverance sessions and was set free in 2010. I can also sense the tremendous difference and breakthrough in my inner being and in my life after my challenging times of deliverance. Shortly after, I started receiving promptings from the Lord to go to Los Angeles Dream Center for mission trips. In the end I went and had the privilege to pray for people and witnessed His mighty hand through miracle healings, deliverances and divine appointments. I saw the lame walk, the hurt smile and many answered prayers for the homeless. The Lord, our Jehovah Jireh, also provided the finances before and after my trips. Indeed, He is the one who enables us to fulfill His plans for our lives.

Today, my whole family has accepted Jesus and is sensing His tangible acts of love, healing and transformation in our lives. On hindsight, I realize I had come full circle with Christ as an American missionary actually brought me to his Sunday School in Singapore for about a year when I was only 3 years old. I thank God that He has never forsaken me despite my rejections of Him thereafter. I also thank God for sending people who truly cared for me and helped me all the way to complete freedom. Thank you, Jesus, the one and only.

Psalm 36:9 - For with You is the fountain of life; in Your Light we see Light.

从五岁开始，我就常常的看见幽灵。因为我出生于非基督教家庭，家人认为这可能是我的运气不好”或者是“第三只眼”的作怪。我的父母开始把带我到处占卜，祈求保护和祝福，以改变我的运气。

七岁时，每当我躺下睡觉时就有一种被压抑的感觉。恶梦和失眠开始困扰着我，但不知何故，在成长的岁月里我逐步的习惯了这些困扰。同时，我继续寻求各种神灵的拜拜，但却从来没有渴望寻求耶稣基督的帮助。其实当时我对基督教很反感，因此没有想过寻求教会的帮助。

这些困扰的事情继续发生在我的生活里，甚至影响了家人，因为他们也开始在家中目击怪异的现象。2006年我二十四岁那年，这些攻击从压迫，恶梦和失眠演变成别掐的感觉。每当我在床上准备就寝的时候，就有一股无形的力量紧紧的掐着我的脖子，使到我喘不过气来。这样的事情连续的发生了三个月，慢慢的我患上了抑郁症，甚至有自杀的念头。每天晚上我无法看到攻击者，也不晓得自己第二天是否仍然活着。

所有的护身符，诵经和拜访大师似乎没有什么效力。更糟的是他们因为无法解决我的问题，就开始对我的境遇有不同的解释，说我运气不好，生辰八字的咒诅和前世所做的事情的后果。

有一天我与一位基督徒朋友分享我的生命。他建议我尝试基督教。他说，“当攻击再次来到的时候，就在心里呼唤耶稣。”当时我很迟疑，但回家想想他说的也有道理。如此的做不但不会得不偿失，而且有机会解决我的问题。

当天晚上邪灵又掐住我，就在那一刻，我的心开始呼唤耶

Testimonies •我们的见证By David Lee Wai Meng, Faith Assembly

December 2011 • ISSUE 001 • AG TIMES ISSUE 001 • AG TIMES • December 2011www.ag.org.sg www.ag.org.sg 1110

However, during an interview with the prospective company, Janet was tongue-tied and after struggling through an awkward five minutes, turned down the job and left, red-faced.

Following this, she decided to go for the interview with Trinity, but not without much trepidation. To her surprise, she got to Paya Lebar without a hitch in spite of her bad sense of direction and had a smooth-sailing interview.

A few days later, the church called to offer her the job and she accepted. “Even though I live in Jurong West, the travel distance doesn’t bother me. To this day, I still don’t know where this conviction to work in church came from,” shared Janet.

A dream revisitedHaving settled into her new workplace, Janet discovered that part of her job involved sorting through the accounts of returning Mission Impact Teams (MITs). While processing these claims, the various treasurers from each team would share with her how God worked through them to bless the communities and the way the MIT members’ lives were transformed.

The amazing thing was that all the testimonies she heard were from first-timers and how they all tried to avoid going to India initially.

Why? It was because one day in 2006, Janet had asked God where to go for missions “out of curiosity”. That same month, she had a dream: that she was in a country with a hot climate and the local people had dark skin. When she woke, she knew the place was India but refused to recognize the authenticity of God’s calling.

“I rejected it immediately then as I knew I could not stand the scorching weather, harsh environment and spicy food. Not India, Lord!” Janet exclaimed.

That wasn’t all. On the weekend after her dream, the sermon again mentioned India, but she continued to ignore the prompting within. “I dared not pray about MIT anymore,” she said. But the reminders from the various testimonies she heard stirred something within her. In the end, Janet made a commitment to “go wherever God wants me to go”.

Four months later, the administrative staff in the church office received an email from HR on the MIT they were allocated to. This was part of the church’s staff development initiative. Some were assigned trips to Cambodia and Indonesia, others to the Philippines and Taiwan. Janet? India, of course.

She knew then, without a doubt, that it was a divine assignment and promptly signed up for the trip.

Ahead, roadblocksHer resolve to go would not go untested though.

One week before MIT training, both her TV sets broke down and she knew to replace them meant eating into her income, which she was very protective over. “In the past, my first instinct would be to withdraw from the trip but, this time, my mind was made up,” she said.

The challenges didn’t abate. Janet’s husband, Dickson, was having a hard time then seeking approval for his project, failing which would mean a huge blow to the family’s income. When he asked if she would still go even if their finances took a hit, she answered with a determined “yes”.

Beyond finances, the health of Janet and her family was also tested. Before one MIT training, she came down with a high fever so bad she couldn’t get out of bed. The next morning, her eldest daughter Pei Xuan suddenly complained of a quickened heartbeat and had difficulty breathing; she was later hospitalized. Janet texted the MIT leader and mobilized her carecell to pray.

Despite the challenges, Janet made the India trip where more miracles awaited.

God at workDuring the first couple of days in India, Janet avoided any and every opportunity to pray.

On the third day, at Camp 2 -- the dirtiest of three medical camps where the team dispensed advice and medicine -- the villagers turned out in full force seeking medical attention and prayer. It was then that Janet met a 20-year-old man whose legs were very thin and could not walk.

With nowhere to run, she had no choice but to pray for him.

Janet recounted: “As I prayed, I felt something shift inside me. I felt authority come into me. I started praying louder and louder.”

By then, a crowd had gathered around them, intrigued by what was happening. When she finished praying, she told the young man, “Get up and walk!” It took her and her teammates by surprise. “The usual me would have said something like ‘can you stand up please?’” she explained.

Obeying, the young man tried to get to his feet with help from his father, but Janet quickly chastised both of them saying, “Do not touch!” Her tone of authority transcended any language barrier. To their amazement, the man managed to stand up and walked towards her “like a baby taking his first steps”.

Janet then pointed to an entrance 10 meters away and said, “Walk there.” Eyeing the crowd, she added, “Make sure nobody helps him.”

“It was really beyond me. ‘Normal’ Janet would have said ‘Are you okay? You can or not?’ ” Yet, all I said to the man was, “If you believe in Him and pray, you will definitely walk.” Tears of joy flowed down the man’s face the whole time.

Janet cried then. “I felt so different. I thought, “Why did God use me? I can’t even pray’.”

That changed, though. Immediately after, Janet said her fears and feelings of inadequacy about praying disappeared.

“God is the power behind our prayers and I need not fear [that He will not listen to them],” she said. “My mind-sets about prayer have changed completely. It’s a major breakthrough...now, I love praying for people!”

Heart of obedienceJanet’s priorities have also shifted. “Previously, finances took precedence. Now, God is first.”

Bee Leng can attest to this change in her attitude: “Janet is on fire for God and committed to carecell. She knocks off punctually from work every Friday so that she can make it on time. When there is no one to look after her children, she will bring them all to carecell. Nothing will stop her now.”

For those who are going through similar struggles she went through, she opined, “When God calls you, obey. Breakthrough happens through obedience.”

In parting, Janet added: “I’m very thankful God did not say, ‘This girl, really “buay tahan”(colloquial for being incorrigible), I want to give up on her.’ I’m so glad He saw the potential in me and gave me this tremendous breakthrough.”

Attain spiritual vitality!What better way to reinvigorate your spiritual life than to serve? Here are three ways to consider:

1. In carecell: feel the pulse of this church as you play an active role

2. In ministry expressions: be a Celebration Host, Traffic Marshall, Pastoral Support Volunteer, or avail yourself to the Children’s Ministry or Creative Ministry

3. In MIT: sign up and witness for yourself the miracles of God!

Proverbs 11:25 says, He who refreshed others will himself be refreshed. Nothing flexes your spiritual muscles more when you serve!

基督的时候，我感受到一股暖流缓缓的进入我的身体。

灵里祷告和默想神的话语－我相信当我们宣告医治的时候，神就开始了他的医治作为。

接下来的一周当我回去复诊的时候，医生说我的检查结果没有碍事！当着医生的面前，我很感恩的说：“谢谢耶稣！”

当耶稣基督的手被钉的时候，我的医治已经在十字上成就了。耶稣确实是我们的医治者。即使我们没有马上得到医治，我们也应该继续信靠神。哈利路亚，阿爸天父是多么的美善！他是信实的，他永远不会让我们羞愧！诚然，耶稣是昨日，今日和永远都不改变的医治主！

谢谢牧师和小组长向我传福音使到我能够藉此得到自由！每一天我都纪念神的慈爱和恩典！

愿我的见证成为大家的祝福及鼓励。愿神大大的祝福您和您的家人！

~Mrs Doris Teo-Gay

“Get Up and Walk!”In a season of God-orchestrated events culminating in a prayer that caused a man to walk again, 39-year-old Janet Lee is transformed from one who strolls to one who sprints in the spirit. By Tan Rou’en of Trinity Christian Centre

It used to be all about money, work, and family in that order, for finance executive Janet Lee.

Saddled with financial commitments, which included having to send her father-in-law for frequent kidney dialysis and meeting the needs of her three young children, she tried to bring in the money by putting in “very, very long hours in the office”.

Needless to say, attending carecell meetings was not her main priority. In fact, a ‘regular’ attendance to her meant being there twice a month but there were also periods of time when she would be absent for months on end.

Janet would also shy away from all ministry responsibilities, particularly those that involved praying. So averse was she to prayer that once, when her Spiritual Parent, Bee Leng, invited her to Trinity’s prayer meeting, her immediate response was, “Not free. Bye bye.”

In carecell, Janet also built up a reputation for ‘siam-ing’ (Singlish for ‘avoiding’) prayer. “When it was my turn to pray, I would keep silent. I was well-known for ‘siam-ing’ prayers. I didn’t want to pray so much that I ‘siamed’ to the children’s carecell,” she recounted.

It was an avoidance that was tiring at best, and crippling at worst: avoiding praying reinforced her inability to pray.

Those days are finally behind her, though, thanks to a series of what can only be described as God-orchestrated events and experiences that have unshackled Janet to become a passionate follower of Christ.

Fresh startPreviously working at an info communications firm, Janet had to give up her position and took eight months off work to tend to her family.

When the time came for her to look for her next job, a former colleague whom she had lost touch with called her up out of the blue and asked if she would like to work in Trinity Christian Centre. It was an option she had never contemplated.

That wasn’t her only option though, as another company was offering her a position that promised higher prospects, better benefits and even an accounting course that would be sponsored if she took it up. It seemed an irresistible offer to her at the time.

Meetings In Uganda (July 2011)It always feels good to see a familiar face in an unfamiliar place. This was my second trip to Uganda after nearly ten years. As I walked out of the arrival hall at Entebbe Airport and looked around, there on the right among the waiting crowd was Pastor Jeff. He would be putting me up at his home for the night.

After breakfast, Pastor Jeff drove me to another town where Pastor Alice was waiting to bring me to Soroti town. This would be my base for 2 weeks as we held Evangelistic, Revival and Leaders’ meetings in the towns and villages of Amuria, Katawi, Soroti, and Kyere, after which I would be based in Lira for about a week of meetings. Except for the Soroti crusade site, travelling to the other crusade grounds took an average of 3 hours each way, due to the muddy roads and giant-sized potholes. It was a miracle the old vehicle we were travelling in did not break down at all, but it did require major repairs after the crusades as the undercarriage was badly damaged.

It was reassuring, knowing that the hand of the Lord was over us and over the meetings, protecting us and controlling the weather to our advantage. The locals had been praying for rain which had already fallen in certain areas. In one of our evening meetings at Katawi, the rains came just minutes after the salvation prayer. In Soroti, God held back the rain for 5 nights until 5 minutes after the last crusade ended. It rained heavily the whole of that night, but we were rejoicing in the Lord.

We give glory to the Lord of the harvest for the many who accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and for revival in the churches in Soroti and Lira where revival meetings were also held.

Meetings In India (September 2011) I have been through Indira Gandhi International Airport several times before, but this was the first time I was arriving at the new airport terminal which opened less than a year ago in time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. As I walked out of the jet-bridge, I was greeted by an impressive arrival hall, rivaling those of any international airport. Clearance through immigration was much less arduous. Just as impressive was the train from the airport to the heart of New Delhi. The city itself has not changed though. Traffic was just as excitingly chaotic as I remembered it.

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The train ride from New Delhi to Abohar, where our first meeting would be held, would take about 7 to 8 hours, provided there was no delay. Our train, however, was delayed for more than an hour. This train was nothing close to the new trains from the airport; it was more like those in “Slumdog Millionaire.” Barely an hour into the 8-hour ride, the air-conditioner compressor in the AC Class malfunctioned. It was humid and stuffy for the next 2 hours until the system was repaired at a midway station. We reached Abohar 3 hours behind schedule and were greeted by light showers. Apparently it had rained heavily earlier on and some roads were still flooded. However, we managed to drive through the flooded roads to the hotel, in time for some much needed sleep before the Evangelistic Crusades and Revival Meetings in Abohar and Rajasthan over the next few days.

Here again, the Holy Spirit moved in power, drawing the lost to Jesus Christ, and setting the oppressed free with mighty deliverance power. Here also, God held back the rain. It was sunny and dry during the duration of the meetings. We knew there were floods in other nearby areas as we saw scores of farmers, with their families and belongings piled high on camel carts, fleeing the floods in Rajasthan.

Ag Evangelists’ Corner

Ag Evangelists’ Corner

By Evangelist Philip Ming

hhh CONCLUSION gggIn recent years, many areas of the world have been inundated by devastating floods. In contrast, however, much of the world is as spiritually dry as the desert. Billions, for whom Christ died, have yet to hear the Gospel. Like the Samaritan woman, they suffer from critical spiritual thirst but are not aware of it.

God’s heart aches for the unsaved billions living in spiritual darkness and bondage, without Christ and without hope. He still cries out to the world as He did centuries ago, “O earth, earth, earth hear the word of the LORD.” (Jeremiah 22:29); but as Paul so eloquently argued, “How shall they hear without a preacher?” (Romans 10:14). The world desperately needs to hear the Gospel and we have all been commissioned for this task. According to the United Nations, the world population reached a staggering 7 billion on 31st October 2011, taking only 12 years to rise by a billion. The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest and remember also to pray, “Lord, send me.”

Indians seeking God

Preaching In Uganda

Meeting In Uganda

Rev Philip Ming In India

December 2011 • ISSUE 001 • AG TIMES www.ag.org.sg12

Here is the place for readers to respond, interact, contribute and ask questions. To start the ball rolling, here is a question that some wish to know:

Should I confess my sins to God? I have been told that we don’t need to confess our sins since Jesus paid for our sins when He died on the cross of Calvary.

Some years back, I read an article against the practice of confessing sins as a Christian because the author claimed there was only one verse in the New Testament that taught on the confession of sins in 1 John 1:9. Even in that one verse, he tried to interpret it for unbelievers by adding his own words:

“1 John 1:9 (However) if we (human creatures) confess our sins (as the publican did ‘God be merciful to me a sinner’) He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from ALL UNRIGHTEOUSENESS. (and we go down to our house justified Luke 18:13, 14...).”

When the Apostle John used “we”, he included himself! He used the present tense so that we know even an apostle needs to confess his sins! Why should we try to manipulate the scripture by assigning this verse to the unbelievers! Was there an attempt to destroy the teaching of confession with this stroke of interpretation!!!

After that, I decided to check for myself with my computer to find “confess” in the KJV Bible. I found “confess” and its variants such as “confessed” and “confession” are recorded 47 times in 44 verses in the whole Bible: 20 times in 20 verses in the Old Testament and 27 times in 24 verses in the New Testament. All these show us that the topic of confession is important to us today.

In the Old Testament, 15 out of the 20 verses refer specifically to the confession of sins and the rest refer to confessing God’s name or certain statements. Below are the 15 verses in the Old Testament:

Confession is one of the components of repentance. When a person repents, he is sorry for his sins and will confess to God. All the verses of repentance can be used for confession of sins as well. Confession of sins is so basic to the spiritual life that we should not ignore it. Even if there is one verse in the Bible, we should confess. In fact, I have not found one verse in the whole Bible that tells us not to confess our sins but there are many verses that tell us to do so both in the Old and New Testament. If the accusation is valid that it is cultic to base the teaching on one verse, it is worse to base the teaching with no verse that clearly forbids it in the Bible! Don’t confuse with the one sacrifice of Christ for our sins. Jesus paid the full price for our sins. We can’t add anything including confession to obtain salvation. But hating sins and repenting when we sin is our part to play as Christians. In the same way, Jesus died for us yet we need to accept Him as our Saviour. We need to apply the blood of Jesus in our hearts when we sin though it was shed long ago.

Finally, my advice is: Don’t rely on the research of others in the topic of confession of sins or any other topic. Search the Bible for ourselves and ask the Holy Spirit to teach us all things. (1 John 2:27 “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”) – Editor.

Allan Tan has given his permission to publish his comics. Here is one that you will enjoy.

By Allan Tan

What was mentioned in the Old Testament is still applicable to us unless there is specific verse in the New Testament that specifically forbids the confession of sins. In the New Testament, I have found five verses on the confession of sins instead of one. Here they are:

Beside these five verses that use the word “confess”, Jesus even highlighted the confession of sins in two of His parables:

(Neh 9:2) And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.(Neh 9:3) And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.(Psa 32:5) I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.(Pro 28:13) He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.(Dan 9:4) And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;(Dan 9:20) And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

(Lev 5:5) And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:(Lev 16:21) And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:(Lev 26:40) If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;(Num 5:7) Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.(Josh 7:19) And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.(2 Chron 30:22) And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.(Ezr 10:1) Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.(Ezr 10:11) Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.(Neh 1:6) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.

The prodigal son made the confession of his sins to his father and God, first in his heart (Luke 15: 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee...) and then in actual words before his father in Luke 15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. The prodigal would have said: “My father would always forgive me and there is no need to confess, especially he is running to embrace me and restore me to sonship.” He was a son, but when he strayed, he needed to confess his sins.The publican humbled himself and made a confession and he was justified while the Pharisee exalted his good deeds without humbling himself in confession of his sins and he was not forgiven. Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Don’t be like the religious Pharisee who is too proud to confess his sins!

(Matt. 3:6) And were baptized of him [John the Baptist] in Jordan, confessing their sins.(Mark 1:5) And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.(Act 19:18) And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.(Jam 5:16) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. [If you need to confess your faults to men, why is it wrong to confess your sins to God? Even though God has forgiven us, we still need to confess our sins when we hurt others. So why should we stop confessing our sins as though we have stopped sinning!](1John 1:9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Pay attention to the “we” and the present tense of “confess.” These imply that after we become Christians we need to confess our sins when we sin. As long as we don’t need forgiveness any more, then we don’t need to confess. If not, the faithfulness of God will ensure our forgiveness when we confess our sins.

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Readers’ Corner

Dec 2011 - Feb 2012

EDITORIAL COMMITTEEChief Editor: Rev Dr Andrew Ong

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Chinese Editor: Rev Shirley Teo

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