- Salvation
- Calling to Ministry
- Church Planting

GOD's calling to the Ministry
 

During one of the church camps in 1973, the Lord spoke to me from 2 Corinthians 5:17-20. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God." He convicted me of the “ministry of reconciliation” and set me apart to be minister of this Gospel for the rest of my life.

God’s personal call to fulltime ministry came also from Isaiah 6:8 “ Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” When the invitation was given, the lyrics from the hymn, ” Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy ” further prompted me to consecrate my life to fulltime ministry. The Holy Spirit convicted me to be that “ light bearer ” to bring forth the Gospel to the “ fainting and struggling seamen ” lost in this sinful world.

I enrolled into the Bob Jones Memorial School of Missions in 1974 and graduated with a Diploma of Theology after three years of study. Throughout these three years, many questions concerning the doctrines of the Scriptures troubled me greatly.

Next, I joined the Baptist Fellowship Church started by Dr John C. Mincy and was scripturally baptized [1975]. I served BFC for about a year as their Student Pastor. Thereafter, I decided that I had to settle my questions regarding those key doctrines. I enrolled into Emmanuel Baptist Bible College, started by Pastor Goh Seng Fong who had earlier on led me to Christ. Being my mentor, I was puzzled by his change of theological convictions. Previously he was a Bible Presbyterian but became an Independent Baptist by conviction. Those years of learning and training had helped me unraveled my twisted understanding regarding the doctrines of the Local Church, Baptism, Bible and Church polity. I completed my study and graduated with a Bachelor of Theology degree in 1982.

Since then, I had the privilege to serve as Associate Pastor, Pastor, Bible College Registrar and Lecturer in different Independent Baptist Churches in Singapore. The latest, pastoring in Maranatha Baptist Church for the last eleven years and now, led of the Lord to do church planting in Singapore and Asia.