Choosing to be Engaged
Three of our members share why they choose to be engaged, and encourage us with testimonies of their resulting increased spiritual growth and more meaningful connections with fellow believers....
Keep ReadingWe thank God for the 9 new members who joined us on 17 March. We are encouraged by their testimonies of how God has called each of them to Him, and how they chose to turn to Him and respond with trust and obedience. ...
Nicholas, one of our members, shares about our recent Missions Conference with John Folmar. He also reflects on how church members like you and I can be an active part of missions in and through the local church. ...
We are holding our first picnic of 2024 on 10 April at Fort Canning Park...
On 1 March 2024, we held our Women's Bible Conference with our speaker, Keri Folmar. Titled "Growing Godly Women", Keri gave 4 talks over 2 sessions to the women who attended....
We had our second Members' Meeting of the year on 10 March 2024. During this meeting, we received and saw out members, were updated on upcoming pastoral team transitions, as well as committed various plans of our life together as a church to the Lord....
Ps Mark laments how technology is "thinning" relationships and exhorts us to build relationships with God and one another. ...
Through the CCEF course on counselling, Joshua learnt that humility and neediness for the gospel, attributes of a follower of Jesus, are what qualify us to counsel one another....
Rebecca praises God with a lovely poem as she reflects on her first trip to Kathy’s Home....
Ps Thian Chye shares how God uses Deuteronomy 10:12–13 to counsel him through difficult situations and decisions....
Keri Folmar, who spoke at our recent Women's Conference on 1 March 2024 is one of the hosts on Priscilla Talk, a podcast by 9Marks. In this week's episode, they invited someone who is familiar to us at GBC, Megan! They discuss the topic of "Understanding Biblical Conversion and Evangelism". ...
We hope to hold Members’ Meetings more regularly in 2024. Our next Members' Meeting will be held on Sunday, 10 March, from 11.15am to 12.30pm in the Fellowship Hall....
At our Members' Meeting in January, the members of GBC voted to receive 21 new members by both baptisms and transfers. Over 3 Sundays in January and Feburary, we had the joy of witnessing the baptisms of some of our new members. ...
We are excited to be holding 2 conferences with John and Keri Folmar in March 2024. We invite you to join us and register for these! ...
Bibianna shares how God's Word comforts and challenges her in her waiting....
Pastor Ollie reflects on the recent bereavement of his brother and shares how the gospel has shaped his brother and his response to death....
EQUIP held a series on time and money in January 2024. These are two topics that most, if not all of us, would have thought about before. Here are also books on the topic....
In the month of January, EQUIP ran a series titled "Walking with One Another". Living as Christians in the present day-to-day proves to be more challenging than remembering the past redemption and the future promised glory. We need one another and we will explore how we can help one another to persevere in the faith....
We began 2024 with our first Members’ Meeting on 14 January 2024. Beginning 2024, these meetings will be held once every two months, instead of once a quarter. We hope to update members more regularly about our life together as a church and about our membership, as we receive and see out members....
Keri Folmar is our speaker at the upcoming Women's Conference, "Growing Godly Women" on 1 March 2024. To help us get to know Keri, we've selected two articles written by her and a podcast that she has spoken on!...
A small team of GBC members have been reaching out to Gladiolus Place across the road from us and here they share about what they have been doing, and how more of us can participate. ...
Nicholas, one of our members, shares with us four takeaways from "Rescue Plan" by Deepak Reju and Jonathan Holmes. This book tackles the issue of pornography, which is a struggle for both men and women, but is often not talked about. As Christians, how do we admit this and also help someone struggling with it? ...
Yanadi, who has been overseeing the EQUIP classes, shares with us the plans for 2024 and how the classes have been designed to build up the church and equip us for ministry to one another....
In 2024, we will spend a significant portion of the year in the book of Isaiah. ...
At the recent Watchnight service, Pastor Eugene shared these prayer priorities for our church in 2024....
In the final hours of 2023, we gathered as a church at our annual Watchnight Service. Though it was a Sunday evening and we also had our regular Sunday gathering that morning, many came back to spent time together on the last day of the year....
Our youths held their annual camp from 13-15 December. Timothy, one of our Young Adults, attended the camp not as a participant, but as one who was helping out. He shares about the camp as well as his experience here. ...
At our 31 December 2023 service, we thanked God for the service of Elder Chong Tien, who has completed his 3-year term as an elder. ...
We held a pre-Christmas Brunch on 16 December 2023 for those in the nearby MacPherson neighbourhood. Before this Brunch, members of GBC also visited different blocks to invite the residents to join us. ...
Beginning January 2024, our Quarterly Congregational Meetings will be renamed Members' Meetings, as they will be held more regularly—once every two months, instead of once every quarter. ...
We invite all to join us for our Watchnight Service on 31 December, from 8–10pm in the Sanctuary. This will take the place of our usual monthly Prayer Meeting after service. ...
This new short series, titled Ekklesia, will focus on the church as spoken of in the Gospel of Matthew. ...
Christmas is approaching! In this beautiful account, Cecilia shares her hope that by speaking of Jesus to her children throughout the year, even if it is in bits and pieces, they will be able to appreciate the true significance of Christmas and know who to turn to when the world fails them. ...
Bible Study Leading Training (BSLT) is a training series that our Young Adults (YAs) had to equip them with skills to read the Bible and lead studies faithfully. Mercia, one of our YAs, shares with us about this training series and some reflections about her experience....
Eric Lui read Patrick J O’Banion's translation of Girolamo Zanchi's book, "The Spiritual Marriage Between Christ And His Church and Every One Of The Faithful", and summarises for us Zanchi's treatise....
Dinnie shares her struggle with evangelism and how, despite that, God continues to use her as a tool to point her fellow workers-turned-friends to Christ....
Earlier in 2023, a team from GBC comprising some elders and members visited LifeLite Community in Tacloban City. In October, Bob, the pastor of the church, spent a month learning with us. We interview him here to find out more about him, his experience with us, and how we can keep him and the church in prayer. ...
This month, we invite three members to share how God has been using them in various capacities to speak of Jesus. For this first article, Fellisia tells us more about our ministry with Gladiolus Place and her desire to share the hope we have in Christ with these precious ones....
A mandatory fire drill will be held after the English Congregation’s worship service on 10 December 2023. Here are some instructions to all who will be present that day. ...
At GBC, we have Care Groups (CGs) that meet regularly in the week to not only study God's Word together, but also seek to care for one another by helping each other obey His Word. At our recent services, four new CGs were introduced. ...
On 18 November 2023, our ladies gathered for "Women of Grace" event titled "Growing in the Gospel". The event aimed to gather women around God's word and to encourage them to continue holding fast in the gospel....
At our recent Women of Grace "Growing in the Gospel" event, books were made available for the women to read, and be encouraged to read with another person. The book list has been reproduced here....
At the recent women's ministry "Growing in the Gospel" event, Melissa, one of our members who also recently completed her traineeship gave a devotion from Titus 2. She walked the women through God's word and encouraged all present to read and obey His word. ...
At the recent women's ministry "Growing in the Gospel" event, Megan, one of our members taught from 2 Peter 1:3-10 at a workshop. She encouraged the women to remember God's saving work and strive to live in a manner worthy of the calling they have received, even when they are at home. ...
Clarice Cheong reflects on her first trip to Kathy's Home in Pua in Northern Thailand, where GBC conducts an English camp every quarter for the Hmong and Mien children staying at the home. ...
At the recent women's ministry "Growing in the Gospel" event, Joanna, one of our members, taught a workshop on how we can bring the gospel to those around us. Here's an edited transcript of what she shared with the ladies....
We will end the year with our Advent series based on passages in Matthew. The series is titled "A Son is Given"....
As we end the year, some of our ministries are planning for the next year and are looking for volunteers. If you are available and keen, we encourage you to contact the ministry, and see how you can build up the church in these practical ways!...
On 20 and 21 October, we hosted two conferences with Mark Dever, pastor of Capital Hill Baptist Church and from 9Marks ministry. The first conference was targeted at leaders ("Building Healthy Churches"). The other, which was jointly organised with Adam Road Presbyterian Church (ARPC) was for church members ("The Local Church"). One of our members, Ryan Ang, attended both conferences, and shares with us his experience and reflections here. ...
On 13 November 2023, we held a church picnic at Fort Canning Park. Many from GBC came to spend a morning together. ...
Carrie, one of our ministry support workers for women's ministry, reflects on her time in ministry. She shares her heart and hope that women will continue to minister to one another with the word and also be equipped to handle the word. ...
What gets you through difficult circumstances? Samuel reflects on how Hebrews 11 can be applied in life, as we learn to hope in what is yet to come and eternal....
Two families participated in the Family Dedication at our 29 October 2023 service....
As 2023 draws to a close, we're also holding another picnic on 13 November 2023. ...
The Ministry Traineeship, formerly known as the Ministry Internship, runs from July to November this year. For this cycle, we have four trainees joining us -- Melissa Fam, Clarice Cheong, Roy Lam and Joshua Shoo....
Deacon Bryan Tan led us in a exemplary prayer of confession on the Lord's Day (22 Oct) based on the Beautitudes from Matthew 5:3-10....
Chng Eng Ching give thanks for how God has given her a bird's eye view of doing mission work through His lenses as she reflects on her first mission trip with GBC to Cambodia....
At our 8 October 2023 service, we installed our new elders Jeremy Lee and Beh Soo Hee. ...
Last Sunday, Elder Caleb exhorts us to consider the call from Hebrews to regard suffering and pain as part of God’s purposeful discipline in our lives. Here, Joshua Lowe draws on his recent discipline of his child to encourage us to be open and willing to receive discipline from God and our church community....
On 18 November 2023, our women will be looking to gather for a morning of learning together as they build relationships and get to know once another. The title of this event is "Growing in the Gospel", and the focus is on how women can continue to hold fast to the gospel through all seasons of life. ...
On 1 October 2023, we had our final Quarterly Congregational Meeting of the year. It has been quite a busy and encouraging quarter and year, and our pastors and lay elders shared various updates about our life together as a church....
Believers remember and rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ. This good news of great joy is what we celebrate at Christmas. This year, we hope to invite our neighbours at MacPherson to celebrate Christmas with us at a brunch on 16 December from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. ...
Reflecting on last Sunday's sermon, Ps Thian Chye suggests five practical ways we can help one another in running and finishing the spiritual race well....
We had the joy of welcoming 23 new members in the month of September over two Sundays. Five joined us by baptism while the other nineteen joined us by transfer. ...
Our worship team recently introduced this new song, "Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 103)", by Sovereign Grace Music. Based on Psalm 103, this song walks us through the many reasons that believers have to bless the Lord with our entire beings and soul....
From 14–18 September, a team of 10 conducted an English camp at Kathy’s Home in Pua. Read how the camp went and sign up for the next trip from 16–20 November 23! ...
At their 16 September 2023 youth session, Joshua led the youths to think about this topic that's quite relevant to our youths....
We are excited to be hosting two conferences with Mark Dever on 20 and 21 October....
Our next Quarterly Congregational Meeting will be held on 1 October 2023 from 11.15am 12.30pm. ...
Our youths explored this topic at their recent youth session on 2 September 2023. Samuel Ho helped them to see rightly, the value of studying. ...
Bibianna reflects on how the recent Hebrews series has been encouraging, and calls us to turn to Jesus regardless of how we're feeling or the circumstances we are in....
Do we struggle to see all that God has provided us with, or circumstances that we are in as His gifts to us? Pastor Mark acknowledges this struggle, and also encourages us to move from seeing God's provisions as liabilities to gifts. ...
Pastor Mark will be conducting this upcoming EQUIP series from September to November 2023. ...
This was explored and taught by Joshua Lowe at a youth session on 19 August 2023. Though targeted at youths, some of the principles and considerations are also relevant to all of us. ...
At our recent Prayer Meetings, different members have been sharing about ministry opportunities as well as needs that have arisen. Here, we highlight three ministries that are looking for volunteers....
In a week's time, we'll be electing the ninth president for Singapore. Elder Caleb shares five ways we can pray for the upcoming election. ...
On 12 August 2023, we held a Thanksgiving Service to celebrate 64 years of God's faithfulness to Grace Baptist Church. This was held together with our Chinese-language congregation, and was the first one held since the pandemic restrictions were lifted. ...
Yanadi attests to Jesus' superior priesthood as he looks back at the former priests whom Israel had; and exhorts us to draw near to this great high priest who always lives to intercede for us....
Pastor Eugene shared this exhortation from Isaiah 40:1-11 at the Combined Thanksgiving Service on 12 August 2023. ...
In our sermon from Hebrews 5:11-6:12, Pastor Eugene explained how these verses highlight four signs of immaturity. It helps us to also consider what maturity looks like. Here's an extract from this sermon. ...
Beh Soo Hee shares with us how he came to faith, how he came to be a part of Grace Baptist Church, and how he has been trusting God as a member of this church even as he served in various ministries. This sharing was originally provided as a part of the Elders' elections at the English Congregational Meeting. ...
At our recent Quarterly Congregational Meeting (QCM) held on 2 July 2023, our pastors and elders shared some updates pertaining to staffing matters. ...
Samuel Ho asks us to consider Jesus, the merciful and faithful high priest who has made us clean with His blood, and encourages us to draw near to God through Him....
To remember God’s faithfulness to GBC over the past 64 years, we will be having a combined thanksgiving service for both the English and Chinese-language congregations....
We had the joy of holding Family Dedication at our 30 July 2023 service. A total of four families participated in this....
Joshua shares with us his experience of reading a good Christian book with the youth, and how it is a way we can do spiritual good to one another. ...
We held our third Quarterly Congregational Meeting (QCM) of 2023 on 2 July 2023. The Fellowship Hall was full as members, and even some visitors, stayed to hear of updates in the life of the church, and to participate in prayer....
Pastor Eugene encourages us to intentionally care for those among us who face mental health struggles....
For the rest of 2023, we will be in the book of Hebrews, in a series titled, "Jesus is better". ...
This is the 18th year that we have been partnering Kathy's Home in the Lord's work and we thank God for such a great privilege!...
At our recent church camp, we held a workshop called "In Our Golden Years" that focused on issues and challenges that seniors might face in life. It focused on some practical considerations especially on the medical front, but also touched on ways to be caring for one's spiritual growth too. ...
Pastor Thian Chye shares the ways that our church camp encouraged him personally, and exhorts us to continue to persevere in doing spiritual good to one another. ...
On 18 June 2023, we welcomed nine members at our service. Six members joined us by baptism, and the three joined us by transfer....
Various members wrote the daily devotional for our recent church camp. This meditation on Romans 10:13-15 and Isaiah 52:7 was written by Jonathan Yao. ...
At our recent church camp, we talked about how we could do spiritual good to one another. In the corporate life of the church too, with different formal ministries in place, there are also needs and opportunities for service. ...
At our recent Church Camp, Pastor Mark walked us through how we can do one-to-one Bible reading. He introduced this tool taken from the book "One to One Bible Reading" by David Helm, and encouraged us to use it as a simple way to interact with another over Scripture....
Our next Quarterly Congregational Meeting will be held on 2 July 2023 after service from 11am to about 12.30pm....
Yanadi prays that we will start seeing sharing of lives as gospel opportunities and actively pursue them....
Various members wrote the daily devotional for our recent church camp. This meditation on Ephesians 2:10 was written by Yap Kim Meng. ...
The Precept class has just completed their study on the book of Zechariah. Veronica Lee and Jan Lai introduce and reflect on the study. ...
Carrie recently turned 60 and reflects on God's grace for her all this while, while being assured of His continued faithfulness for the days ahead. ...
This was originally shared at our Church Camp 2023, where the theme was "Doing Spiritual Good". Here, Elder Caleb unpacks the topic of hospitality and encourages us all to see how this flows from the gospel. ...
Want to explore what missions is like? Block your calendar from 2 to 6 October 23 and join the GBC Project Khmer Hope (PKH) dental care and teaching mission trip....
Various members wrote the daily devotional for our recent church camp. This devotional on Genesis 1:26-27 was written by Matthew Seah....
At our 28 May 2023 service, Pastor Mark Collins gave an update to the church regarding his recent visit abroad and shared ways we could keep him and his family in prayer....
Pastor Oliver shared this at church camp. From Romans 12:1-8, we see that because we have received God's mercy, we do spiritual good to one another....
Various members wrote the daily devotion for our recent church camp. This meditation on Philippians 2:1-11 was written by Fiona Teong. ...
We're days away from our church camp, which begins this Sunday, 28 May. Close to 300 church members will be spending time together at Forest City Golf Hotel in nearby Johor Bahru to learn what it means to do spiritual good to one another....
Every few months, we introduce new Care Groups (CG) that get started up at Grace. On 14 May 2023, we had the joy of introducing new Care Group leaders. ...
We continue to thank God for the young families in our church and the children He has blessed us with. We held family dedication at our 30 April 2023 service to celebrate some of these new lives....
What are you struggling with today? Bibianna meditates on 1 Samuel 22 and encourages us to lay all our needs before the Lord of Sabbath and He will grant us rest....
Our church camp is happening at the end of May 2023 with the camp theme of “Doing Spiritual Good”! To help us reflect deeply on our theme, our worship team has picked “Press On” by songwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty as our camp theme song....
Pastor Oliver reminds us that we who have received deliverance ought to tell others of all the good that God has done in our lives, and shares with us how we can do so....
Our nursery service for children below the age of 3 has been burgeoning, both with children and helpers! Darius Ng, one of the teachers, shares what the ministry is about....
Pastor Eugene announced at the 30 April 2023 service that Pastor Oliver would be sent temporarily to Acts Baptist Church to pastor for six months as part of GBC’s gospel partnership with a sister church. Pastor Oliver’s time at Acts Baptist Church will span from 1 July to 31 December 2023....
Every year, our Good Friday and Easter Sunday services help us to remember the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Frederick Chua reflects on how the sermons at both services helped us to go back to the precious truths and foundations of the Christian's life. ...
Samuel follows up on the topic of Christian friendships and offers us practical ways we can live it out. He offers us some ideas and questions that we can ask of each other to deepen and strengthen our friendships. ...
On 2 April 2023, we held our second Quarterly Congregational Meeting of the year. Our pastors and elders took us through what went on in the past quarter, and also some new and exciting developments. ...
Elder Jonathan is our elder serving with the Missions Committee and at our recent QCM, he took the chance to update the church on our vision for missions. Our vision guides and affects what we do, and he encouraged us to consider how we too, as members can participate in the work. ...
At our QCM on 2 April 2023, Elder Caleb walked us through 10 things that we can be thankful for in the first quarter of 2023. We list them out here and we hope that it will be an encouragement to you! ...
Bibianna reflects on Christian friendships—its origin and importance in the Christian's life, as well as the encouragements that we can get from it. ...
Inspired and encouraged by the life of Henry Martyn, Eric Lui shares excerpts from Sarah J Rhea's book, "Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia, 1781 to 1812", highlighting the thoughts and struggles the missionary had with his antagonists in India and Persia, and how he persevered despite ill-health....
Pastor Mark reflects on the death and resurrection of Jesus. Drawing from John 20, we see how Jesus tells his disciples that Easter Sunday is not primarily about commemoration, but commission....
At our 26 March 2023 service, our elders who were recently re-elected reaffirmed their vows to serve God's flock. It was also a time for the congregation to commit to supporting and working together with them for the good of the gospel....
Pastor Eugene shares reasons why we corporately recite creeds and confessions, and offers examples of how we use our statement of faith as a church....
One of our aspirations as a church is to establish gospel partnerships with fellow like-minded Christians for the advance of the gospel. Our Missions Committee has also been exploring similar opportunities with churches and organizations overseas, and one such visit was to First Baptist Church of Bandung. ...
Our second Quarterly Congregational Meeting of the year will be held on 2 April 2023 after service from 11am to about 12.30pm. ...
We had the joy of hosting a seminar with Matt Merker on Congregational Singing on 25 February 2023. Matt was in Texas but he was able to share with us via Zoom. ...
Joshua reflects on the ways we are all tempted to pursue joy apart from God, why that is futile, and how true joy is only found in Christ alone. ...
Jim Tan, one of our members, wrote this article which was first published in Salt&Light. He shares reflections on Ecclesiastes 12 on how we can continue to remember our Creator when we face the struggle with dementia, and how caregivers can also encourage this memory. ...
From 3–7 March, a team of 19 headed to Kathy's Home to conduct a Vacation Bible School. We thank God for the team and the fruitful trip....
Pastor Thian Chye has been working with the Church Camp Committee to prepare for this year's camp! He shares with us a personal reflection on why the camp is important, and helpful for us as a church. ...
On 26 February 2023, we had the joy of welcoming new members at our service! That morning, we welcomed 12 new members – 4 by baptism, while the other 8 joined us by transfer. ...
Our English Congregation Leadership (ECL) have unanimously reaffirmed the calling of Jonathan Tan and Nehemiah Chong as elders. The ECL are thankful to God for their faithful service and their willingness to continue serving for another term of three years....
Jonathan Tan shares with us how he came to faith and also his heart for Grace Baptist Church. This sharing was originally provided as a part of the Elders' elections at the English Congregational Meeting....
Nehemiah Chong shares how he came to faith and also his heart for the church, as he stands for reelection. This sharing was originally provided as a part of the Elders' elections at the English Congregational Meeting. ...
Pastor Eugene explains what is a statement of faith and its place in our life together as a church. ...
One cool Thursday evening in February, a group from GBC and Redemption Hill Church (RHC) went around our neighbourhood for a prayer walk. It was the first walk that was organised for 2023....
Bibianna asks if we are covering ourselves with fig leaves and points us to Christ, whose robes of righteousness we can rest secure in. ...
Obedience to God happens in both the big and small decisions in life and certainly, Christians are called to obey Him every day. For some of us, the call to obey God can take the form of obeying Him to go into full-time missions. So, what prompted our missionary, Esther, to consider becoming a missionary? She shares more about this journey here. ...
Pastor Oliver meditates on the grace that has been granted to us to be in the presence of a holy God. We may not always feel this way, but the reality of this truth grounds us and changes the way we live....
Pastor Eugene preached this sermon on Exodus 2:11-25 on 29 January 2023, where we were reminded that God is never late. He works in his time, not ours. The faithful God will keep his promise to redeem His people in His time. ...
Reflections on the New City Catechism #32 What do justification and sanctification mean? Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection for us. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness, made possible by the Spirit’s work in us. ...
Samuel Ho shares with us some helpful books available for all ages to accompany our Genesis sermon series....
We interview four members from the Welcome Ministry on how serving in this ministry has been an encouragement to them....
Carrie encourages us to dwell in the presence of God and feast on Him in His Word as we prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ....
Samuel shares how his interactions with our elders during the internship have given him a better glimpse into the lives of our elders and how we can encourage them....
"Side by Side" is a book by Edward Welch that a group of GBC members have been reading together for the past few months. Koon Han, who has been involved in this reading group, shares some key points from the book. ...
Our intern, Ryan, answers the question that he's been asked most these days, “How has the internship been?"...
Three of our members share why they choose to be engaged, and encourage us with testimonies of their resulting increased spiritual growth and more meaningful connections with fellow believers....
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