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Elder Recommendation - Beh Soo Hee

On 27 Jan, Elder Lup Meng interviewed Elder Beh Soo Hee as the leaders put him forth to the church to renew his term as an elder for another three years. We are very grateful for how Beh and his family have been using the gifts God has endowed them with to serve and shepherd the church. Below is Beh's testimony and why he agreed to continue serving GBC as an elder. 

My name is Beh Soo Hee (aka Beh). My wife is Kit Wan. Samuel, our eldest, is married to Jessica and God has blessed them with Josiah and Ezra. Daniel, Sarah together with Adam complete our family.  

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The Behs (L-R): Daniel, Adam, Sarah, Kit Wan, Beh, Jessica, Josiah and Samuel (Ezra was not born then).

I grew up with five brothers and three sisters, and we had been left to our own devices and developed a great sense of independence. It was because of this sense of self-reliance that I did not see the need for God.  

However, even in my state of self-dependence, God continued to call me. One day a thought (or the prompting of the Holy Spirit?) came to me, where I asked myself: if I were to believe what the history books tell us about Alexander the Great, what about the Jesus Christ that the history books record for us? After this realisation, I began my search. I eventually surrendered and committed my life to Jesus during the Billy Graham Crusade in 1978. Shortly after, I left for the UK for my tertiary education. Being on a limited budget, I experienced God’s abundant provision, and the love that God’s people showed by dedicating their time and resources to help students like me. Being part of a Christian community was an important part of my Christian walk as we cared and encouraged one another.  

Returning to Singapore, GBC was the first and only church Kit Wan and I visited. In His provision, we met Wai Kwong and he introduced me to his care group, which we attended for 20 years. We benefited from the solid Bible teaching at GBC while the difficult situations God allowed GBC to go through caused us to grow.  

As with many young adults in their career building phase, I became caught up with work, and became just a Sunday worshipper who attended Sunday services but was involved in little else. God convicted me, and I changed jobs so that I could serve Him. He has been faithful and over the years, allowed me to serve Him in various ministries like the young adults, evangelism and care-group ministries.   

I was first exposed to being a leader in GBC when I was invited to serve as a director, which I did for six years. As a director, I could see first-hand the burdens our elders carried and the sacrifices they made to serve our living God. After my two terms as director ended, the leaders asked me to assist with the church rebuilding project. This took me on another exciting chapter. I was also involved in the Pastoral Search Committee, where I realised how difficult it is to get pastors, and the importance in appreciating our own pastors.  

As the rebuilding project drew to a close, the leaders invited me to be part of the English Congregation Leaders (ECL). There was great reluctance initially on my part to respond to the call, partly because of the great expectations placed on elders, but also because of my fear of not being able to live up to those expectations. After a period of much searching, God convicted me that He will enable me to serve Him in whatever capacity He has called me to. After much prayer, and with strong support from my family, I agreed to make myself available to His calling.  

Having served almost three years as an elder, I asked God once again whether He would have me continue serving as an elder for another three years. After much prayer and discussion with the other pastors and elders, and with the continued support of my family, we agreed that I would put myself up again to continue serving GBC as an elder. His work is never complete and God willing, it will be a privilege to be called to serve Him and the church as an elder for another three years.

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You can find out more about Beh here in an earlier post and also watch Lup Meng's interview with Beh here:

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Do you have questions for our elder candidates?

Our elders and elder candidates will be available to respond to your questions on 10 Feb at 11am in Room 310. Please come, ask your questions, so that you may steward the voice of God with an uncluttered heart.