New Student Rebecca Liow – A heart for Japan
Rebecca Liow is second from the left, and this is her Mentoring Group at EAST.
Below is a brief introduction of a new student Rebecca Liow who has a heart for Japan. She is enrolled in Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies and she worships in Covenant Evangelical Free Church in Singapore. She hopes to return to the harvest fields in Japan after being equipped at EAST.
1. What led you to study at EAST?
The straightforward answer is that the Lord called me to study in this season and EAST opened the door 🙂 I had been processing with my coordinator regarding the possibility and necessity of going through a minimal 2-year programme at a registered bible school and really only came to a conclusion on the last week of May or first week of June. I knew that the start of the new academic year will be in July and I assumed that there would not be a chance for me to get enrolled this year. So my very first email to EAST was to request for an application for Jan 2027’s intake.
Equipping Korean Laypersons to Serve with Joy
Equipping Korean Laypersons to Serve with Joy
EAST-Elim Center Christian Counselling Certificate Program
An interview with Dr Hee Sun Jackie Kim, educator and professional counsellor and crisis coach with over two decades of experience in the United States, on her vision to equip lay leaders in the Korean community through structured counselling training.
At the EAST 32nd Commencement Service in May 2026, a significant milestone was reached: the completion of the inaugural one-year Christian Counselling Certificate program. Twenty-two lay leaders graduated, most of them women ministry leaders from three Korean churches in Singapore. Read more
기쁨으로 섬기는 한국 평신도 사역 역량 강화 – Equipping Korean Laypersons
기쁨으로 섬기는 한국 평신도 사역 역량 강화
기독교 상담 자격증 프로그램
20년 넘게 미국에서 교육자이자 전문 상담가, 그리고 위기 코치로 활동해 온 김희선 박사. 이번 인터뷰에서는 체계적인 상담 훈련을 통해 싱가폴 한국 교회와 기독교 공동체의 평신도 리더를 전문적인 돌봄의 사역자로 세우고자 하는 그녀의 비전을 들어보았습니다.
2026년 5월, EAST 제32회 졸업식은 특별한 이정표를 남겼습니다. 1년에 걸쳐 진행된 기독교상담 자격증 프로그램이 첫 수료생을 배출한 것입니다. 싱가포르의 세곳의 한인교회에서 사역하는 여성 리더들을 포함해 총 22명의 평신도 지도자가 과정을 성공적으로 마치며, 교회 공동체 안에 전문적이고 건강한 돌봄 문화를 세우기 위한 첫걸음을 내디뎠습니다. Read more
Dr Alvin Tey: Missiological Implications From The Singapore General Household Survey 2025
The post below is written by Dr Alvin Tey, an EAST Resident Faculty in Intercultural Studies. He concurrently serves with Operation Mobilisation (OM), where he leads the People and Organizational Development team in OM East Asia.
Missiological Implications From The Singapore General Household Survey 2025
The latest General Household Survey in Singapore (GHS 2025) [1] was released on 30 June 2026. It revealed that the overall percentage of Christians in Singapore declined from 18.9% in 2020 to 17.1% in 2025. This was the first quantitative decline of Christianity in Singapore since the Department of Statistics of Singapore started collating religious statistics in 1980. Of note, the percentage of Protestant Christians in Singapore declined from 11.9% in 2020 to 9.5% in 2025, while the percentage of Roman Catholic Christians in Singapore actually increased from 7.0% in 2020 to 7.6% in 2025.
There have already been good articles [2] written to examine the decline of Protestant Christianity in Singapore, and I shall not repeat the analysis of these articles. Instead, I shall suggest three learning points and implications from the missiological perspective for the wider Church in Asia.
Theology of Work – Module 1: Work in God’s Story
Why does work, which has genuine dignity, so often go wrong?
This module begins with common experiences of work as fruitless, pointless, or self-serving, then examines the deeper problem: the human tendency to ask work to provide what only God can give. From there, the module develops a creation-grounded account of work. We will consider what it means to be made in God’s image, to receive responsibility in the world, and to work from a secure identity rather than for one.
- 29 Aug, 12 & 26 Sep 2026
- 9 am – 12 pm
- @East Asia School of Theology (Level 3)
- Instructor: Ms June Chan
- Micro-credentials credits: 0.5
- Fees: $40 (Includes $10 Module Registration fee + $30 course fee)*
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