EAST Mission Hub & The Educational Mandate
Fulfilling the Educational Mandate of Equipping Christ-like leaders for the Great Commission through the Mission Hub
The move to our new permanent campus, EAST Mission Hub, this year is a significant milestone in the history of EAST. With this new campus, it propels us forward in fulfilling our educational mandate of equipping Christ-like servant leaders for the Great Commission.
Myanmar Pastor, EAST Alumnus: God is Our Help
Myanmar Pastor, EAST Alumnus S Htike Wai Saing
EAST News had a short interview with a recent Myanmar Pastor serving in Judson Baptist Church in Singapore, Ps S Htike Wai Saing. He graduated with a Master of Divinity in Teaching and Exposition in 2019. He has been a full-time pastor with Judson Baptist Church since 2014 but had started teaching Sunday school and serving as a youth leader since 2008. The last time he was back in Myanmar for ministry and visiting family and friends was in March 2020 before the circuit breaker happened in Singapore. The short interview below shows his heart for his people back home in Myanmar.
- What kept you busy in terms of ministry, family and church especially in the past year when Covid-19 happened?
Last year, I was kept busy with near-daily zoom meetings and bible studies. I led nine bible study groups a week including my family and friends in Myanmar. My daily timetable has to be optimised to spread my time as efficiently as possible. Between studying the bible for two hours a day, leading bible study everyday, and praying for my country, I had little free time left. Despite this, I did not feel tired and I enjoyed it very much.
EAST Mission Hub & Mentoring Group
Josephine Goh-Lew with her Mentoring Group
Intentional Development of Multicultural Communities and Ministries Through Mentoring Groups in the EAST Mission Hub
East Asia School of Theology (EAST) exists for the God-given mission to raise Christlike leaders for the Great Commission. For the past decades, EAST has been blessed with faculty, ministry staff and students coming from many nations such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Taiwan, India, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, America, Africa and others. As such, EAST is uniquely poised as an international multicultural learning community. They bring to EAST community the beautiful gift of their culture, contribute formatively to the students’ preparation for future missions and enhance the learning experiences for all at EAST.
Updates from an Alumnus who served in Central Asia
EAST News caught up with our alumnus Jonathan and his wife Michelle (not their real names) who have been serving in an adopted country within Central Asia for over 5 years. Jonathan had graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry. Last year, he and his wife returned to Singapore due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Below is an interview with them in regards to how Covid-19 has changed their lives.
- How has Covid affected your work in missions?
Our cell phones beeped! A message from the Singapore Embassy came into our WhatsApp chat group for Singaporeans in the creative access country where we served. What caught our eyes was this sentence, “I would strongly urge all Singapore Residents on non-essential business to seriously consider returning home expeditiously.” Something does not feel right and our antennas went up! That was back in March 2020.
Partners-in-Ministry E-Open House
We welcome you to our EAST Partners-in-Ministry e-Open House on 10 May 2021, 1:30-3:00 pm (SGT). Please sign up here!
Partners-in-Ministry (PIM) is a two-year residential and online EAST Certificate Program. It is designed to provide a learning environment to develop wives of seminary students and wives of men in full-time vocational or bi-vocational ministry to grow in partnership with their husbands in the Lord’s work.
All PIM classes are conducted on Mondays for 2 – 3 hours, and classes are scheduled between 9.00 am – 3.00 pm (Singapore Time).
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