29th Commencement Magazine 2023

East Asia School of Theology celebrated the achievements of the latest cohort of graduates at the EAST 29th Commencement Service on 20 May 2023.

View the commencement magazine below as a flipbook and be blessed by the stories of the graduates. Use the full screen view for maximum viewing experience.

To download the original PDF (16 MB), click here. Or you can download the reduced-size PDF (2 MB) here. Enjoy!

 

 

You may also view the above on the flipbook creation website.

Writer/Editor: Lau Ying Kheng, Chan Chong Hiok. Designer: Josie Quak.

 

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Alumnus Terrence Thomas: Do not put God in a box

 

Terrence Thomas, an EAST alumnus who graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry, recently made a trip back to Singapore with his wife Tamara (a VP in HR at an MNC) from the US. EAST News took the opportunity to catch up with this beautiful African American couple to find out what God is doing in their lives and ministry.

Below is a short interview with them. Read more

Adjunct Faculty: Cambodia EEC Teaching Reflections

 

4th November 2022 was a special day for me. Not only it was a day where I took to flying after close to three years of pandemic restriction, it was also the day that EAST Extension Centre (EEC) could conduct classes on location. The class in Cambodia was probably the first to meet face to face since the pandemic.

I was there to teach New Testament Narratives class to a cohort of students taking Master of Arts in Leadership and Graduate Diploma. This cohort started in 2018 and they are mostly Christian workers. There are organisation leaders, church planters, teachers, Crusade staff and even a missionary from Singapore who has been in Cambodia for 19 years. Before the pandemic, EAST sent instructors to Cambodia several times a year to cover the modules necessary for them to complete their programme.

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Cru Singapore’s 50th Anniversary – His Story, His Glory

 

2022 is a milestone year for both Cru Singapore and EAST. On 17 September, Cru Singapore held a celebratory event at Bethesda Bedok-Tampines Church to mark her 50th anniversary celebrations and saw about 400 people gathering together for a time of worship, prayer, message, photo-taking at a photo-booth, and food (snack boxes were distributed and coffees made available to go with the pastries). Guests who arrived were treated to a keepsake coffee table book of over 50 stories titled “His Story, His Glory”. It is a collection of stories from the lives of Cru Singapore staff, disciples and volunteers from the pioneers, the present and even the past (one specially penned by Chan Chong Hiok on behalf of Chen Hui Lin, leader of Media Ministry for many years, who has gone back to the Lord).

Below are thoughts from an EAST staff, a faculty spouse and an alumnus who were present at the event. May their sharing give you a glimpse of the day’s festivities.

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Jessica Ang: Adamant Faith and Centrality of God’s Word

Alumni Richard Kwan and Jessica Ang

Through Jessica Ang’s recent involvement with “The Silent Pandemic: Loneliness in the Church” seminar held jointly with EAST and Capelle, we managed to get in touch with Jessica as she was an EAST Alumna (Grad Cert in Missions, 2005) and so was her husband Richard Kwan (MA in Missions & Evangelism, 2005). Below is a short interview with her on her study experience at EAST and where God has led her to serve since then.

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