Melbourne University OCF
Reach Out, Build Up, Send Back

Scripture reading: Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

The first Christians were eager to learn, and gave themselves wholeheartedly to the task of assimilating the truth and principles which were expounded by the apostles.

Singapore

Population: 4,492,150
Religion: Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Non Religious 14.8%, Christian 14.6%,

Singapore has one of the highest standards of living of any country in the world. It is a key trading centre for Asia, with the world’s busiest harbour. Industry is strong, and its commercial influence continues to grow.

Challenges for Prayer:

• Church growth was very strong from 1970 to the 1990s. The responsiveness of Singaporeans, active evangelism of churches and agencies and the concentration of committed, giving Christians played a big part in this. Church growth has since slowed.
• Major challenges facing the Church:

o    Coping with affluence, materialism and commercialism.
o    Handling restrictive government legislation limiting outreach.
o    Maintenance of adequate family life and witness.
o    Unity among the various churches and denominations.

• Young people:

o    Young people are open to the gospel and a significant number of students are Christians, yet the dropout rate is high.
o    Pray for the effective integration of young people into local churches and for their mobilisation for world evangelisation.

• The less-reached:

o    The Malay population.
o    There is little consistent outreach to the older Indian community.
o    The lower-paid and non-English-speaking Chinese.
o    Migrant workers: Filipinos, Thai, Indians, and others. There are some lively congregations of Koreans, Filipinos and Indonesians.
o    Drug addiction is a growing problem with young people, notably among the Malay population.

• Singapore’s seminaries and missions training schools are becoming a key ministry for Christians all over Asia. Many churches run their own theological training programmes. A high number of churches run an active missions programme.
• Christian books are widely available, and much Christian literature is printed in Singapore for worldwide distribution.

OCF Swinburne

President: Steven Choong
Theme: To build intentional relationship among members
Campus: Swinburne University of Technology

Attendance:

2006:10
2007:15

Please Pray For:

• Pray for new leaders to rise up
• Pray for the new guy/girls discipleship groups
• Pray that God will provide a meeting venue on campus.
• Pray for the partnership with other Christian Group and Churches.