Stepping Out With God - Pasir Panjang Church of Christ Singapore

Sound Doctrine
"But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine" - Titus 2:1
Since the Restoration Movement extended to our shores in the mid 1950s,
the churches of Christ have made it our goal to build our faith and doctrine
on the word of God. We seek to provide a book, chapter and verse for every
spiritual lesson and practice. Through the Bible correspondence course,
many came to know the Lord's church, mostly young people in secondary
school.
As one of these young people, I was very zealous in my appetite for these
Bible doctrines and was present every time the doors of the church were
open. Not satisified with this, I requested for a weekly Bible study near my
home and started a youth publication. I went on to graduate with the first
group of students at Four Seas College of Bible and Missions and worked
full-time from that time with this congregation.
In the early years of my ministry, there was much strife amongst the churches
of Christ. Various ones were attacking one another in the name of truth over
a host of issues from the women's role in the church, to the work of the Holy
Spirit. This led to divisions around the world. In the mission fields of Asia,
congregations usually followed the line of their sponsoring churches.
In Singapore, all but the two congregations who were sponsored under the
umbrella of the Four Seas College chose to subscribe to its founder's
'contending for the faith' doctrinal stance. This is because as New Testament
Christians, we prefer to study the Bible for ourselves without being coerced
into another's stand. Over the years, as members from both these
congregations grow in faith and knowledge, unable to reconcile what they
read from the Bible with their teaching and practice, droves of their members
left these churches.
What constititues sound doctrine?
Over the past several years, the majority of our new members are transferred
members from other congregations. As I sit with many to bring them up to
speed with our programmes and goals, I invariably ask them why they
choose PP. Almost without exception, they would first point to the solid Biblical
stand of PP, and many also articulate that they like the way the leadership
speaks the truth in love.
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