50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

Life
Bible-Presbyterian
Church
The Neighbourhood
Bible Communities
Birthday celebration at
Bedok NBC
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FOLLOWING OUR LORD’S instruction in
Acts 2:47 ‘to add to the church daily such as
should be saved,” Life B-P Church has
started many outreaches to bring sinful man
to repentance and a saving knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. One such
outreach is the Neighbourhood Bible
Community (NBC) started many years ago to
cater to the growing population of the
church. This is indeed an ingenious way in
helping many members as well as visitors to
integrate into the church family by meeting
in small groups near their homes. Since the
starting of the first NBC in 1988, the number
of NBCs has grown over the years.
Bedok NBC
BEDOK NBC began in April 1998
with about twelve Lifers and their
children, who live in the vicinity of
Bedok and Tampines. Meeting every third
Friday evening of the month at the home of
brother Tan Kian Sing, it has now grown to
over 20 adults and 16 children, with a children’s
programme running at the same time
as our Bible study. Since it was formed,
members have studied: the Christian family,
the book of Philippians, Creation Science
and the Lord’s Prayer.
The following are testimonies of
Bedok NBC members:
“Personally, the lessons learnt have
brought us much closer as a family, not just
in the awareness of God’s presence in our
family but also in our prayers and Christian
living within and outside the home. The
monthly NBC meeting is a much coveted
time of warm fellowship where we get to
know fellow worshippers better. Otherwise,
we would at most smile or nod our heads on
Sunday and consider ourselves ‘familiar’.
The sharing of one’s testimony encourages
our hearts that our God is truly a true and
living God who exercises His loving kindness
to all who call upon Him. The NBC is
a break from our routine and has truly enriched
our daily walk with God.”
“We thank God for starting the NBC
at Bedok. He has indeed blessed this ministry
as we see how He has brought His people
in the east to study the Word of God together.
Every month, we cherish the warm
fellowship we have with brethren, whom we
otherwise would hardly meet in church.”
“My wife and I have benefited much
from the Bible study on the Christian family.
The personal sharing and testimony of
how each family leads their lives is a greater
encouragement to us. Our group has established
a routine whereby in each meeting,
someone will share a short testimony of how
he or she has become a Christian. This helps
us to know one another better.”
May the Lord continue to bless the
members’ lives as they seek to fulfil our
mission statement: “To glorify God by growing
together in our commitment to the Lord
and to one another through Bible study and
fellowship.”
Rev. Charles Seet
Bishan NBC
IN 1988, the Bishan NBC was formed at
the home of brother Paul Wong, the host
and coordinator at that time. Preacher J.P.
David was its first leader. At that time,
brother Paul Wong’s home was at Bishan,
hence the name Bishan NBC. Initially, there
was a total of about a dozen members.
Brother Paul Wong, Elder Edmund
Tay and brother Alan Chia took turns in