50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

ARTICLES AND POEMS
of praise. When we taught them the Word
of God, they were very attentive.
I knew Dn Henry more through the
trip to Kemaman and also being classmates
in FEBC. He is a man of missionary zeal
for the Lord. He always challenges me to
go all out for the Lord. By his example and
zeal, I am very much inspired and challenged.
I had the opportunity to go as far
as Kuantan, a bustling town in Pahang
which is about six hours by bus from Singapore
to be involved in the VBS conducted
in November 1999. Although the
VBS was held during the Northeast
Monsoon period, the Lord marvellously
withheld the rain throughout our journey
there and during the VBS. Even when there
was rain, it was reduced to a slight drizzle.
The weather was very crucial in deciding
the attendance of the VBS. Truly the Lord
of the harvests had graciously and lovingly
taken care of the weather so that the children
were able to attend the VBS in hordes
to hear His Word.
God is always able to send His labourers
to His harvest. Although sometimes
it is very trying for the organisers of
mission trips to canvass for helpers, the
Lord always provides the people in His
good time even to the very last hour. We
could also see the hand of God in everything
even to the minutest details. My faith
is always strengthened to see that the Lord
never fails in His promise that He will be
with us always even unto the end of the
world (Matt 28:20).
The mission trips are meant to bring
the blessings of God upon the people we
reach out to. But we are being blessed instead.
Their enthusiasm and love for God’s
Word has always brought us to shame and
jolted us out of our complacency. Our
hearts are always revived and drawn closer
to the Lord whenever we go forth to serve
Him in missions.
Indeed the love of Christ constrains
us to enter into His harvest fields. Shall
we not be compelled by His love to seize
every opportunity to serve Him He will
never fail nor forsake us as we step forth
with faith to the regions beyond.
Our B-P Faith and Practice
Quek Keng Khwang
A message by Rev. James Chan at
Calvary B-P Church (Jurong) on May 2,
1999.
IT HAS BECOME necessary for me to
preach on the distinctives of our B-P
faith and practice, although I must admit
that I do not relish the circumstances
under which I have to address this issue.
But I must because, of late, some young
people in our Church have questioned our
practice at Calvary B-P Church (Jurong).
And they have charged that our teaching is
not in accordance with the Bible, and our
practice is an abomination to God.
One of them quoted from the B-P
Church Constitution Article 4.1:
“The doctrine of the church shall be
in accordance with that system commonly
called ‘The Reformed Faith’ as expressed
in the Confession of Faith as set forth by
the historic Westminster Assembly together
with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms”.
He has accused the B-P Church of taking
“a stand that is far from the Reformed
Faith”. He charged the Church leaders with
misinforming others and demanded that this
particular clause be removed from the B-P
Church Constitution.
Dearly beloved, we do not misinform
others about our B-P faith and practice. We
know that the Westminster Confession of
Faith does not cover biblical separation
(Article 4.2, 4.12). We also know that not
all Bible scholars have the same interpretation
of it. For this reason, we state clearly
the chief tenets of the doctrine of the Church
in the Constitution (Article 4.2, pp. 2-3).
The Board of Elders take a serious
view of these allegations, and the matter has
to be settled immediately. Thus we have to
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