FACULTY MINISTRY

During the recent mid-semestral break in March, Dr Jeffrey Truscott taught as a guest lecturer in the B Th worship course of Rev Tumpal Siritongu at Sekolah Tinggi Teologi HKBP Pematangsiantar, Indonesia.

Dr Chan Yew Ming presented a paper entitled “Remnant, Immigrant Foreigner: an initial exploration of the inculturation issues faced by the Singaporean Churches” in the International Symposium for Biblical Studies in Context. The symposium was organized by the Center for the Study of Christianity, CASS, the Institute of Religion, MUC, and coordinated by the United Bible Society China Partnership. The Symposium was held in Beijing from October 19-21, 2018.

Dr Roland Chia spoke at the international conference on ‘The Future of Faith: Religious Values in a Plural World’ organized by the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) on 7 November 2018. This conference was the culmination of the yearlong celebration of its 50th Anniversary.

On 16 Oct 2018, Dr Tan Loe Joo, Lecturer in Theology at TTC, launched his new book The Trinity and the Religions: A Cappadocian Assessment of Gavin D’ Costa’s Theology of Religions.

During the week of 8th September to 15th September, Rev Dr Edmund Fong and Rev Dr Samuel Wang participated in the ATESEA (Association of Theological Education in South East Asia) accreditation exercise for member theological schools in Indonesia. Dr Fong and Dr Wang were split up to join two different teams on reaching Jakarta.