Course Description

God acts in the world, in creation and redemption, and looks forward to a time of consummation. This mission of God, has a church, the people of God who are also called to be and to act out God’s work in the world today. This mission, then, has to be holistic and seek to bring fullness and flourishing to all of people and communities, so as to bring the ‘whole gospel to the whole world.’
  • Location

    Online via Zoom

  • Dates

    Thursday
    Aug: 18, 25
    Oct: 6, 13, 27
    Nov: 3, 10

  • Time

    7:15–10.00PM

Instructor

Dr Kwa Kiem Kiok

Lecturer in Missiology and Integrative Studies

Dr Kwa Kiem-Kiok is BGST’s Registrar and Lecturer in Missiology and Integrative Studies. She brings her legal and theological training, and experience from the marketplace, church, and para-church organizations into this role. Previously, a Lecturer and Registrar at the East Asia School of Theology, she taught a variety of courses in inter-cultural studies there. She has published on a diverse range of subject including a contextual commentary on Matthew (ATA, 2017). She contributed to the Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (Zondervan, 2011), and on religious harmony in Faith in an Age of Terror (BGST, 2018). She recently co-edited Missions in Southeast Asia (ATA, Langham, 2022). She and her husband, a Methodist pastor, enjoy walking in the outdoors.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    General

  • 2

    Session 1

    • Introduction (face to face)

    • Updated Course Synopsis

  • 3

    Session 2

    • Session 2

    • Reflection Questions from Wrgiht

  • 4

    Session 3

    • Holistic missions

    • Religious Partnerships

  • 5

    Session 4

    • History of Christian mission in Singapore

  • 6

    Session 5

    • Missions policies

  • 7

    Session 6

    • Course Evaluation Form

    • Research Paper