BMC Shine Missions Summit
Date: 13-15 June 2024
Venue: Bedok Methodist Church
Thursday, 13 June: 7pm to 9pm
Friday, 14 June: 1pm to 9pm
Saturday, 15 June: 9:30am to 3pm
Keynote Speakers: Ps. Ng Zhi-Wen, Ps. Jeff Chong, Dr. Tan Lai Yong, Ps. Aaron Tay
Shine Missions Summit is a space for our community to come together to discover our God-given mission. Learn what the Bible has to teach about missions and its different expressions, such as bi-vocational missions, digital missions, family missions, and social justice.
Adults: $10 per pax
– Covers workshop materials, honorarium for guest speakers, meals etc.
– Cost will remain the same for those who can only attend select portions of the Summit
Children (ages 6-11): Free
– Children have their own program running concurrently throughout the Summit.
– Parents can register for them via this form.
Youth (ages 12-19) will have a separate registration and payment at Frontliners.
PLENARY
Day 1 | 13 June 2024 (Thursday) – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Plenary 1: Genesis of Missions: What is the Biblical basis of missions?
Synopsis: What is the Biblical basis of missions? What is our response?
Speaker: Ps. Ng Zhi-Wen is a pastor at Zion Bishan Bible Presbyterian Church. He is involved in various missions initiatives, including serving as Coordinator of Antioch21. Previously seconded to Singapore Centre for Global Mission (SCGM), Ps. Ng served in the areas of missions research and mobilisation. His passion is to see the Church united for God’s global mission.
Day 2 | 14 June 2024 (Friday) – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Plenary 2: Generations in Missions: How can all ages live out missions?
Synopsis: Everyone – young and senior – has a part to play in missions. How can people of all ages live out a life of missions?
Speaker: Dr. Tan Lai Yong is a medical doctor by training. From 1996 to 2010, Dr. Tan and his family relocated to Yunnan, China, where he was involved in poverty alleviation, community development, leprosy work, caring for orphans and disabled children, and training of village health workers. A Resident Fellow at College of Alice and Peter Tan at National University of Singapore, Dr. Tan and his family worship at Bethesda Frankel Estate Church.
Day 3 | 15 June 2024 (Saturday) – 9:30am to 10.45am
Plenary 3: Great Commission: Who is God sending?
Synopsis: Who is the kind of person God is looking for to fulfil His Great Commission? How can the Church play a part in living out God’s hope to the nations?
Speaker: As the Senior Pastor of Hope Singapore, Ps. Jeff Chong is dedicated to seeing the Church fulfil God’s calling and the Great Commission. He oversees the planting of Christ-centred churches all over the globe. To date, Hope Singapore has planted churches in 30 countries. Ps. Chong also serves as the Chairman of LoveSingapore and invests much of his time in teaching leadership and developing leaders.
WORKSHOP
Day 2 | 14 June 2024 (Friday) – 1pm to 9pm
Workshops Day 2
14 June 2024 (Friday)
Workshop Round 1: 2:30pm to 4:00pm
Workshop Round 2: 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Workshop A
Bi-vocational Missions: Advancing missions through our vocations and professions
As we reimagine church and missions, it has become clearer that we need to have the whole church bring the whole gospel to the whole world. If we are to accelerate missions, we need to mobilise not just missions workers but the laity. We need a new mindset where there is no dichotomy between sacred and secular and see more bivocationals in missions.
Speakers: Yeoh Seng Eng, Executive Director, Care Channels International, Edwin Koh, Operation Mobilisation
Workshop B
Digital Missions: Telling God’s stories of hope through our use of social media
Social media is a popular space to inspire and influence communities close to us. How can we leverage on the power of media to share our lives, our stories, and essentially God’s story?
Speaker: Estelle Cheng, Corporate Trainer, Coach and Marketing Consultant
Workshop C (Round 2: 4:30pm to 6:00pm only)
Families in Missions: Serving God in missions with our families young and old
The family is the basic unit through which God demonstrates His love and hope. What are some practical and loving acts of service families can engage in together to bring the gospel to the mission field?
Speaker: Dr. Tan Lai Yong, Medical Doctor, Resident Fellow (NUS)
Workshop D
Refugee Missions: Reaching displaced people groups from wherever we are
We hear frequently in the news forced migrations all over the world. This results in great physical and spiritual hardship for refugees and displaced peoples. However, this also presents precious opportunities for the Church to witness the hope of Christ. How can we be salt and light to refugees in and out of Singapore?
Speaker: Chua Chiew Lian, Executive Director, Habibi Singapore