Singapore Life Church

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Singapore Life Church is situtated in the city of Singapore, has been around for more than 150 years.

[edit] History

• 1883 The church was founded. Sunday services were combined with a Baptist church at Prinsep Street Presbyterian Chapel as there were not many members then.
• 1901 The 1st Singapore Presbyterian Church (SPC) Conference was held at Life Church then known as "Teck Khak"
• 1917 Land at 142-144 Prinsep Street (the site we are at today) was purchased and rented out.
• 1928 Teck Khak began the construction of it's new building. Rev John Williams was invited to hold the ceremony and SPC sent relatives, Tan Lin Tian and Liauw Tian Yak to attend.
• 1929 Tek Khak invited Rev Kwok Jing Hoon and SPC representatives to participate in the ceremony celebrating the completion of the new church building and Pastors' building. The church was renamed "Say Mia Tng Teck Khak". The church's goal was to promote bible knowledge and Christianity.
• 1939 Rev Zeng Seng Chu was selected as Life Church Pastor
• 1946 2nd World War. Singapore was conquered and all Western preachers were captured. Under the Japanese occupancy, work of churches were mostly regulated. God was gracious to Life Church as daily business, e.g., Sunday Worship and Outreach Ministry were allowed to run as per normal.
• 1946 Rev Heng Teck Ying selected as pastor of Life Church.
• 1950 English Worship was set up. The worship service met from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm on Sunday. The official number of members attending was more than a 100. It was then held at the Main Sanctuary of the church.
• 1955 The members of Life Church separated into 3 congregations, namely, "Teck Khak", "Newton" and "English Service". Members voted to decide which church they belonged and the results were 332, 107 and 129 respectively.