Covenant Evangelical Free Church

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Covenant Evangelical Free Church (CEFC) was established in 1978 with 17 members. The Senior Pastor was Rev Dr Tan Wai Choon. Rev Edmund Chan took over as the Senior Pastor in 1987, when the membership was 72. CEFC has since grown to a current congregation size of over 3,200, and is recognised as one of the megachurches in Singapore.

Rev Edmund Chan is an advocate of disciple making and starting an IDMC movement (Intentional Disciplemaking Church). CEFC has started a 2-year IDT (Intentional Discipleship) programme in 2007 where members attend a weekly teaching and disciple group meeting. The programme involves scripture memory, journaling and a semester exam. It is the beginning of the heartbeat of CEFC - 'We do not try to be disciples of Christ but we train to be disciples of Christ!'