Singapore Life Church

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Singapore Life Church^[1] is situated in the city of Singapore, has been around for more than 120 years.

History of Singapore Life Church^[2]

[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.

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 its new building.

1929 The church was renamed "Say Mia Tng Teck Khak". The church's goal was to promote bible knowledge and Christianity.

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. The church rented a piece of land at Changi 10 Mile Stone to build an outreach center called Changi Outreach Station in 1956

1959 English Life Church purchased land in Newton to build a church which was completed on Oct 1960. They shifted into the new premises from Life Church on the 3rd Sunday of October 1960 and celebrated her 10th Thanksgiving Anniversary. She was then named "Singapore Christian Bible Presbyterian Life Church".

1960 Life Kindergarten was founded and the Kindergarten Block was built in 1964.

1969 Decision was made to rebuild the church. New building’s foundation was laid in 1975 and the new building was completed in 1977.

1975 The Registrar of Society approved the Chinese and English church name. The initial Roman pronunciation of "Say Mia Tng Teck Khak" given in 1929 was told to change to English by the order of Registrar of Society in 1975. Session decided to rename it to "Singapore Life Church".

1997-2003 The size of the congregation increased from 501 to 875