Dear BPCWAians, Today, we published the testimonies of the 4 candidates for members to consider when voting. With the growing ministries in church and the associated resources required with the restart of the Chinese Worship Service, there is more that needs to be done in church. Corresponding to these changes, new processes need to be drawn out to support 2 services, existing processes need to be refined, and streamlining of structures need to be discussed. With this increase, some may wonder – should we have more than only the 4 candidates put up for election? Shouldn’t we have more Session members to reflect the growing needs of the church? Why do we want more? After all, as a common saying

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Dear BPCWAians, At our last church Triennial elections, a child asked who would lose, if someone was elected at our elections. In the mind of the child, the word “elections” brought to mind the world’s  idea of political or school elections, where one fights against another – hence, someone being elected means that someone else has “lost” as a result of that. This year marks elections across several nations around the world as well, and we may read about these in the newspapers. But God’s children must be very clear that church elections are and must never be or thought of like the world’s elections. We thank God that there is peace in the church, and especially in times of

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Dear BPCWAians, We thank God that we have been able to return to worship at church together since early June. After the months of lockdown, we have reached some semblance of a normal Sunday routine where we have resumed our Basic Bible Knowledge classes, Sunday School classes, and Worship Services. We have also resumed a number of our 3:30 pm Sunday afternoon Bible studies and fellowships at church as well. Yet, at the same time, several other Sunday activities could not be resumed, such as City Evangelism, and the ministry to many of the Nursing Homes. Due to physical distancing guidelines, we have also not been able to have fellowship over lunch or dinners as well. So, a gap still

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Dear BPCWAians, Last week, we looked at how to aim toward achieving the chief end of man. The promises of God are to help us glorify God. However, what are some barriers that can affect us in achieving this chief end of man? Here are several: Lack of trust toward God. We must remember that God makes sure promises to us because they are meant to glorify Him through us, “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us” (2 Cor 1:20). God has a clear purpose when He gives us promises – and His promises to us are to help us fulfill our chief end. His promises

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Dear BPCWAians, If we know that glorifying God is the chief end of man, Christians must be especially concerned about whether we will achieve this purpose of God in our lives. Glorifying God is not an option for us, but it must be our chief aim in life. It must be the burning passion. It must be an aim that preoccupies our minds in our living. God’s commandments tell His children how we can glorify Him. To glorify God, I must aim to show forth 1) God’s  character, 2) His works, and 3) His Supremacy in my life. In everything that I do, I must focus my energy and my concentration on this aim to glorify God. An archer in

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