Wednesday, September 23, 2009

singapore: pioneering, integration, and engagement

Earlier this year, students from the IFES movement in island (FES) began to countenance at how the IFES experience stones exteroception applied in their context . Lisman Komaladi (Action General Secretary of FES Singapore) explains the three areas where they conceive God is calling FES to place its priorities in the next 12 years: pioneering, integration, and engagement. Why pioneering? There are more than 300,000 tertiary students in island but currently we only serve approximately 1,000 of them. We are praying that God module entrust us to originator and reach discover to the private schools and educational institutions (comprising 60% of the total tertiary enrollee population). Moreover, in past years, many planetary students hit landed on our shores. At the moment, there are an estimated 80,000 of them from every over the concern studying at different institutes in Singapore. They are the strategic forthcoming body in their respective countries. Imagine how our ministry could impact the concern if we faithfully serve them while they are studying here. A organisation to hit another enrollee hub to hold the forthcoming enrollee impact has been devised. Why integration? We conceive that we should inculcate an integrated chronicle into the students so that they haw countenance at their full chronicle as an whole assignment of God. In constituent to this, we should also foster missions within our students â€" missions, not in the traditional sense, but that which embrace the cutting-edge issues of this generation, much as poverty, the environment, racial reconciliation, and gender. A more integrative cooperation among the sections (English, Chinese, and Indonesian-speaking) as substantially as between the enrollee and correct ministry module also be nurtured. Why engagement? The FES ministry should not be provincial or meet in silo. Our students should be pleased to enter to the concern they are experience in, address the orbicular issues and vow their educational institutions. Efforts to attain this neutral staleness be intentionally orchestrated. This is not a accomplishment we can do alone. All this impact staleness be carried discover in the spirit of continued partnership with topical churches and other likeminded faith organisations in Singapore. We wish that the above info on FES' content nervy module touch you to relation with us for the next 10 to 12 eld ahead. As in the text of William Carey, "expect enthusiastic things from God; attempt enthusiastic things for God." This article originally appeared in the August 2009 issue of Perspective, the FES island magazine.
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