EAST’s 31st Commencement: Honouring Legacy, Celebrating Vision
On 17 May 2025, East Asia School of Theology (EAST) will celebrate its 31st Commencement Ceremony at Bethesda (Bedok-Tampines) Church. This significant milestone will not only mark the graduation of 30 students from eight nations, but also the conferral of an honorary Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) upon Rev Seung-Rock Yoon—a leader whose servant-hearted influence and missionary vision have deeply impacted EAST and the wider Body of Christ.
Celebrating a Vision Fulfilled
The journey of EAST’s Doctor of Ministry (DMin) program began not without challenge. Initial hesitation from senior leadership underscored the weight of launching such an endeavour. Yet, it was through the persistent vision and support of Rev Seung-Rock Yoon, then East Asia Orient Director of Korea Campus Crusade for Christ (KCCC), that the DMin program took root. His catalytic role—both in challenging the vision and in raising the resources necessary—enabled the launch of the inaugural cohort nearly five years ago.
Discipleship, Soul Care, & Growth (Onsite) – Day Course
Discipleship, Soul Care, & Growth (Onsite)
EF574, 3 Credits
Tuesdays, 9.00 am – 12.00 pm
This course explores what the soul needs, and how one must be its keeper and steward. The students will look deeper at how they must develop spiritual habits that train their soul to pause, create space for God to speak to them, and bring healing and formation to their lives.
Auditors are expected to complete the asynchronous portions of each week’s lesson so that they can participate in class discussions.
Lau Ying Kheng, EdD, has served in Africa and India (with Operation Mobilization) and the Philippines, Hong Kong and Korea (with CRU Singapore) for a number of years. She enjoys speaking and teaching in the region (including a doctoral program in Korea), and discipling women in Singapore through a regular speaking ministry. Her passion is to teach people to create space in their lives for God to speak to them, and use them for His glory.
Registration deadline: Monday, 7 July 2025
Theology of Leadership (Online) – Evening Course
Theology of Leadership (Online)
LD520, 3 Credits
Thursdays, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Equips learners with a biblical theology of leadership that can inform both theory and practice and permit more rigorous biblical evaluation of leadership theories and approaches. The course enables ministry practitioners to develop a rich theological foundation for thinking about issues of leadership in the Christian community.
Samuel Too, DMin, served with Cru Singapore for more than 29 years. He and his wife Agnes served in East Asia for ten years before Samuel returned as Missions Head of Cru Singapore. They joined EAST as resident faculty and staff in May 2020. They are blessed with three children. Samuel desires to impart both life and knowledge to his students.
Liong Kwok Wai, PhD Studies, has been serving as a staff member of Cru Singapore since 1999. He has ministered among campus students, church planters and community leaders in Singapore and East Asia. He was also involved in training full-time Christian workers and leadership development.
Registration deadline: Monday, 7 July 2025
Christian Counselling Certificate – 기독교 상담 양성과정
East Asia School of Theology (EAST) and Elim Center have partnered to establish a one-year Christian Counselling Certificate Program for Korean-speaking Christian women. Launching in August 2025, the program is designed in alignment with a global micro-credential framework, to ensure that it meets the high standards of lifelong learning and higher education. The curriculum aims to equip individuals with counselling skills to serve with a Christ-centered approach, addressing emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs from a biblical perspective.
Those who successfully complete the program will receive a certificate issued by EAST.
For more information (in Korean and English), click here or email cert-cc@east.edu.sg.
Dr Lewis Winkler: Summative Project Reflection
If you were to reflect on your growth experiences in the past couple of years, what would they be? How would it affect your present faith journey and ministry? Below is a brief reflection by Dr Lewis Winkler, EAST Resident Faculty of Systematic Theology, about what the graduating cohort of students have experienced at EAST.
The Summative Project gives graduating students the opportunity to reflect upon and share about what God has taught, wrought, and accomplished in and through them during the course of their studies at EAST.
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