Pastoral Leadership (Online) – Evening Course
Pastoral Leadership (Online)
LD522, 3 Credits
9 January – 8 May 2026, Thursdays, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Examines the calling, roles, and function of a disciple-making church leader. The shepherding roles of leading, care, and feeding the congregation are explored. Church ministries and common issues are examined. Students develop the foundations for an integrated philosophy of church ministry.
Bobby Lee Oon Chai, DMin, held many leadership positions. He was a pastor for 11 years, a Pastor Advisor for 2 churches, Executive Director for Singapore Baptist Convention for 8 years and was a Board Member of Singapore Baptist Convention and is a Board Member of Bible Society Singapore, Hope Initiative Alliance and Evangelical Alliance Singapore. Bobby is an adjunct lecturer at BTS (Baptist Theological Seminary) and he authored a few books and essays. His research and teaching interests are leadership, preaching, missions, business as missions. His interests are music, environmental conservation, arts, hiking, cycling, and travel.
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Student’s Testimony: Field Supervisors’ Tea 2025
Field Education is an important aspect of theological education at EAST. Students practice what they have learnt in class through actual field ministry under the supervision of Field Supervisors from churches, mission agencies, and like-minded organisations. An annual Field Supervisors’ Tea was held recently at EAST to thank them and recount the impact of students’ field ministry. Below is a student’s testimony of his field ministry. Here is Fred’s story:
St. Andrew’s Cathedral is a very beautiful church in Singapore, located right beside City Hall MRT station. I have brought several friends there when they came to visit Singapore. They all liked this place very much and enjoyed taking photos there. During those visits, I also noticed many tourists taking photos. But after taking pictures, they just left. No one gave them any gospel tracts, and no one shared the gospel with them. When I saw that, my heart felt very burdened. I remembered the Bible says, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” I also thought of the saying, “If someone comes to a treasure mountain, how can they leave empty-handed?” They already came to the church, yet they did not hear the gospel. What a pity that is!
Culture and Transformation (Online) – Evening Course
Culture and Transformation (Online)
IS530, 3 Credits
9 January – 8 May 2026, Wednesdays, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
This course examines how cultures change, the dynamics and processes of change, the place of change agents, and the speed and intensity of change. The implications of such processes are examined in the social, political, economic and religious aspects of society. This aims for students to examine how their own cultures, societies and communities may be effectively transformed for God’s Kingdom purposes.
Alvin Tey, PhD, serves as Resident Faculty (Intercultural Studies) in EAST. He concurrently serves with Operation Mobilisation (OM), where he is currently involved in the training, equipping and care of missionaries sent to serve across East Asia. He previously served in OM’s transformational development ministries among poor and marginalized least-reached peoples and communities in Southeast Asia. Alvin is married to Kalene and they have three children, Natalie, Charlotte and Josiah. In his free time, Alvin enjoys history and sports.
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 31 December 2025
Transforming Leadership (Online) – Evening Course
Transforming Leadership (Online)
LF511, 3 Credits
9 January – 8 May 2026, Tuesdays, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Seeks to equip leaders to commit to authentic personal transformation and the passion to serve the world around them for Jesus’ sake. This course examines the underlying theology, leadership theory, and skill set of a transforming leader in today’s world. Leadership is not a job nor a position. It is a passion and a calling. A transformational servant-leader seeks to bring about change in organisations and individuals.
Jonathan Yao, EdD Candidate, has been on staff with Cru Singapore for 37 years. He has served with high school, university, evangelism and mission mobilisation, church-planting, theological and leadership development ministries in Singapore and East Asia. He is married to Eng Meng, and they have three young adult children.
Chan Chong Hiok, DD, has been a Cru Singapore staff since 1975 and has served in the Philippines and more than ten years as Country Director of Cru Singapore. For eighteen years, he served in East Asia as the National Campus Director and then as the Area Team Leader. He served as President of EAST since 2011. He has an MDiv and DD (Transformational Leadership) from the International Graduate School of Leadership (Philippines).
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 31 December 2025
EQUIP 8 EAST Promotion
BE EQUIPPED FOR JUST $80
Enjoy the promotional rate of $80 for each EAST course taken for audit held during January – May 2026. Usually up to $285 school fees for an audit course. Join a course or two to be equipped and transformed in your life and ministry.
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 31 December 2025
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