Alumni: Glimpses of Seoul Lausanne Congress 2024
Thanks to EAST alumni Guia Karla Gonzales (Team Lead), Mikeel Araña, Johanna Sampan and their team members, we get glimpses of The Fourth Lausanne Congress held in Seoul-Incheon, South Korea, 22-28 September 2024. They served as part of the Daily Highlights Video Team for the congress (see below).
L-R: Mikeel, Johanna, Guia and other members of the video team
Climate Change: A Theological Primer
Climate Change: A Theological Primer, by Rev Dr Jarred Jung
Why are we concerned with climate change? I think that a large part of climate change today is man-made climate change as our planet is warming too fast as a result of greenhouse gases. Now, I see the results are coming to fruition and do not think the correlation is just a coincidence.
With the rise of carbon dioxide omitting from things such as vehicles, cars, factories and airplanes, we have more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which leads to rising temperatures. I am not a science or climate change denier. I believe it is a big issue, which is one that Christians, in particular, need to take seriously.
How did we get to this place to where climate change is an issue? By this, I do not mean “why is there global warming?” What is at the root of this need to deal with an issue like man-made climate change? To discuss this, we are going to look at the Bible.
Alumna Cynthia Oh: EAST and My Writing Journey
I (Cynthia) love to write but I had not imagined myself to be a published author.
The story started in 2013 when I began taking up courses at EAST. With encouragement from my EAST mentor Dr Kwa Kiem Kiok and classmate Ms Boo Hui Ling, I plucked up the courage to do a MDiv in Intercultural Studies, instead of taking courses at random. When I made that decision I had no concrete plans except to equip myself should the Lord call me to missions. I remember that afternoon, having lunch with them at the KKH food court, sweating in my seat thinking,“ What am I getting myself into?”.
Alumna Elizabeth Li: The Most Important Amazing Thing
L-R: Dr Lau Ying Kheng, Dr Roland Tan & Alumna Elizabeth Li
Hello. My name is 「感恩姐妹」”Grateful Sister”, and I am glad to be here to share about my life. I would like to share my journey through two major surgeries, in which I experienced something amazing and totally unexpected!
It started eight years ago. I broke my right thigh at home in 2015. A steel plate was mounted in my thigh and I recuperated at home. While recuperating, I discovered that my ability to express myself was compromised. I could not express what I wanted to express and I thought I was beginning to have amnesia.
Field Supervisors Tea & Field Education Reflections
“What is your impression of EAST at the recent Field Supervisors Tea?” we asked a Field Supervisor (who personally oversees the field education aspect of EAST student).
Here are some reflections by Ms Faye Hohaia, OMF International Assistant General Director who is a Field Supervisor to an EAST student, Thanawat “Off” Wichaphon (Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies [MAICS], 2025).
Having never been to East Asia School of Theology (EAST) before I was not sure what to expect on my first visit, but what I discovered about EAST is worth sharing. EAST is not only based in Singapore and carries East Asia in its name, but it engages in God’s mission in East Asia. Students from all over East Asia are being trained and equipped to be Jesus’ hands and feet wherever they are placed. Students from even further afar in our world are coming to be trained and equipped there too so they can share the good news of our good God in East Asia and beyond.
This is not just a school that simply teaches their students head knowledge about God. Their focus on the whole person and the whole gospel was very obvious from the moment I walked in. The day I visited EAST they were focusing on generosity in hospitality. The students had invited their supervisors to come to a special afternoon tea. They had cooked delicious dishes from their home countries and took great joy in sharing their combined efforts with their supervisors. Hospitality was not just restricted to food; they lead us in a time of worship through song and prayer and then we heard testimony of how God is leading them into a variety of ministries.
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