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Lighthouse Evangelism
was born on April 16, 1978. Pastor Rony with 8 other members commissioned
by Jubilee Presbyterian Church (English Service) conducted their
first service at Chip Bee Centre. Twenty-four people were present – most
of them came as a result of the nine pioneers’ door-to-door
evangelism.
The church grew slowly but surely and steadily. The turning point
came when
Pastor Rony planted an outreach in Hotel Grand Central with the help
of ten Lighters on January 1, 1984, leaving the established work
at
Chip Bee to Pastor Clarence. The first service attracted 125 people;
and within one and a half years, there were about 200 worshippers
at the Hotel. On Sept 1, 1985, the two centres merged as one in Hotel
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dedicated Lighters,
the churchgrew rapidly.
Two morning services were
then conducted but the hall became too small.
The next big step we took was on June 1, 1986; we shifted to Amara Hotel which
had just been opened that very week. For the next six years, we had to relocate
our services to other hotels and auditoriums whenever Amara could not accommodate
us.
These untimely disruptions spurred us to search more urgently a ground where
we could build our church.
Then we managed to secure the Tampines site for our first church building. Our
first Sunday Service was conducted on August 9, 1992 when Lighthouse Tampines
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700 Lighters
were
prepared to travel to the east with us.
At Tampines,
a third service was immediately introduced on Sunday. Dialect and
Mandarin services were also added, and later an Indonesian service
as well. We decided to conduct a regular Miracle Service
to touch
the lost, sick and afflicted. It began with a monthly meeting
but soon we had to conduct it weekly as the attendance increased
rapidly.
By then, some people had to be turned away from the Sunday morning
services, especially at 11:00am. service, despite the fact that
additional chairs were laid. So we decided to build the second
healing centre.
LE Woodland’s inaugural service was on August 9, 2003. Like
the previous building, it was completed totally
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debt-free, attesting to the
faithfulness of God and the loyalty of Lighters.
You may not be a part of our past, but
you can be a great part of our present and future. Let’s record
a new chapter of the Book of Acts together. |
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