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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 Grand Central. With dedicated Lighters, the church
grew 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 was completed. It was overflowed with our
members and guests. 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 11.00 am 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
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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