Queen's Road Cell

Selwyn shared about the Rapidly Advancing Discipleship (RAD) programme that Siew Leong is using in China and Bangladesh. This is a method of sharing the gospel, setting up small churches and helping members to be accountable to one another with specific Scripture passages following the principle of 1 Tim 3:16.. The programme seemed so simple that we felt that might work best  in particular cultures with a strong sense of community and where there were not many intellectual reservations regarding the gospel. The programme seems to have strengths in its speed of transmission, in the accountability structure and in the provision of Scripture to guide behaviour. Traditional structures can be simplified to achieve rapid expansion. The programme might be less effective in Singapore, though. We will need to learn more! We spoke about John Allen Chau, the young missionary who was recently killed by North Sentinelese tribesmen when he (illegally) chartered a boat to share the gospel with them

BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Gk.‘ baptizo’ = immersion In all baptisms, 4 parts: The baptizer The baptized The element (en) The purpose (eis = into) e.g. repentance Mt 3:11 Jesus is the Baptizer in the Spirit   Jesus is the one who “baptizes in/with [Greek en ] the Holy Spirit” 1 (Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; John 1:33) cf. Ac 1:5, 11:16 The purpose of the baptism/fullness of the Spirit In the OT Creative tasks (Ex 28:3, 31:3, 35:31 Bezalel, “the skilful”) Leadership (Dt 34:9 “Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom”) Teaching/Proclamation (Mic 3:8 “But as for me, I am fill ed with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.”) In the NT Inspired witness ( Lk 1:41 “Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42  and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”; Ac 4:9 “Peter, fill

Our inaugural study of our post-Omega series. In this reflection Edmund Chan defines the layers that make up our lives: 1. The substructure is "who we are, what we do when no one sees". The Christian looks for "a life of worship lived before God in the fear of Him, held together by humility, wisdom and perseverance". This "is the work of a lifetime" 2. The structure , he defines as the areas we need to guard us in our pesronal life. This means the time we spend with family, spiritual friends and the community of God's people. 3. The superstructure is the outward accomplishments of our life and ministry, built by competence and skill... established by working excellently. It is noteworthy that this is not wrong in and of itself, but that our superstructure should be fully supported by the strength of the substructure and structure. I asked: is this categorization Biblical? These are not terms found in Scripture! Yet the Bible indeed makes referen