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GAF used to meet twice a month on the 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month until mid-2011 when the new URA rule set in, which limits the number of rooms allowed for religious purposes. Consequently, GAF’s previous meeting room on Saturday was no longer available for booking. Without a meeting venue, GAF was subsequently incorporated into the Adults’ Bible Study (ABS) on Sunday, which provided an avenue for systematic doctrinal teaching to church members. Nevertheless, ABS serves more like the Sunday School arm of the church and less as GAF meeting per se, as it does not meet the fellowship’s needs fully. Hence, ABS on Sunday remains as before while GAF resumes monthly meetings on Saturdays in members’ homes, starting from Jan 2012
At about the same time, the idea of a Men’s Fellowship was mooted by Pastor in the light of Christian men in general not exercising sufficient biblical leadership, especially in the Christian family. Suggestion was made for 2nd Saturday afternoon (4-6pm) every month to be set aside for a forum-like session to address various “biblical manhood issuesâ€. Meeting format could be in the form of a devotion, doctrinal teaching, Q&A, seminar or a combination of these. Agenda and direction of meetings are to be decided upon at Pastor’s godly discretion. Such gatherings are to be held at the Care Ministry’s premises in Punggol, in what is hoped to be the precursor of a Men’s Fellowship, initially under the auspices of GAF. |
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