Presbyterian Church in Singapore

The Presbyterian Church in Singapore (Abbreviation: PCS;

Chinese: 新加坡长老大会 ) is a Presbyterian Reformed church.
Presbyterian Church in
Singapore
The current moderator is the Rt Rev Keith Lai.

The denomination motto is "Nec tamen consumebatur" which

means "Yet it was not consumed".[1]

History
In 1965, Singapore became independent from Malaysia. The
Presbyterian Church in Singapore held its first Synod in January
1975. Two language presbyteries, English and Chinese, were
formed. The church also runs several schools.[2]
Classification Protestant
Orientation Calvinist
Founding and development
Theology Reformed
The church's origin can be traced back to the London Missionary Polity Presbyterian
Society. In 1829, the Rev Benjamin Keasberry came to Malaysia
Associations World
and Singapore, and started Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church in
Communion of
1843. In 1856, Scottish residents established Orchard Road
Presbyterian Church, and in 1881 the English Presbyterian Reformed
Missionary Society under the leadership of John Cook, established Churches, World
a Chinese church called Glory Presbyterian Church. Council of
Churches
Three other churches were organised in 1883: Prinsep Street Life
Region Singapore
Church, Tanjong Pagar Church and Upper Serangoon Road
Bethel Church. In 1903, the Upper Serangoon Road Bethel Origin 1975
Church was combined with Tekka Church (now Life Bible- Branched from Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church) and Bukit Timah Church (now Glory Church in
Presbyterian Church) as Siah Tek Church with the Rev Lin Xi
Singapore and
appointed as the pastor.[3] In 1999, the name of the church was
Malaysia
changed from The Chinese Christian Church Bethel Congregation
to Bethel Presbyterian Church.[4] Congregations 37
Members 21,000
In 1901, the Synod of the Presbyterian Church was formed. The
name was changed to Presbyterian Church in Singapore and Malaysia in 1968. In 1975, following the
separation of Singapore and Malaysia and in view of political geographical and church administrative
factors, the Synod was formally separated into the Presbyterian Church in Malaysia and the Presbyterian
Church in Singapore. The first AGM was convened that year and the first Moderator was Rev Stephen
Tan.

In 1993, with the increase of English churches, the Chinese Presbytery and English Presbytery were
formed. The Church grew rapidly and 2001, a combined worship service was held to celebrate her 120th
anniversary in the setting up of churches. In 2003, the Singapore Presbyterian Foundation was formed.
Doctrine
The Presbyterian Church in Singapore acknowledges the Apostles Creed
and Westminster Confession of Faith. It believes in the Father, the Son and
Holy Spirit. The Church believes that Jesus Christ is the Head of the
Church. All powers and functions of the Church are subject to Christ's
authority.[5]

Statistics
The Presbyterian Church in Singapore has 21,000 members in 37 Orchard Road Presbyterian
congregations. It has one Synod and two Presbyteries, the English Church, one of the older
Presbytery and the Chinese Presbytery.[6] Presbyterian churches in
Singapore
Interchurch relations
The church is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches[7] and the Council for World
Missions.[8] Sister church relations with the Presbyterian Church (USA), Church of Scotland, and the
Presbyterian churches in Australia and New Zealand were established.

Schools
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School
Presbyterian High School

[9]

References
1. "About PCS" (https://archive.today/20130418161048/http://www.presbyterian.org.sg/home/in
dex.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=2&lang=en). Archived from the
original (http://www.presbyterian.org.sg/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article
&id=2&Itemid=2&lang=en) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
2. Fasse, Christoph. "Presbyterian Church in Singapore" (http://www.reformiert-online.net/adre
ssen/detail.php?id=13262&lg=de). Reformed Online.
3. "Milestones 1883~1990: Period of Establishment 1883-1948" (http://www.bethelpres.org.sg/
church/milestones-18831990/). Bethel Presbyterian Church.
4. "MILESTONES 1990s: Moving On From 1991 – 1999" (http://www.bethelpres.org.sg/church/
milestones-1990s/). Bethel Presbyterian Church.
5. "Statement of Faith" (https://archive.today/20130418120349/http://www.presbyterian.org.sg/h
ome/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3&lang=en). Archived from
the original (http://www.presbyterian.org.sg/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti
cle&id=3&Itemid=3&lang=en) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
 6. "The Presbyterian Church in Singapore - History" (https://www.presbyterian.org.sg/history.ht
m). www.presbyterian.org.sg. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
7. "WCRC churches" (https://web.archive.org/web/20101111184355/http://wcrc.ch/node/164).
World Communion of Reformed Churches. Archived from the original (http://www.wcrc.ch/no
de/164) on 11 November 2010.
8. "The Council for World Mission" (http://www.cwmission.org).
9. "The Presbyterian Church in Singapore — Our Schools" (https://web.archive.org/web/20180
901070503/http://presbysing.org.sg/news-2016-0704.htm). presbysing.org.sg. Archived from
the original (http://www.presbysing.org.sg/news-2016-0704.htm) on 1 September 2018.
Retrieved 17 February 2019.

External links
Official Church website (http://www.presbyterian.org.sg)

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