About Us
Amazing Grace Presbyterian Church
Amazing Grace Presbyterian Church (AGPC) is a Christ-centred community in Singapore where people gather to worship God, grow in His Word, and walk together in faith. Our desire is to proclaim Jesus Christ and help people grow as His disciples through worship, fellowship, and service.
Whether you are exploring Christianity or looking for a church home, we warmly invite you to join us as we grow together in Christ and share His love with others.
Our Vision
HIM we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in CHRIST.
Colossians 1:28
Our Mission
Worship
- God is the source and object of our worship. Worshipping God involves a life of obedience 24hours a day, 7 days a week (24/7)
- I appeal to you therefore, brothers,by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Romans 12:1
Equipping
- Believers need to grow and AGPC is committed to guide every new believer to understand God’s Word, and apply God’s purposes and design for him or her.
- To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body ofChrist, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Ephesians 4:12-13
Fellowship
- When someone follows Jesus, they receive a new identity and become part of God’s family. Being part of God’s family means we are connected to one another. We don’t walk alone. The church is not just a building or a set of programmes, it is people who love God and care for one another. It is a community that encourages,supports, and helps one another grow. At AGPC, we want to build this kind of family. As we meet, share life, and serve together, we strengthen one another. Being part of our church community means experiencing God’s presence in everyday moments and discovering the joy that comes from belonging.
- Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Outreach
- The Outreach Ministry is about sharing God’s love with others, both withinSingapore and beyond. Every follower of Jesus has a part to play. God invites us to care for people, serve our communities, and make His love known in practical and meaningful ways.Outreach begins with understanding our calling as individuals and as a church.From there, we learn to be available, willing, and ready to “go” wherever God leads, whether that is across the world or simply across the street.
- You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:13-16
Support
- The Support Ministry, as the name implies, supports the work and functions of the other ministries in our church in three main areas: Administration, Church Building and Finance
- Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.
Ezekiel 44:14
Our Statement of Faith
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We believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God in Three Persons, as the only true and living God.
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We believe in the sovereignty of God in election, creation, revelation, redemption, judgment and the establishment of His kingdom.
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We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, who is God’s only begotten Son, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died an atoning death, rose with bodily resurrection and ascended to the right hand of the heavenly Father. Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man, He is the Head of the Church, the only Saviour, Redeemer and Mediator between God and man.
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We believe in the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of Truth who is from the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit applies the saving work of Christ to individual sinners, through effectual calling, regeneration, justification and sanctification. The Holy Spirit indwells the believers from the moment of spiritual birth and seals them until the day of redemption.
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We believe and accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the only true, inspired, holy and infallible Word of God, and they are the supreme authority and standard in all matters of faith and conduct.
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We believe that salvation is wholly by God’s grace, through faith in Jesus Christ apart from human merits or works. Jesus Christ made a complete atonement by His substitutionary death on the cross to redeem His people. He imputes His righteousness to all believers who repent and trust in Him alone for salvation. All true believers, once saved, are secured in Jesus Christ forever.
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We believe in Jesus Christ as the Head of the holy universal Church, to which all true believers belong. All powers and functions in the Church are subject to Jesus Christ’s authority. The Church throughout the world and of all ages is His Body, of which AGPC is a member.
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We believe in the personal and glorious return of the Lord Jesus Christ to save the Church and to judge the world.
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We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost. All the saved believers will enter into eternal union with God to enjoy everlasting glory and blessing; all the lost unbelievers will enter into eternal separation from God to suffer everlasting judgment and condemnation.
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We acknowledge the Apostle’s Creed and the Westminster Confession of Faith as worthily expressing the fundamental and traditional faith commonly held by the Church.
Meet Our Team
REV Dr Steven Gan
Senior Pastor
Preacher Joseph Tan
Associate Pastor (YA/Adults)
Ms Joyce Koh
Admin Staff
Ms Audrey Foo
Admin Staff
Triplett Tan
Communications and Production Executive
Our History
Amazing Grace Presbyterian Church began as an English Service of Holy Grace Presbyterian Church, a predominantly Hainanese-speaking church. Our humble beginnings can be traced back to 1978 when Holy Grace Presbyterian Church observed a “Year of Dedication” and set apart about 20 people who met weekly as an English service.
In Oct 1992, Preacher Steven Gan joined us as a Pastor while Sister Joyce Koh became our Church Administrator in Oct 1993. Soon after, the church partnered Myanmar Youth for Christ and embarked upon our first mission outreach. This would later develop into an on-going bible training (using DLTP materials) for pastors and church leaders in Myanmar with other partnering churches (known as MMPC). Our work in mission also expanded into China, Indonesia and Cambodia.
We ordained Rev Steven Gan as our first minister on 1st May 1995. Then in 1996, Holy Grace Presbyterian Church encouraged us to register as a separate accountable entity with the English Presbytery. Amazing Grace Presbyterian Church was born on 24 Aug 1996. The following year, Preacher Carrie Chan joined the pastoral team and Elder Yong Teck Meng was installed as our lay preacher. In 1999, Yong Pin Yoon and his wife Susie left for Davao, Philippines, sent by the church as support staff of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
In 2001, the leadership made a joint decision with Holy Grace Presbyterian Church to rebuild the bungalow premises we had outgrown. Rebuilding would take 18 months and $5 million, with our congregation bearing half the cost ($2.5 million). In the meantime, we relocated to Changi Bethany Presbyterian Church at Upper Changi Road East and rescheduled our worship services to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Membership dropped to an all time low of about 160 people from 250. As we could also no longer send our children to Holy Grace’s Children’s Sunday School, we started our own Children’s Ministry.
By God’s grace, our dedicated team of Pastors, Elders, Deacons and lay leaders worked hard and steered the congregation through the 18 months in the ‘wilderness’. In May 2003, we moved into a new church building with two sanctuaries, a multi-purpose hall and over 20 rooms to accommodate staff and kindergarten operations.
In obedience to Jesus’ command that we be the salt and the light of the world, we formed Filos Community Services in July 2004. Filos would serve as the local social service arm of the church working directly with community partners, schools, families, elderly, children and needy youths.
God continued to lead and bless His church by adding more staff to our team: Mrs. Maggie Gan as our Choir Director; Elder Rocky Lim as our Pastoral Assistant, and Sister Audrey Foo as our second Administrative Staff.
Today, we have about 600 members and we stand together as ‘His people, living for His purpose to bring Him greater glory’. We want to remain anchored in God’s Word and to be faithful to our calling as witnesses of Jesus Christ. May God continue to use us as His instruments to make disciples of Jesus Christ.
It is our privilege to belong to the universal church of our Lord Jesus Christ and to play our part in the larger Presbyterian Church in Singapore. Indeed, may all who trust in Christ stand on that last day to hear our Lord saying “Well done, good and faithful servants”.
Amazing Grace Presbyterian Church began as an English Service of Holy Grace Presbyterian Church, a predominantly Hainanese-speaking church. Our humble beginnings can be traced back to 1978 when Holy Grace Presbyterian Church observed a “Year of Dedication” and set apart about 20 people who met weekly as an English service.
In Oct 1992, Preacher Steven Gan joined us as a Pastor while Sister Joyce Koh became our Church Administrator in Oct 1993. Soon after, the church partnered Myanmar Youth for Christ and embarked upon our first mission outreach. This would later develop into an on-going bible training (using DLTP materials) for pastors and church leaders in Myanmar with other partnering churches (known as MMPC). Our work in mission also expanded into China, Indonesia and Cambodia.
We ordained Rev Steven Gan as our first minister on 1st May 1995. Then in 1996, Holy Grace Presbyterian Church encouraged us to register as a separate accountable entity with the English Presbytery. Amazing Grace Presbyterian Church was born on 24 Aug 1996. The following year, Preacher Carrie Chan joined the pastoral team and Elder Yong Teck Meng was installed as our lay preacher. In 1999, Yong Pin Yoon and his wife Susie left for Davao, Philippines, sent by the church as support staff of Wycliffe Bible Translators.
In 2001, the leadership made a joint decision with Holy Grace Presbyterian Church to rebuild the bungalow premises we had outgrown. Rebuilding would take 18 months and $5 million, with our congregation bearing half the cost ($2.5 million). In the meantime, we relocated to Changi Bethany Presbyterian Church at Upper Changi Road East and rescheduled our worship services to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Membership dropped to an all time low of about 160 people from 250. As we could also no longer send our children to Holy Grace’s Children’s Sunday School, we started our own Children’s Ministry.
By God’s grace, our dedicated team of Pastors, Elders, Deacons and lay leaders worked hard and steered the congregation through the 18 months in the ‘wilderness’. In May 2003, we moved into a new church building with two sanctuaries, a multi-purpose hall and over 20 rooms to accommodate staff and kindergarten operations.
In obedience to Jesus’ command that we be the salt and the light of the world, we formed Filos Community Services in July 2004. Filos would serve as the local social service arm of the church working directly with community partners, schools, families, elderly, children and needy youths.
God continued to lead and bless His church by adding more staff to our team: Mrs. Maggie Gan as our Choir Director; Elder Rocky Lim as our Pastoral Assistant, and Sister Audrey Foo as our second Administrative Staff.
Today, we have about 600 members and we stand together as ‘His people, living for His purpose to bring Him greater glory’. We want to remain anchored in God’s Word and to be faithful to our calling as witnesses of Jesus Christ. May God continue to use us as His instruments to make disciples of Jesus Christ.
It is our privilege to belong to the universal church of our Lord Jesus Christ and to play our part in the larger Presbyterian Church in Singapore. Indeed, may all who trust in Christ stand on that last day to hear our Lord saying “Well done, good and faithful servants”.
