{"id":19,"date":"2020-08-10T09:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T09:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-03-08T08:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:03:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5d404c5c5885408c0d02b10b9f7c3fc8\" style=\"background-color:#343431\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OUR MISSION<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>KNOWING CHRIST, MAKING HIM KNOWN<br><br>At BSC, we want to:<br><strong>WITNESS<\/strong>\u00a0God\u2019s love for all people,<br><strong>ESTABLISH<\/strong>\u00a0believers in the Holy Faith, and to <br><strong>EQUIP<\/strong>\u00a0believers for service through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.<br><br>Beyond our weekly Sunday service, our community also grows together through fellowship gatherings, prayer meetings, and Bible study groups for all ages. Whether you come alone or with your family, there\u2019s a place here for you to be encouraged and rooted in faith.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c12874eda031da6e157e93880bd9c82a\" style=\"background-color:#343431\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OUR STORY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOTED IN FAITH, GROWING IN GRACE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bethesda Serangoon Church (BSC) is part of a network of autonomous Brethren churches in Singapore, with roots tracing back to 1864.<br><br>In 1979, believers worshipping at Bethesda Book Centre in Toa Payoh and a Sunday School group from Tampines came together to form BSC, purchasing a bungalow along Upper Serangoon Road where the church<br>held its first Breaking of Bread service on 23 December that year.<br><br>From this simple beginning, God has grown BSC into a vibrant, multigenerational church \u2014 where the gospel is preached, lives are changed, and community is built. <br><br><strong>We\u2019d love for you to be part of our continuing story.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR MISSION KNOWING CHRIST, MAKING HIM KNOWN At BSC, we want to:WITNESS\u00a0God\u2019s love for all people,ESTABLISH\u00a0believers in the Holy Faith, and to EQUIP\u00a0believers for service through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. Beyond our weekly Sunday service, our community also grows together through fellowship gatherings, prayer meetings, and Bible study groups for all ages. Whether [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethesdaserangoon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}