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On keeping Gen Z in church, letting go of self-optimization, and talking about mental health. Plus: Tell us what we missed.

Christianity Today December 20, 2023

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In 2023, CT worked to publish more stories on Singapore and platform more Singaporean writers. Here are eight articles on topics ranging from generational divides within the church to Christian drug rehabs to a Christian response to Qi Gong.

In 2024, we want to do more: If you have suggestions for story ideas or new writers who should write for us, please fill out this form.

Young people at Heart of God Church in Singapore run all aspects weekend worship.

To Keep Gen Z in the Pews, One Singapore Church Lets Them Run the Service

Pearlyn Koh

Gen X Dropouts Widen the Generational Divide among Singapore Christians

Wei-Hao Ho and Soo-Inn Tan

People purchase Fu character ornaments, which is the Mandarin character for "prosperity", for the upcoming Chinese New Year at a wholesale market.

Seek Prosperity Properly During Lunar New Year

Isabel Ong

Buddhist monks at Borobudur Temple in Indonesia

Do Christians Belong in Southeast Asia? Pew Polled Buddhists and Muslims

Angela Lu Fulton

Resisting the Impulse of Self-Optimization

Jonathan Chan

The practice of Qi Gong

Qi Gong: A Form of Exercise or a Doorway into the Spiritual World?

Compiled by Isabel Ong

Where Drugs Often Merit Death, Singapore Ministries Offer New Life

Christine Leow

Singapore Is a Fine City—Unless You’re Trying to Talk About Mental Health

Tivara Tanudjaja

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