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The Bible-Presbyterian Church ("BPC") was a conservative reformed denomination in Singapore. [1] [2] It existed from 1955 to 1988, following the history of the country, as the Bible-Presbyterian Church of Malaya, [3] then the Bible-Presbyterian Church of Singapore and Malaysia, and finally the Bible Presbyterian Church of Singapore ("BPCOS") (with the then eight Malaysian BP churches in 1985 ...
Religion in Singapore is characterised by a wide variety of religious beliefs and practices due to its diverse ethnic mix of people originating from various parts of the world. A secular state, Singapore is commonly termed as a "melting pot" or " cultural mosaic " of various religious practices originating from different religions and religious ...
The International Churches of Christ (ICOC) is a body of decentralized, co-operating, religiously conservative and racially integrated Christian congregations. [6][7] In March 2024, the ICOC numbered their members at 112,000. [6][better source needed] Originating from the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, the ICOC emerged from the discipling ...
Freedom of religion. Freedom of religion in Singapore is a guaranteed constitutionally protected right. Article 15 of the Constitution of Singapore states: "Every person has the right to profess and practise his religion and to propagate it." and allows believers the freedom to assemble and worship without limitation or interference.
Church membership in 2019 was 1.34 billion people [64] (18% of the global population at the time), increasing from the 1950 figure of 437 million [65] and 654 million in 1970. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] On 31 December 2008, membership was 1.166 billion, an increase of 11.54% over the same date in 2000, [ 68 ] and slightly greater than the rate of increase ...
Bigo Live. Bigo Live[ 1 ] is a global social live streaming platform owned by BIGO Technology [ 2 ] based in Singapore, [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] which was founded in 2014 by David Li and Jason Hu. As of 2019, Bigo Technology is owned by JOYY. [ 6 ][ 7 ] Bigo Technology has developed proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning that is ...
Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the pope)." [ 2 ] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [ 2 ]
CNA (TV network) CNA (stylised as cna; an initialism derived from the previous name, Channel NewsAsia) is a Singaporean multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate. CNA broadcasts free-to-air domestically in Singapore, and internationally as a pay television channel to 29 territories across the ...