Covenant Evangelical Free Church (CEFC) has two worship centres – one in Bukit Panjang

Bukit Panjang

Bukit Panjang is a suburban area situated in the Central North-Western part of Singapore. The Bukit Panjang Planning Area, located in the West Region, encompasses the Housing Development Board's housing estate of Bukit Panjang New Town and the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.-Etymology:Bukit in the...

 and the other in Woodlands

Woodlands, Singapore

Woodlands, or the Woodlands New Town , is a suburban town in northern Singapore, part of the North West Community Development Council district...

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History of CEFC

Covenant Evangelical Free Church started life in 1978 as a church plant with 17 pioneer members from Emmanuel Evangelical Church (EEC). It was called Emmanuel Christian Fellowship (ECF) then.

In 1987, Pastor Edmund Chan took over the mantle of ECF when he graduated from Singapore Bible College. In October 1992, ECF was renamed Covenant Evangelical Free Church.

What’s in a name?

COVENANT: The Covenant points to God's unfailing promise of salvation and blessing for mankind, fulfilled in Christ. As a church, CEFC desires to uphold God's promise to this generation.

EVANGELICAL: This reflects CEFC’s commitment to the gospel and to the preaching of the same for salvation. An evangelical agrees to the virgin birth, the resurrection of Christ and justification by faith, and is devoted to the inspired Word of God.

FREE: Each congregation of the Evangelical Free Church denomination has a right, under God, to govern its own affairs.

CHURCH: CEFC is a community of believers united in Christ by His Spirit.

Mission

Returning the church to its disciplemaking roots through authentic discipleship and intentional disciplemaking so as to reproduce disciples of a certain kind and to multiply them to win the world for Christ.

Vision

To build an Intentional DiscipleMaking Church (IDMC) model so as to launch an IDMC movement to catalyse a multiplication of Intentional Disciplemaking Churches to fulfill the Great Commission Mandate.

IDMC Conferences

CEFC also hosts the annual IDMC Conference which ministers to pastors and lay leaders from churches in Singapore and overseas. Its first IDMC conference was held in September 2001 with the theme “Developing a Disciplemaking Church”. Each subsequent conference is distinct in itself, addressing various concerns in disciplemaking churches.

New Life Community Services

New Life Community Services (NLCS) engages the community through providing childcare and student care services. Through this, NLCS hopes to fulfill its mission of demonstrating God’s love by empowering people to master life’s transitions.