South Asian Connection

Rev Juliette Arulrajah

Rev Juliette Arulrajah is the National Director of Singapore Centre for Global Missions. With a family heritage of generations of Christians, Juliette received her call to fulltime ministry during the National Institute of Education [Singapore] orientation camp in July 1985, after graduation from National University of Singapore with B.Sc [Hons]. After serving as a secondary school science teacher for 7 years, she answered the call by enrolling in Trinity Theological College [Singapore] and graduated with a Masters in Divinity in 1996. Besides her varied general pastoral duties of regularly preaching, teaching, counseling, visitation, etc whilst serving as pastor of Wesley, Barker Road, Faith & Christ Methodist Churches of the Trinity Annual Conference of The Methodist Church In Singapore spanning a period of 12.5 years till December 2008, Juliette was also specifically tasked to oversee contemporary, prayer & praise & charismatic worship services as well as head the departments of outreach & missions, growth & discipleship, cell group ministry, youth & young adult ministries, chaplaincy of schools, hostel and kindergarten. She also served in the Methodist Missions Society in various capacities over a period of 11 years from 1997 [ EXCO member – 8 years,  Home Director – 4 years, Vietnam Country Coordinator – 2 years & Vietnam Home Support Coordinator – 2.5 years] whilst being in the TRAC Board of Missions for 16 years from 1992 and leading it as the Chairperson for the last 8 years till Dec 2008. Together with a committed team, Juliette pioneered  the birthing of the TRAC Crisis Relief in 2001, leading and coordinating its efforts over 8 years to bring help, hope and healing to those affected by disasters in Gujerat, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, China, Myanmar, etc. through provision of manpower [inclusive of expertise], material and monetary resources during natural calamities in more recent times such as the AsianTsunami, Myanmar & Bangladesh Cyclones as well as Pakistan, Jogjakarta & Sichuan Earthquakes, etc  Moreover, she has been involved in varied aspects of prayer mobilization within TRAC from 1998 – 2004 and was the organising Chairperson of the annual Young Methodist Leaders Conference from 2001 - 2004. In addition, Juliette  has also served on the Exco of the Singapore Centre for Evangelism & Missions from 2000 – 2004, was the Organising Chairman of the first Go Forth National Missions Conference in 2002 and the organising committee of the Go Forth National Missions Conference 2005.

 Articles by this Author

Representatives from 99 nations around the world are @ our doorstep! More than 1.2 million of Singapore’s population and 35.83 per cent our nation’s total workforce are foreigners / migrants. The Biblical mandate to love and minister to the foreigner [or stranger or alien] in our land is like a foundational tapestry of love woven through the Old and New Testaments. Indeed, this is the kairos time for us, the Christians of Singapore to act - to see the ripeness, hear the cries and gather in the harvest of the nations! Inspiring plenaries, stimulating panel discussions and 24 interactive workshops in 3 tracks which engage, enlighten, equip and will empower us to arise to this wonderful challenge that the Lord has given us to be His beacon of hope to the nations.

15 Years That Changed the World!

Over 1.73 billion people use the Web! . . . of which 738.3 million are in Asia  . . . that is 42.6% of Internet Users in the World . . . . the Internet is changing the world . . . . God is using the Web to transform lives. “The last 15 years have changed our world forever,” claims Tony Whittaker, coordinator of Internet Evangelism Day. “Digital media are transforming the way we communicate, behave and even think. If Facebook was a country, it would have the fourth largest population in the world.

Called the “Internet Generation” because the Net is their primary influencer, the 4/14ers (& their older siblings) are digitally native whilst their parents are digital immigrants. The world‘s children and young people between the ages of 4 and 14, the demographic group that has the potential to transform the world for Jesus are defined more by technology. It is true that due to lack of accessibility there are still parts of the world where the Internet does not yet have a major culture-shaping role. However, with the shrinking of the “global village”, more and more young people in remote areas will become connected as underscored by Luis Bush in the ‘Modern Context of the 4/14ers’.