Family Life Ministry
Our vision is to help every family in The City reflect the glory of Jesus in the world.
Our family life pastors and marriage mentors seek to encourage, equip, empower and journey with couples and parents in their marriages. This is so that they can flourish in their relationships, family life and experience generational blessings.
At The City, we believe that all relationships were made to be God centered. Whether you are dating, preparing for as well as are in marriage, and parenthood. Most will progress through these stages and the Family Life Ministry’s purpose is to help catalyse our collective God-journey together flourishing with kingdom purposes. We desire to see marriages grow from strength to strength. From good to great.
The Family Life Ministry integrates a carefully selected set of programmes that we believe can catalyse and unleash God-transformations in your marriage and family life. These programmes are supplemented with a marriage journeying program that provides biblical principles, authentic sharing and applicable practices that will help you work out and enjoy your relationships the way God intended.
We have had the privilege of journeying with many couples over the years, and we look forward to walking with you!
Married In The City
Hear from Jonathan Tong about The City’s marriage mentoring ministry!
Find out how you and your spouse can grow in your love and marriage together.
More MITC workshops coming soon!
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Married In The City Workshop
24 August, 10am - 12pm
Venue TBCOne of the unique things about these workshops is that the topics for the community are by the community. They are voting on what they want to share and learn about and so far the trending topics are Expectations, Communication (tips and pitfalls) and Roles & Responsibilities.
For this upcoming workshop, we have Wu Xianyi and Phoebe making a special appearance to share on their marriage journey.
Hear from our past Family Life course participants!
Calendar Of Events
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Start date: 13 Sep 2023
Runs over 10 sessions
From the moment we say I do, we all desire to have a strong and intimate marriage, and yet so few people are actually experiencing this with their spouse. Love After Marriage (LAM) helps couples connect on a deep and intimate level so they can experience the kind of marriage they’ve hoped for. When you go through LAM, you will:
1. Learn how to develop deeper intimacy by inviting God to play an active role in your relationship.
2. Practice implementing simple and practical tools that will help you build and protect your connection. With the right tool set, even the most stressful and difficult of problems becomes an opportunity to become even closer with your spouse.
3. Gain insight and wisdom on how to further connect on an emotional, sexual and spiritual level.
For more information on the topics covered, please visit: Love After Marriage - Nothing Hidden Ministries
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Day workshop
Date: April
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Start date: May 2024
Runs over 12 sessions
Our Married for Life course has been strengthening marriages since 1983. Its success is simply because it is based on God’s blueprint for marriage. He wants us to thrive in the covenant relationship of marriage that He created.
For more information on the topics covered, please visit: Married for Life – 2=1 Asia Pacific (2equal1ap.com
Our Family Life Team
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Tim and Patsy Tan (Programme Facilitators for Married For Life and Parents For Life courses)
Tim and Pat Tan have been married for 42 years with 3 sons, 2 daughters in love and 6 grandchildren. Their desire is to see the Gospel message being encountered in daily lives starting with marriages and family life at home. They are also passionate to have as many others to join this journey to discover the power and the joys of God’s truth.
In the City, they serve in the Family Life ministry. They are also leaders in the 2=1 ministry as Asia Pacific Directors training leaders and couples to be a blessing to their churches, cities and nations.
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David and Jade Tan (Programme Facilitators for One For Life Pre-Marital Course)
David & Jade have been married for over 13 years and have 3 children. Some would say that their love for God and music brought them together. They met while serving on a worship team!
They currently lead the pre-marital ministry in The City. Ask them anything - they absolutely love discussing all things dating, marriage and parenting God's way!
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Desmond and Elaine Ng (Programme Facilitators for Love After Marriage course)
Desmond and Elaine have been married for 15 years and have four beautiful children.
In their early years of marriage, they were more like strangers living under the same roof. Having gone through near divorce and experiencing a miracle from God in restoring their marriage, they believe that nothing is impossible with God.
These days, they are passionate about living as authentically as possible, inviting Truth into all areas of their lives, in relationship with God and community. They currently serve in the Family Life Ministry, and desire to see families transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit!
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Jonathan and Jane Tong (Marriage Journeying Mentors)
Jonathan, with his wife, Jane, are family life ministry leaders in The City. They have been married for over 20 years; enjoying their marriage and intimacy more with each passing year. They are blessed with 2 kids - Joel, 13 years, and Jaime Joy, 9 years, who constantly make them laugh, though an instrument of God to teach them patience, sacrifice and most importantly, the Father's love.
Jonathan and Jane are passionate about God's mandate for strong marriages. Together they have served as pre-marriage course facilitators and trainers; journeying with couples as they prepare for their big day, and after, sowing into their husband and wife relationships.