South Asian International Fellowship

SAIF

South Asian International Fellowship

A South Asian Church in Singapore pioneered by Pastor Pritam Singh Sandhu. If you are travelling or transiting in Singapore, we warmly welcome you to join us for Sunday Services every Sunday from 5.00 – 7.00 pm at the Chapel for All Peoples of Saint Andrew's Cathedral.


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History of SAIF

SAIF Church started with a vision to reach out to the South Asian community in Singapore. With much prayer and seeking the face of God, three families started the church in the home of Pastor Pritam Singh Sandhu in September 2007. Three weeks later they moved to the Bible House at 7, Armenian Street for a more central meeting place.

The church started humbly with nothing but a zeal for mission and evangelism. Our voices and claps of our hands were the only rhythm that brought a sweet acceptable sacrifice of praise to God. A pianist helped us for about 2 months on the out-of-tuned piano at the Bible House. After four months till the present day, we only have a guitarist. But one thing we can confidently declare, the worship services have been nothing short of anointed with tears, kneeling, raised hands, healing and restoration.

Two months into our Sunday Services, Pastor Farzand Tanzeem and Dr. Noah Pashapa joined the church as leaders. SAIF church was brought to a new level with the combined leadership skills and spiritual giftedness of each individual.

Today we worship at the Saint Andrew’s Cathedral to the glory of God. God has been faithful, covenant- keeping and gracious to us. We acknowledge the mighty hand of God and His extreme favor on us at SAIF.
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The Culture at SAIF is:

Worship-Centered. Our Sunday worship services and mid-week cell groups will seek God in worship. As participants are caught in the presence of God, burdens are lifted and chains are broken.

Holy Spirit- Powered. We will seek that our walk, worship and witness individually and corporately be inspired and powered by the Holy Spirit at all times.

Christ-Centered. We will seek that in all we do or say the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified and His kingdom extended.

Word-Based. Our commitment is to faithfully expose the word of God in disciplined study and sound preaching and teaching. God reveals Himself and speaks to us through His word.

Relationships-Driven. Our goal in ministry is to foster relationships that are authentic. Such relationships happen in small groups where people learn to care for each other with love and grace.

Evangelism-Discipleship Oriented. Our desire is to reach out to the unreached or un-churched people with the gospel of Jesus. This is in accordance with our mission statement to reach the nations and make disciples for Jesus Christ.

Growth Oriented. Our aim is to develop a culture whereby we set milestones of where we have come from and this gives us the focus to where we are going. This in itself helps us to preserve and appreciate who we are.

Socially-Involved. We will always seek to reach out to the needy with the care and compassion of Jesus Christ according to our ability.

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SAIF Statement of Faith

South Asian International Fellowship is committed to the foundational doctrines taken from Ephesians 4:1-6 and Hebrews 6:1-2.

THE BIBLE
We believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God; that the sixty-six books, as originally written, comprising the Old and the New Testaments are entirely free from error; that the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice and the true basis for Christian fellowship.

GOD
We believe in one God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

CHRIST
We believe in the absolute and essential deity of Jesus Christ, in His eternal existence with the Father in preincarnate glory, in His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal return.

THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe in the absolute and essential deity and personality of the Holy Spirit Who convinces of sin, of righteousness and of judgment; Who regenerates, sanctifies, illuminates and comforts those who believe in Jesus Christ.

SATAN
We believe that Satan exists as an evil personality, the originator of sin, the archenemy of God and man.

MAN
We believe that both man and woman were divinely created in the image of God; that both sinned, becoming guilty before God and thereby incurring physical and spiritual death on all mankind.

SALVATION
We believe that salvation is by the grace of our sovereign God; that by the appointment of the Father, Christ voluntarily suffered a vicarious, expiatory and propitiatory death; that justification is by faith alone in the shed blood of Christ on the cross, the all-sufficient sacrifice and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and that those whom God has effectively redeemed shall be divinely preserved and finally perfected in the image of God.

FUTURE THINGS
We believe in the personal, bodily and glorious return of the Lord Jesus Christ; in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; in the eternal blessedness of the redeemed and in the judgment and conscious, eternal punishment of the wicked.
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PASTORAL TEAM

Lead Pastor Pritam Singh Sandhu

Pastor Pritam Singh Sandhu is a Punjabi Christian. He is the Pastor of South Asian International Fellowship in Singapore, the founder of South Asian Connection and the International Coordinator for the South Asian Global Convention SAGC 2004 Vancouver, Canada, SAGC 2007 London, UK and SAGC 2009 Singapore- an International gathering for South Asian Christian Youth and Young Adults for Mission Mobilization. He has served as the Youth Pastor/ Leader of Khush Khabri Fellowship in Singapore [1996-2000, 2005-2007] and Youth Pastor at the International Punjabi Masihi Church in Vancouver, Canada [2000-2005].

Pritam Singh was a former Sikh Christian now, a dreamer, a visionary leader and a risk-taker in God's Kingdom. He is passionate about young people and mentoring the Next Generation of South Asian leaders. He is also interested in networking among churches and engaging the cultures.

He holds a Master Degree, a Bachelor of Science and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education degree. He was a Biology and Chemistry teacher in a government school and Vice Principal at a private school in Singapore. He is married to Dr. Balbir Kaur Chaal, a UK born Punjabi Christian and Cambridge educated molecular biologist and they have a cute baby daughter, Sujaan Kaur Sandhu.

Training Consultant – Farzand Tanzeem

Former MISSIONARY of ST ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL and sent to Pakistan with OPERATION MOBILZATION for 10 yr ('83-'92), where he was involved in Discipleship, Training, Evangelism and Church-planting. During this time, he laid the foundations for a church-planting movement among the majority community in the city of Lahore by starting cell groups, following-up more than 500 correspondence school Students in a city of 5 million people (at that time).Speaks, reads and writes Urdu fluently, now his de facto 2nd language. Involved in getting the Church-planting Institute (CPI) Manual from International Christian Mission (ICM) translated into Urdu.

Was MISSIONS PASTOR with CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR for 4 years ('94-'98) during which time he was responsible for the training of missions interns, mobilizing more than 600 church members ('96) into short-term missions trips and nurturing a missions interest group, as well as, leading a cell group to grow into 5 cells.

Currently Strategy Coordinator (SC) for Urdu-speaking unreached and Trainer of SCs. To date he has already trained 12 Bishops and Priests from various Dioceses and Parishes in Nigeria in partnership with Anglican Frontier Mission (AFM) plus more than 60 others from around the world to reach the unreached.

Missionary Pastor – Dr. Noah Pashapa

PhD.,M.A.,BTh.,Dip. Theo.
Bishop: Life and Liberty Ministries International (Zimbabwe)
Associate Missionary: Asia Pacific Mission
Associate Professor: Bethany International University

Married to Irene Pashapa wife of 26 years with two children, a 20year old son and a 25 year old daughter. A pastor, teacher, mentor, counselor and university lecturer for over 25 years in Zimbabwe, England, South Africa, U.S.A., Northern Ireland, Singapore and Japan. Bishop of Life and Liberty Ministries International (Zimbabwe) for four years (to date) and missionary to the nations for three years.
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MINISTRIES

Worship Ministry

Intercessory Ministry

Youth Ministry

Altar Ministry
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CELL GROUPS

SAIF Cell Group meets at three locations.

Chua Chu Kang Cell Group [West Part of Singapore]

Siglap Cell Group [East Part of Singapore]

Shunfu/Bishan Cell Group [North Part of Singapore]

The current cell group material we are using is called Fundamental Truths of Christianity - Bible School in a Briefcase produced by International Christian Missions.
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FAQ

The Vision of SAIF is To Establish an International New Testament Type Ministry Through Which South Asians Will Be Empowered To Reach And Disciple The Nations for Christ.

What is a New Testament Type Ministry?

A New Testament type ministry is Kingdom of God focused with Kingdom participation. Every member in this spiritually-gifted church is a minister where the governance is functional team leadership.

Why International?

We desire to be open and inclusive of other nations with a local and global outlook. Isaiah 42:6 reveals the Father heart of God to the nations. We invite everyone . . . and especially those who want to be involved in the work among South Asians locally in Singapore and globally.

Who are South Asians?

South Asians are people who originate from the countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives Island and Bhutan but are living elsewhere now. This is inclusive of Tamils, Punjabis, Sindhis, Keralites, Nepalese, Telegus, Jains, Bangladeshis. Pakistanis, Hindustanis, Sri Lankans, Biharis, Bengalis, Maharastrans, Gujeratis, etc. . . .

Why this urgency of the hour?

People who do not know Jesus matter to God. God made all these people after His own image and cares for them like how God cares for you and me. We have a divine responsibility to make Jesus known to them.

What is the theme for South Asian International Fellowship in 2008

“To Know God And To Make Him Known”

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 1 John 1:1
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LINKS

Saint Andrew’s Cathedral
http://www.livingstreams.org.sg

South Asian Connection
http://www.southasianconnection.com

Punjabi Masihi Church
http://www.punjabichurch.com

Tamil Christian Media
http://www.tamilchristianmedia.com

Smyrna Assembly of God
http://www.smyrnaassembly.com

Bethelehem Punjabi Church
http://www.bethlehempunjabichurch.com

Coconut Generation
http://www.coconutgeneration.com

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CONTACT US

South Asian International Fellowship
www.saifchurch.com

SUNDAY SERVICES

We meet every Sunday at 5.00 – 7.00 pm at the Chapel for All Peoples of Saint Andrew's Cathedral.

St Andrew's Cathedral
11 St Andrew's Road,
Singapore 178959

Lead Pastor

Pastor Pritam Singh Sandhu

pastorpritam@gmail.com
info@saifchurch.com
+65-9009.4494

Training Consultant

Farzand Tanzeem

scanet@gmail.com
+65-9682.4493

Missionary Pastor

Rev. Dr. Noah Pashapa

npashapa@gmail.com
+65-9422.9048

DIRECTIONS

St Andrew's Cathedral
11 St Andrew's Road
Singapore 178959

MRT - Directly Above City Hall MRT Station

BUS : 61, 124, 145, 166, 174, 197, 174M, 174E,
NR1, NR2, NR5, NR6, NR7, NR8, 648.
32, 51, 63, 80, 195, 851, 961, Heritage H9, City Buzz C1.

DRIVING: By car or taxi
Enter by St Andrew's Cathedral Stamford Road Entrance