FVC - Our Journey - Fruitful Vine Church

The birth

In Jan 1997, the Lord impressed Pastor Charis during one Sunday worship to start the Chinese ministry in Bedok Methodist Church (BMC). BMC had solely English ministries back then.

After seeking confirmation from the Lord, and discussing issues to the leaders of the Outreach community, the Pastoral board of BMC blessed the start of the Chinese ministry – September 1997.

The Lord called Pastor Charis to enter the Theological Centre of Asia Bible School to study in March 1998. She consulted her Senior Pastors and got advice from them to obey His voice and calling. She entered the bible school during the same year August, and enrolled for a 4-year course.

During the same period of time, (1998) the Lord used Deuteronomy 1:6-7 “..You have stayed long enough at this mountain…” to speak to Elder George. He too shared with his pastors and got advice from them to obey God’s calling. Both Pastor Charis and Elder George continued to pray and to seek God for His directions and leading before making any decisions. Thus, they decided to obey God’s calling and leave BMC to do His will (June 2000).

One night, when they were worshiping with a missionary couple, God impressed upon Pastor Charis a vision of the name “Fruitful Vine Church”. Soon later, they were invited to help pioneer a new church. However, during the pioneering work, they felt that it was not the call of God, and soon left the church. The Lord then reminded her of “Fruitful Vine Church” , and realized the Lord had actually called them to pioneer a church with that name.

From March to August 2002, they visited different churches and learned the different structures and styles of running a church. Every Saturday, they (Pastor Charis, Elder George, Bro Thomas and their children) would spend time praying and worshipping God before they started the church. Then on one Saturday, God revealed to Pastor Charis to do a banner: “JESUS IS LORD” with the dimensions, colors and content.

Finally, Fruitful Vine Church (FVC) was birthed forth on 4 August 2002. All praise and glory to God!

May God bless and nurture His Church, and use His Church to be an influence to the society, to bear His fruits of love and to bring His salvation to men.