Agape Baptist Church Singapore

What separates the ‘red-carpet treatment’ from the regular ‘VIP treatment’? Those on the red carpet are not just the honoured guests - they are the ones we behold.We continue our journey into the book of Matthew with BEHOLD! Rolling out the red carpet for Jesus’ arrival.Join us, as Pastor Johanan brings us “The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand” (Matthew 3:1-12).

"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me."— Ralph Waldo EmersonWe are often guilty of loving the gifts more than the Giver.But God was never content to send gifts from a distance. His only Son bled – the final, ultimate expression of a love that refused to be replaced by anything less than Himself.As Daniel walks us through Exodus 33:12-23, a text where Moses refuses to settle. He does not just want God's blessings; he wants God's presence, and he won't move without it.How hungry are you for the same?Join us as we sit with this ancient longing, and meet the One who answered it once and for all.

As we come to the end of this opening series into Matthew, the question we’re left with is:“What are you going to do about this Jesus?”Join us as Pastor Johanan leads us to wrestle with this question, in A City in Upheaval from Matthew 2:13-23.

“When Christ is most worthy, we are most happy.” Really??We look at our lives - and the obvious solution doesn’t seem to be “more of Jesus”! Instead, we honestly feel like we need more of everything else but Jesus.Why can’t we be happy & rested in Jesus? As we look at Matthew 2:1-12, as Jesus’s coming continues to shake everything. Join us as Pastor Johanan brings us answers in A City Troubled.

We know the Christmas story. We know that Jesus’s coming means “peace on earth” and “joy to the world”.But do we get just how radical, and how disruptive Jesus’s coming truly was? That the arrival of the Prince of Peace was anything but “peaceful”?We all want deep, unshakeable peace. But what if the pathway to unshakeable peace is the shaking up of our lives and our world?As Pastor Johanan begins his first series into the book of Matthew: INVASION: The Chaos of Christ’s Coming. Join us as we begin with An Engagement Interrupted from Matthew 1:18-25.

What does it mean to walk with God?In the genealogy recorded in Genesis 5, we are introduced to Enoch, a man uniquely described - for the first time - as one who walked with God.As we will learn from Enoch's distinctive life how the blessed life, in a world of sin and death, is marked by walking with God.Join us as Pastor GL preaches the sermon, Enoch: The One Who Walked With God from Genesis 5:1-24.

What is robbing you of your rest? This is a deep soul rest. Not merely sleep or having time to relax.How do you approach these rest-robbers? How do you deal with them? And how do you re-gain that rest - and then guard it jealously?Join us as Pastor Johanan closes this opening series of the year with Don’t you miss Him?

How’s the new year looking for you? Busy? Intense? Lots to do? But even with all the doing, what’s going to become of us this year?This Sunday, we dig into a second needful question: What’s your goal? As Pastor Johanan places before us an unexpected yet precious goal, from 1 Timothy 1:3-5. Invite a friend!

We begin 2026 with a 3-part sermon series, LET’S TALK: Questions that matter as we enter 2026 together.At the start of every year, we rush headlong into achieving our goals, making our changes, and just being better. New year, new you - right?Maybe what we really need is to pause and ask each other a simple, needful question: “How are you?”As Pastor Johanan leads us into Ephesians 6:21-24 together.

2025 is winding down. The resolutions are being written. Better finances? A healthier body? A major career move? We all have a vision for 2026. It feels responsible to plan; it feels safe.But in the middle of our strategizing, the book of James interrupts with a haunting question: “What is your life?”Is it possible that our confidence in the future is actually arrogance? Are we just a temporary "mist" acting as eternal gods?As we are diving into James 4:13–17 to explore what James says about planning for the year ahead.

In Singapore, December is loud — malls, messages, meals, and nonstop schedules. But in all that noise, what if we’re missing the one voice that can actually give us peace?As Pastor Guna will unpack Luke 2:13–19 to discover how God speaks — not to the impressive, but to ordinary people — and how the Christmas story isn’t just familiar background music, but a personal invitation to come to the Prince of Peace. If you’re tired, restless, or quietly carrying more than you show, come. There’s a peace you can’t manufacture — only receive.

One reason we lose our peace is that we quietly give room to fear. It sits in our hearts, grows in our thoughts, and steals our rest. But how do we deal with these fears so that real peace can return?We’ll explore a peace that cannot be achieved by effort, but can only be received as a gift. Jesus, the Prince of Peace, tells us that in this world we will have trouble—yet he also promises a peace that the world cannot give and fear cannot touch.Come and discover how this peace can be yours in the sermon “The Peace That Fear Cannot Touch”.This is the first of two sermons in our Christmas series, “Peace and A God Who Speaks”, brought by Pastor Guna.

Matthew 8:23-27 is short passage with only five verses but it’s one of the most breathtaking moments in the Gospel of Matthew. The disciples are in a boat with Jesus. A violent storm hits. They panic. Jesus sleeps. Then with a single command, He calms the storm — and the disciples are left whispering, “What kind of man is this?”That’s the central question of this story. And Matthew gives us the answer: Jesus is no ordinary man. He is the sovereign God who rules over creation, commands the chaos, and calls us to trust Him.Let's look through this narrative together and receive a word in season for you.

Are you ‘commitment-phobic’? Relationships are hard. But in Christianity, relationships are not something to avoid. They are something to be embraced & deepened. In Christianity, relationships can go beyond being transactional & superficial to becoming… covenantal.What does it mean to be ‘in covenant’? Join us as Pastor Johanan brings us answers in When Covenant Fuels Courage from Joshua 10:1-27.

Life isn’t always what it seems:- ‘loyal’ friends betray you- ⁠the ‘best’ decisions prove to be the worst- ⁠we don’t get what we rightly deserveHow nice if life was simple, straightforward, and just… safe. Sadly this is not quite how life works. So then, how do we live in a world like this? As Pastor Johanan begins a new series titled, When Life Isn't Black And White: Grasping God’s great grace in a great grey world from Joshua 9-10. Join us for the first instalment: When Deception Meets Decision from Joshua 9!

How do we engage in an invisible war with an invisible enemy, for the sake of an invisible kingdom? (Hint: Not by taking up physical weapons.)As Pastor Johanan brings a close to the sermon series on spiritual warfare - with ATTACK from Ephesians 6:16-20.

Out of nowhere - you are struck with an incurable disease. A crisis emerges that may cost you your career. A loved one meets with a tragedy. Spiritual warfare falls upon us suddenly & without warning. But how do we know when it’s spiritual warfare (and when it’s not)? And if it is spiritual warfare - how should we respond? As Pastor Johanan begins his closing series on the book of Ephesians: FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! Join us as he bring us answers from Ephesians 6:10-17, with DEFEND.

As we celebrate God's continuous, faithful work in our lives, and witness the joyful Installation of our new Senior Pastor! Pastor Guna Raman will be preaching on Shepherding the Gospel into the City from Acts 20:17-38!

If you wait till the battle begins, to start sharpening your sword - you’re too late.Paul tells us to put on the armour of God so that we might stand in “the evil day”. What does that mean? What does that look like? As Pastor Johanan closes this penultimate series on the book of Ephesians with READY from Ephesians 6:13-15.

Do you believe in ghosts? Demons. Spirits. Satan. Spiritual, supernatural evil is a reality in the Bible. What do we make of this? How do we deal with it?As Pastor Johanan begins a new sermon series BE ON GUARD. Hear answers to your questions from the first sermon VIGILANT from Ephesians 6:10-13.