Social Media Manager in Singapore
WEC's branch in Singapore not only trains and recruits cross-cultural missionaries but also ministers to migrants in the country, and has a fruitful Creative Studio ministry inspiring artists to explore how God uses the arts in mission.
Join our team to organise, manage, and make more effective WEC's online presence on Singapore's media platforms in both Chinese and English.
Qualities & Gifts Sought
You speak Chinese and Mandarin and have wide experience using social media effectively for the gospel.
Your heart is excited about all aspects of cross-cultural mission, and inspiring Christians to respond and go.
Our ref 444
About Singapore
Singapore is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. It lies at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, with Indonesia’s Riau Islands to the south and Peninsular Malaysia to the north. Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets.
Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with no distinctive seasons. Temperatures usually range from 22 to 35 °C (72 to 95 °F).
Singapore is a global commerce, finance and transport hub. Its standings include: the most tech-savvy nation, city with best investment potential, third-largest foreign exchange market, third-largest financial centre, third-largest oil refining and trading centre, and the second-busiest container port
Singapore ranks 5th on the UN Human Development Index and the 3rd highest GDP per capita. It is ranked highly in education, healthcare, life expectancy, quality of life, personal safety and housing. Singapore has 5.6 million residents.
There are four official languages: English (common and first language), Malay, Mandarin and Tamil; almost all Singaporeans are bilingual.
History
The earliest written record of Singapore occurs in a Chinese account from the third century, describing the island of Pu Luo Chung from a Malay translation meaning “island at the end” (of the Malay Peninsula).
Stamford Raffles founded colonial Singapore in 1819 as a trading post of the British East India Company; after the latter's collapse in 1858, the islands were ceded to the British Raj as a crown colony. During the Second World War, Singapore was occupied by Japan. It gained independence in 1965.
Singapore traditionally has one of the lowest unemployment rates among developed countries. The government provides numerous assistance programmes to the homeless and needy so acute poverty is rare.
As Singapore is a small island with a high population density, the number of private cars on the road is restricted to curb pollution and congestion.
Despite its small size, Singapore has a diversity of languages, religions, and cultures.
[Source: Wikipedia. More about Singapore here]
Singapore has 49 people groups and 19 (39%) are considered unreached.
The largest religion is Buddhism at 41%. 13.5% profess to be Christians and of those 6.5% profess to be evangelicals.
Other religions are: Islam 13%, non-religious 19%, Hinduism 5% and ethnic religions 8%.
[Source: Joshua Project]
Pray with us for:
-Singapore as a strategic centre
-Singapore’s capacity to be a mission-sending nation
-effective Bible and leadership training
-young people
-justice for imported labour from poorer countries
[Source Operation World, 2010]
You can also pray using Operation World’s online resources.
Watch Prayercast’s video to pray for Singapore.
WEC in Singapore
WEC’s international office and International Directors are currently based in Singapore, as well as the national Singapore branch.
WEC Singapore’s vision is to bring the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to the remaining unevangelised peoples with the utmost urgency.
In partnership with like-minded churches and organisations in Singapore and Malaysia, we are committed to:
- inspire, mobilise and train workers for cross-cultural mission;
- send out workers to the unreached peoples, plant churches and make disciples;
- pray and provide member care for our workers at home and away on their mission ministry.
Read more about WEC Singapore