Home ¢ Andrew Tay is married to Cheryl. They have four children—Darren; Adelle; Dillon; and Clarisse—and two grandchildren, Chloe and Blake. He worships at Agape Methodist Church.
Eradicating Bible poverty in this generation
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ave you ever felt that God has been preparing you for a long time to do a certain work?
The Psalmist writes: “You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” (Ps 139:16) After I had served for over 20 years as the board chair of Wycliffe Bible Translators Singapore, it seemed that it was time for me to move on, and I stepped off the board. I thought that my involvement in Bible translation was completed. However, God touched me on my shoulder to initiate the Asian expression of illumiNations (www.illuminations. asia), an alliance of 10 global translation organisations and resource partners working together to see every person have access to Scripture in a language they think,
Andrew Tay with his wife, Cheryl
dream and pray in, and to do so by 2033. God seemed to be saying: “Move!” Move from serving one organisation to serve 10 organisations. Move from serving just Singapore to serve the whole of Asia. Move from just sending missionaries from Singapore to starting a movement in the Body of Christ in Asia—to take ownership of the work of translating the Living Word to the remaining 745 languages in Asia that still do not have a single verse of Scripture in their language. After serving in the school ministry and campus ministry when I was a student, the primary focus of my commitment moved to the church—local church, Annual Conference and General Conference. In my local church, I served as Lay Leader and Chair of Evangelism and Missions. At the Annual Conference, I served as chair of the Board of Evangelism; and at the General Conference I served as chair of the Methodist Missions Society. Bible translation was the only ministry that I was committed to outside of the Church for over 20 years.
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METHODIST MESSAGE DECEMBER 2020
