Introduction
Throughout Singapore, there are thousands of OCF returnees from Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, who are making a difference for Christ. As a ministry of the Graduates’ Christian Fellowship, the OCF Alumni (Singapore) seeks to reach out to such Christian returnees to help them integrate back to their country, church and marketplace, and to rekindle their passion for the gospel.
Theme Verse
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28: 18-20)
Vision and Mission
To “Re-integrate” and to “Re-kindle”
Aims
- Seek to reach approximately 2,500 Singaporean alumni in addition to 3,500 in Malaysia and 1,000 in other countries
- Encourage alumni to be active GCF members and promote participation in GCF’s various professional groups
Ministry Focus
Returnees Gathering
It is a time of fellowship, updates and networking with fellow Returnees, current students and friends of OCF (for example, Aunty Merrilyn)
Crossings Training with Marketplace Christian Network
For some, re-entry into our own culture can be a major transition. Come and walk together in this journey both the transition back to Singapore and also into the workplace
History
The OCF Alumni (Singapore) was accepted as a new ministry by the Graduates’ Christian Fellowship (GCF) Council at its meeting on 12 February 2007.
OCF Australia, which was formed in 1958, is the oldest international student fellowship in Australia. It remains the only student-run, inter-denominational, multi-university Christian fellowship in Australia, supported by local churches. Today, it operates on 22 campuses across Australia, and has branches in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
In partnership with the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students and many other Christian groups on campuses, OCF jointly reaches out to the growing international student population, estimated at 250,000 onshore students. Some 10,000 come from Singapore.
In partnership with the GCF in Singapore, the OCF Alumni (Singapore) was set up to encourage and support returning Christian graduates in their professional and personal lives to be salt and light in society.