Lawrence Tong
International Director Emeritus
Lawrence Tong, from Singapore, served as OM’s International Director from 2013 to 2025. During that time he cultivated the vision and provided guidance to the Global Leadership Team. He studied communications and has a master’s degree in business administration. Lawrence loves seeing individuals living abundantly for God. He started serving with OM in 1978 when he joined Doulos and met his wife, Susan. He spent five years each on OM’s ships, Logos, Logos II and Doulos: worked in the ship ministry head office in Germany and served as field leader in East Asia. His excitement to see vibrant communities of Jesus followers within walking distance of everyone on earth is what propels him into motion daily.
Written by Lawrence Tong
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Lawrence Tong reflects on Luke 13:29 in this Christmas devotional.
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Everywhere we look in our techno-digital age, we see a powerful wave of innovation, driven by understanding the needs and desires of others and how they can be served, oftentimes for profit. But is innovation reserved for global enterprise, science and mad geniuses, or is it within reach of individuals? Can we advance our mission through innovation as we empathise with the needs, challenges and hopes of people?
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Within the span of a few generations, truth as an arbiter of reality has been assailed, deconstructed, distorted and devalued to the point where its existence and authority in the affairs of mankind are challenged. Once considered absolute, truth is being replaced by relative truth, rationalisation, contextual truth or personal, private truth that owe no accountability to anyone, especially Almighty God. As followers of Jesus, who declared, “I am the way, the truth and the life” (Jn.14:6, NIV) — not one among many — we must subject ourselves to the truth in all we think, say and do.