This is ORPC
Our Mission
To know Christ and to make Him known
We hold to the Great Commandment and to the Great Commission
Our Vision
Knowing
Christ
through worship, preaching, teaching, & application of the Bible
Building
Community
through small groups & life-stage ministries
Equipping
Christ-like Disciples
through educational ministries
Multiplying
& Sending
Servant-Leaders
through partnering with the Presbyterian Church of Singapore & other organisations
Our Leaders
Rev Dr Clive Chin
Senior Minister
ORPC Leadership
Staff, Elders, Deacons
Rev Dr Edward Goh
Associate Minister
Discipleship Groups
Dr Agnes Tan
Music Director
Worship
Pr Ho Wei Liang
Mission & Evangelism
Youth
Pr Herna Kong
Young Adults
Pr Lim Chung Wei
Congregation Care
Congregational Fellowship
Pr Tan Hui Ru
Coordination
Christian Education
Ps Casurine Low
Children’s Ministry
Ps John Chew
(part time)
Our Values
Core Values
Word and Sacrament
Presbyterian polity
Westminster Standards
Visible Values
Expositional preaching and teaching
Intergenerational
History and traditions
Our History
The Presbyterian Church in Singapore
(Orchard Road Presbyterian Church)
1856
26 October
Our first service was conducted By Rev Thomas McKenzie Fraser at the London Missionary Society’s chapel (junction of North Bridge Road and Bras Basah Road).
6 May
ORPC was granted the land where our church currently stands.
1865
1877
1 August
The foundation stone of the church was laid.
November
Services moved to the new building.
1878
1942
–
1945
The Japanese Occupation.
Most members were European expatriates and had left due to the war or were prisoners-of-war (including our minister Rev RM Greer). The church was looted in the initial days of the British surrender. During the occupation, services were halted. The church building was used as an issuing store for Japanese civilians.
30 August
Sunday School re-opened with two children.
1946
1968
Easter Sunday
The first Mandarin service was held at ORPC.
12 April
ORPC left the London North Presbytery and joined the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Singapore and Malaysia.
18 April
The Mandarin congregation officially joined ORPC.
1 October
For the first time, women were ordained as elders in ORPC. These were Eld Rhoda Harriet Bradshaw and Eld Jane Standifer Thomas.
1971
1974
–
1975
Extensive widening and modernisation of the church was done.
2 February
A dedication ceremony was held for the modernised church building.
1975
1976
9 May
The first Indonesian service was held.
14 June
The German Congregation (German-speaking Protestant Congregation in Singapore) began holding services in ORPC.
1978
1983
6 May
Inaugural service of Ghim Moh Preaching Station was held.
A major addition and alteration project was undertaken to transform the Sunday School Hall (1953) and offices into a chapel to seat 120 persons, and the construction of Dunman Building.
1983
–
1986
1995
2 July
Bukit Batok Presbyterian Church (ORPC’s daughter church) held its inaugural service.
1 Jan
The Mandarin congregation became independent and is now known as Providence Presbyterian Church.
2005
2013
21 July
Bukit Batok Presbyterian Church held its inaugural service as an independent member church of the English Presbytery.
ORPC began on a 5 year plan to become a Disciple-Making Church
2022
Photo Tour
