History of SAIF

SAIF Church started with a vision to reach out to the South Asian community in Singapore. With much prayer and seeking the face of God, three families started the church in the home of Pastor Pritam Singh Sandhu in September 2007. Three weeks later they moved to the Bible House at 7, Armenian Street for a more central meeting place.

The church started humbly with nothing but a zeal for mission and evangelism. Our voices and claps of our hands were the only rhythm that brought a sweet acceptable sacrifice of praise to God. A pianist helped us for about 2 months on the out-of-tuned piano at the Bible House. After four months till the present day, we only have a guitarist. But one thing we can confidently declare, the worship services have been nothing short of anointed with tears, kneeling, raised hands, healing and restoration.

Two months into our Sunday Services, Pastor Farzand Tanzeem and Dr. Noah Pashapa joined the church as leaders. SAIF church was brought to a new level with the combined leadership skills and spiritual giftedness of each individual.

Today we worship at the Saint Andrew’s Cathedral to the glory of God. God has been faithful, covenant- keeping and gracious to us. We acknowledge the mighty hand of God and His extreme favor on us at SAIF.

The Culture at SAIF is:

Worship-Centered. Our Sunday worship services and mid-week cell groups will seek God in worship. As participants are caught in the presence of God, burdens are lifted and chains are broken.

Holy Spirit- Powered. We will seek that our walk, worship and witness individually and corporately be inspired and powered by the Holy Spirit at all times.

Christ-Centered. We will seek that in all we do or say the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified and His kingdom extended.

Word-Based. Our commitment is to faithfully expose the word of God in disciplined study and sound preaching and teaching. God reveals Himself and speaks to us through His word.

Relationships-Driven. Our goal in ministry is to foster relationships that are authentic. Such relationships happen in small groups where people learn to care for each other with love and grace.

Evangelism-Discipleship Oriented. Our desire is to reach out to the unreached or un-churched people with the gospel of Jesus. This is in accordance with our mission statement to reach the nations and make disciples for Jesus Christ.

Growth Oriented. Our aim is to develop a culture whereby we set milestones of where we have come from and this gives us the focus to where we are going. This in itself helps us to preserve and appreciate who we are.

Socially-Involved. We will always seek to reach out to the needy with the care and compassion of Jesus Christ according to our ability.

SAIF Statement of Faith

South Asian International Fellowship is committed to the foundational doctrines taken from Ephesians 4:1-6 and Hebrews 6:1-2.

The Bible
We believe the Bible to be the inspired Word of God; that the sixty-six books, as originally written, comprising the Old and the New Testaments are entirely free from error; that the Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice and the true basis for Christian fellowship.

God
We believe in one God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Christ
We believe in the absolute and essential deity of Jesus Christ, in His eternal existence with the Father in preincarnate glory, in His virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection, triumphant ascension, mediatorial ministry and personal return.

The Holy Spirit
We believe in the absolute and essential deity and personality of the Holy Spirit W