About IBC

IBC is God's home for the nations that seeks to unite all people to Christ in love by making disciples for the glory of God--a community of sinners saved by the grace of God through Jesus Christ and inspired by the Holy Spirit. We seek to glorify God, nurture one another and express the love of God both in words and deeds.

The International Baptist Church of Singapore is a very unique expression of the body of Christ. The vast majority of churches reflect one nationality, culture, or ethnicity, but in a refreshing contrast, IBC is composed of believers from 55 different nations. Scripture clearly teaches that heaven will celebrate every nation, tribe, people and tongue gathered around the throne to worship the Lamb of God (Revelation 7:9).

Our challenge to you is why wait to arrive in heaven to experience heaven right here on earth? We all equally share the image of God at the time of creation (Genesis 1:27) and we will all enjoy His salvation together throughout eternity, but there remains dividing walls between believers. However, in the midst of our great ethnic diversity in IBC, there is a spiritual unity in the person of Christ that transcends all other barriers. When we worship together, serve together, and live together as a community of believers and love each other, the world will know that we are His disciples (John 13:34).

We are:

• CHRIST-centered: We desire each person to experience a personal, intimate relationship with Christ, the Head of this church.

• BIBLE-based: We allow the Bible to infiltrate every aspect of church life and to function as the sole authority for every area of our individual faith and practice.

• PRAYER-focused: We exercise humility, authenticity and dependency in prayer to God in every area of our church life.

• DISCIPLE-making: We commit to reproducing devoted disciples of Christ, cultivating in believers loving obedience, sacrificial service, and mutual accountability.

• UNITED in diversity: We affirm our unity in Christ while celebrating our ethnic, socioeconomic, racial, linguistic, and educational diversity.

• MISSION-minded: We capture our Heavenly Father’s heart for the nations in spreading the Gospel in Singapore and beyond.

Tracing her beginnings back to a church plant by Southern Baptist missionaries, Hugh Smith and Sid Reber, IBC held its very first worship service on 17 January 1965 in a vacant missionary residence. There were 60 worshippers who attended the morning service, and 57 attended the Sunday School class.

Initially known as "Holland Road Baptist Church", IBC was renamed "International Baptist Church" in 1968. It eventually outgrew the missionary residence where the church first gathered, and was granted permission to meet in the Singapore American School, then located on King's Road.

With a loan from the Baptist Building Loan Fund, the church finally purchased and constructed a two-story church building, which was dedicated on 6 July 1969. This older building now houses the IBC offices and most of the Sunday School space. Throughout the 70's, IBC continued to grow, and by 1980, the church had outgrown its first facilities. The current Sanctuary was finished and dedicated to the Lord in 1986.

The church has been blessed with several good pastors—Lehman Webb, Fred Gibson, Ray Frye, Dr. David Packer, Dr. Ben Brown—as well as several interim pastors. In 2010, we welcomed our current Senior Pastor, Dr. Rodney Woo.

From our humble beginnings in Holland Village, the Lord has guided more than 50 years to be a unique international body with over 50 nations represented. As His people, we first and foremost seek to honor and praise Him, and deeply trust Him for all that is to come.

We are thankful to be blessed with a team of full-time pastors, ministry heads, admin staff and lay leaders looking after the spiritual and operational needs of our church. Get to know about our leadership team here!

There are current needs in our team and you can find out more about that by clicking the button below.

As a local church in Singapore, IBC has faithfully complied with the formalities of church governance. Below are links to access our Church Constitution, and our most recent Audited Financial Statements.

Fill out the form linked below to reach out to our team here at IBC. We look forward to hearing from you soon!