Meet Our Trainers

Rev Dr Peter Poon is the Associate Minister at Orchard Road Presbyterian Church (ORPC) since 2001. He served at All Saints Presbyterian Church, Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church and Living Praise Presbyterian Church prior to ORPC. Concurrently with his appointment at ORPC, he is also seconded partly to WorldTeach (Walk Thru the Bible Ministries, now under The Bible Society of Singapore) as its Regional Director for Training. His ministry focus is in teaching and training and his passion is in mentoring and coaching of emerging leaders. He has also led a number of study tours to Israel.

Rev. Poon graduated from Trinity Theological College and then did his post graduate studies at Wheaton Graduate School and Fuller Theological Seminary. He and Helena have three grown children.

Rev Nicholas Choo holds a B.A. in Psychology with Trent University, and a M.Th from Ontario Theological Seminary in Canada. He is a certified Trainer for Walk Thru the Bible programmes. Since 1992, he has been conducting Walk Thru the Bible programmes, especially Kids in the Book. He is a much sought after speaker and trainer by churches, schools, corporate companies and charitable institutions.

Elder Jeffrey Goh has been training Teaching with Style for more than six years with churches and the public. He was an Elder from Bethesda (Bedok-Tampines) Church, as well as a trained teacher and a retired Major with the Singapore Armed Forces. He is now a Management Trainer and has done trainings for the Civil Service College, Singapore Institute of Management and the Management Development Institute of Singapore and many corporations like banks, insurance and real estate companies and statutory boards.

Rev Dr John S H Tay is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Biblical Studies in the Bethany International University (also known as the Bethany School of Missions). In 2004, he retired from St Andrew’s Cathedral, where he had been Dean and Vicar since 1996.

Dr Mary W J Tay has a Ph.D. in linguistics from Edinburgh and a M.Div (with the Board of Governors’ Prize for Overall proficiency and Prize for Theology) from Regent College. In 1989, at the peak of her career as a university professor in NUS, the Lord called her into the full-time Christian ministry and she has been serving Him ever since in various capacities – as full time missionary with OMF, and in preaching, and teaching the Bible in various churches in Singapore. She is an experienced language instructor who has taught different languages to hundreds of missionaries. She currently worships at St John’s- St Margaret’s Church and is an adjunct faculty at Bethany International University (a.k.a. Bethany School of Missions) where she teaches Hebrew and Greek. She has written three books in her retirement, How to Read the Bible, The Single’s Connection, and Grace and Gratitude.