Quek Swee Hwa (born 1941) is a Singaporean pastor and theologian. He was the founding principal of the

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. He served as the General Secretary of the

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(ICCC), succeeding his father Quek Kiok Chiang in the office. He is currently the Second Vice President of the ICCC.

Education

Quek studied at

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Faith Theological Seminary Faith Theological Seminary is an unaccredited evangelical Christian seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1937 in Wilmington, Delaware, moved to Philadelphia in 1952, and then moved to Maryland in 2004. History In response to the Pr ...

, and the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

. He received a PhD from the

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. Working under the supervision of

F. F. Bruce Frederick Fyvie Bruce (12 October 1910 – 11 September 1990), usually cited as F. F. Bruce, was a Scottish biblical scholar who supported the historical reliability of the New Testament. His first book, ''New Testament Documents: Are They ...

, his thesis was ''Adam and Christ: An Exegetical Study of the Pauline Analogy in the Light of the History of Interpretation'' (1970).

Doctrine

According to an article published in ''

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'', Quek has questioned the literalness of the "years" of Genesis and the universality of the Genesis Flood.

Ministry

In 1970, Quek was ordained as a minister in the Bible-Presbyterian Church, and installed as pastor of Zion Bible-Presbyterian Church in

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, succeeding his father in this role. In 1989 he became founding principal of the

. He served as principal until 2011, when he was succeeded by Philip Satterthwaite. He continues to serve as Pastor Emeritus of Zion Bishan Bible-Presbyterian Church. Quek also leads groups on Bible Land

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Festschrift

Quek has been honoured with two ''

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en'': ''Serve the Lord with Gladness: Essays on the Life and Mission of the Church in Honour of Quek Swee Hwa'' (1991) and ''The Joy of the Lord: Essays in Honour of Quek Swee Hwa On His 70th Birthday'' (2012).

References

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