Timothy Tow

Timothy Tow Siang Hui 杜祥辉
Born	Tow Siang Hui December 28, 1920 Swatow, Guangdong, China
Died	April 20, 2009 (aged 88)
Nationality	Singaporean
Education	BD, STM, Faith Theological Seminary DD, Shelton College
Occupation	Pastor
Years active	1950-2009
Religion	Christianity - Bible-Presbyterian
Spouse(s)	Nancy Loh (1940-1965) Ivy Tan (1966-2009)
Ordained	August 1950

Timothy Tow Siang Hui (28 December 1920 – 20 April 2009) was a Singaporean pastor who founded the Bible-Presbyterian Church. He was also founding principal of the Far Eastern Bible College.^[1]

Personal life

Tow was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School.^[2] He was influenced first by John Sung, and later by Carl McIntire. He studied at Faith Theological Seminary and was ordained in Geneva in 1950 at a special meeting of the Philadelphia Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church. Tow returned to Singapore and became pastor of the Life Church English Service at Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church. In 1955 he led a group out of the Chinese Presbyterian Synod to form the Bible-Presbyterian Church. Tow's congregation became known as Life Bible-Presbyterian Church. He later returned to Faith Theological Seminary and completed a Master of Sacred Theology degree.^[3]

In 2003, Tow resigned from Life Bible-Presbyterian Church and founded True Life Bible-Presbyterian Church.^[4] He had been criticized for holding to the doctrine of Verbal Plenary Preservation.^[5]

Publications

• John Sung My Teacher (1985) ISBN 9971-991-13-6
• The Law of Moses and of Jesus (1986) ISBN 9971-991-15-2
• Asian Awakening (1988) ISBN 981-05-3257-1
• William C. Burns: Grandfather of Bible-Presbyterians (1994) ISBN 9971-991-34-9
• Theology for Every Christian: A Systematic Theology in the Reformed and Premillennial Tradition of J Oliver Buswell (2007) co-authored with Jeffrey Khoo ISBN 978-981-05-9034-5

Further reading

• Son of A Mother’s Vow (2001) (Autobiography) ISBN 981-04-2907-X
• The Singapore B-P Church Story (1995) ISBN 978-9810070571

References

1. Tow, Timothy. "A Word from the Founding Principal". Far Eastern Bible College. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
2. "In Memoriam: Rev Dr Timothy Tow (1920 - 2009)". Hope Bible-Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
3. Quek Suan Yew. "Our History". Calvary Pandan Bible-Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
4. John, Arul (18 December 2008). "Church sues Bible college directors". The New Paper. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
5. "Life Bible-Presbyterian Church v Khoo Eng Teck Jeffrey and others and another suit [2010] SGHC 187". Retrieved 4 September 2015.