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Faith Driven Singapore / Facilitator guide / Session 6
Session 6 of 8 · 88–127 min · 9–23 voices · 75 coded contributions

Ministry in Word

Speaking about faith at work. The session that produces the most talk about suffering and mental health.

Run of showThe questionsWhat the room says
75coded contributions across the three runs.
108minutes on average, from 88 to 127.
5questions put on average; four to eight across the corpus.
32%of contributions came from women.
Three runs on tape

What happened the last three times

Same topic, three different evenings, three different rooms.

Side by side

The numbers

RunWhenVenueMinVoicesFilmFilm %Intro→DiscFacil.
Cohort 1—startup hub889standard26%1.57 → 2.8331%
Cohort 22025-09-10convention centre used by City Harvest Church12723standard20%1.61 → 2.6931%
Cohort 32026-06-10other (Christian ministry/worship space)10813substitute20%2.14 → 2.5634%

This session reaches the deepest discussion averages in the corpus. Leave time; do not cut the last question.

Run by run

What each evening was like

Cohort 1. Met in a startup hub for 88 minutes with 9 voices in the room. The standard film was shown, taking 26 per cent of the evening. 5 questions were put. Coded depth rose from 1.57 in the introduction round to 2.83 in the discussion. The facilitator took 31 per cent of the turns.

Cohort 2 · 2025-09-10. Met in a convention centre used by City Harvest Church for 127 minutes with 23 voices in the room. The standard film was shown, taking 20 per cent of the evening. 4 questions were put. Coded depth rose from 1.61 in the introduction round to 2.69 in the discussion. The facilitator took 31 per cent of the turns.

Cohort 3 · 2026-06-10. Met in a other (Christian ministry/worship space) for 108 minutes with 13 voices in the room. A substitute film was shown, taking 20 per cent of the evening. 6 questions were put. Coded depth rose from 2.14 in the introduction round to 2.56 in the discussion. The facilitator took 34 per cent of the turns.

01
The plan · about 108 minutes

Run of show and what to show

Plan for 9 to 23 people. The sequence is the one feature of the evening with a measurable effect, and it should be run whole.

Run of show

Timing

  1. 0:00Arrive and welcomeSay why the room exists. Keep it short.10 min
  2. 0:10Introduction roundName, business, what brought them, a fun fact. Visible timer, one minute each.25 min
  3. 0:35FilmObserved film share for this session ran 20 to 26 per cent of the evening.15 min
  4. 0:50DiscussionThree questions keyed to the film, tables of six to eight, one recorder each.40 min
  5. 1:30Commitment and closeOne action each before next month, then pray.10 min

Ask where God is asking the person to stay in something hard rather than escape it. It opens the suffering material.

Which film

What to show

Standard

FDE promo, Kaestner on leading with a limp, the John and Ashley Marsh profile from Opelika, Alabama.

Substitute used

Cohort 3 substituted 'Not Called to Comfort' with Dave Hataj of Edgerton Gear.

The Hataj film frames the shop itself as the ministry, which is the question the room most wants to answer.

A substitute was used in 1 of the three runs. Across all 24 sessions, substitution made no measurable difference to depth (2.10 against 2.19, p = 0.24). What it changes is the subject matter.

02
What the room actually talks about

Subjects this session produces

Share of the 75 participant contributions carrying each subject, against its share across all 618 contributions in the corpus.

Over-represented

Relative to the corpus

Cross-cultural mission20% vs 12% corpus
The great commission5% vs 3% corpus
Suffering and mental health23% vs 14% corpus
Witness and evangelism23% vs 16% corpus
Spirit-guidance and prayer32% vs 23% corpus
Sacrifice and cost8% vs 6% corpus
Cultural material and who speaks

Frames, stance and gender

Frames raised: Mission abroad (11), Expatriate and transnational life (8), The Singapore state system (4), The multi-faith workplace (4), Contrast with a home country (2).

Where the room took a position on that material, it pushed back or negotiated 11 times against 6 endorsements.

Who speaks: 21 contributions from women, 44 from men.

Singapore and Asian context0% F  ·  13% M
Spirit-guidance and prayer21% F  ·  11% M
Identity and success11% F  ·  3% M
Suffering and mental health13% F  ·  6% M
03
What was asked

Every question put, by cohort

Choose three. No recorded session got through more than about three at any one table, so the rest are a reserve rather than a plan.

Cohort 1 · 5 questions
  1. q0We introduce each other… do it in the startup way… any fun facts about yourself?
  2. q1Did you have that kind of moment actually when you get saved? Anyone want to share… the one you feel like and then something changed?
  3. q2How does your relationship with God and his work [in your] personal life have an effect on your work life?
  4. q3You can pick up any of the three — how [does] it look like for you to walk with Christ in your workplace?
  5. q4When [has] failure made you better in your work? How has fail[ing] certain ventures help[ed] you rely more on the Lord… business failure is one thing but there may be some other failures that helped you to get closer to God?
Cohort 2 · 4 questions
  1. q0Very quick introductions — an elevator pitch: how do we make decisions, what brought us here, what our venture is doing — but please focus on how we bring Christ to our business.
  2. q1The focus of the session is to be dependent on God because we are helpless without him. How have you seen God's word in your personal life affecting your work life (and vice versa)?
  3. q2Second on-screen question (not read aloud): participants treat it as about work, success and grace/identity.
  4. q3What has it looked like for you to walk with Christ in your workplace?
Cohort 3 · 6 questions
  1. q1Dave returned to the one place he swore he'd never go back to. Where is God asking you to stay in something hard rather than escape to comfort?
  2. q2He expected ministry to mean leaving the shop; God showed him the shop was the ministry. How would your week change if your business itself were the pulpit God gave you?
  3. q3Labelled 'not college material,' Dave led from inadequacy and a broken culture. When you feel least qualified, what does leading anyway look like? (Alex reframed: 'in Asia, we actually cannot fail... cannot be weak')
  4. q4Through 'Craftsman with Character,' Dave gave overlooked kids a place to be seen and told the truth. Who is within earshot of your work, and what word can you speak?
  5. q5Dave's metric became people changed, not money — 'the company as congregation.' If you measured this quarter by people grown, what changes on Monday? (Alex reframed around AI agents and bringing 'the Christian thing' into the company)
  6. q6What did you do in your courses, your work? Did you talk to somebody about Jesus? And if not, then why?