Tow Siang Hwa

Tow Siang Hwa

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Tow Siang Hwa (1925 – March 8, 2019) was a Singaporean preacher, gynecologist, and influential leader in the Bible-Presbyterian movement, best known as the founding pastor of Calvary Pandan Bible-Presbyterian Church. Born in Canton, China, the fourth of eight children, he fled with his family to Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia), during political upheaval, growing up on a rubber estate amid the Great Depression. At 13, in 1938, he converted to Christianity under the ministry of Chinese evangelist John Sung, who laid hands on him and sealed his call to serve God—a vow he fulfilled decades later. Educated at King Edward VII College of Medicine (graduating 1953 with a Queen’s Scholarship), he became a renowned obstetrician, heading Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) in the 1960s, where his research on molar pregnancy earned him the 1965 William Blair Bell Lectureship from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In 1969, Tow left academia to pursue full-time ministry, founding Calvary Pandan B-P Church after a providential drive through Taman Jurong revealed a spiritual need. Partnering with Dr. Richard Yung, he established the Tow Yung Clinic to support his Gospel work, mirroring the Apostle Paul’s tent-making. A disciple of John Sung and later Martyn Lloyd-Jones, whose preaching he absorbed in London, Tow championed biblical separation and revival, compiling Sung’s choruses into Every Home Sings! to preserve that legacy. He served as President of the Far Eastern Bible College Board (1977–1989), Vice-Chairman of the Anglo-Chinese School Board (1976), and President of the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association in the 1970s, reflecting his broad societal impact.
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