Singer Releases New Song, Album in Singapore

Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 Posted: 3:37:43AM HKT

Well-known Australian Christian singer Roma Waterman has released a new song and album in Singapore.

The former worship pastor at Christian City Church performed Heaven’s Roar at The City Church Thursday evening.

Noting that Singapore comes from a Malay word which means ‘lion city’, Waterman encouraged Christians at the meeting not just to love the Lord but to “have the heart of a lion”.

An area in which she urged Christians to step out more is that of evangelism.

It is important that believers live with the perspective of eternity and share the Good News at the risk of offending some people rather than being polite to everyone and letting them go to hell, she said yesterday in an interview with The Christian Post.

By this, she did not mean that believers should practice aggressive proselytisation or force people to convert. The Bible opposes such action. The message of the Lord Jesus Christ is one that could either save or offend, depending on the individual, for He preaches that He is the only way to God and salvation.

In their attempt not to risk offending anybody, many Christians tend to hide the truth, and hence salvation, from non-Christians. It is this unjustifiable shyness that the musician was addressing.

She has also released a new album, Where Love is King, under recording label Integrity Media. The album is a compilation of Waterman’s songs, selected to suit the local context, according to Andy Skarda, who heads Integrity Media Asia.

Known for leading spontaneous worship, where Christians sing out of their own inspiration about the character and work of God, in an attempt to avoid ritualism, Waterman nonetheless believes that songs written by other people should be sung.

Churches, however, should be careful to choose pieces that suit their individual settings, she said to The Christian Post.

Edmond Chua
edmond@christianpost.com