The Minor Prophets, numbering twelve, are so-called not
because they are of less importance than the four Major Prophets.
They are called Minor Prophets because they are shorter in length
than the Major Prophets, viz., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel.
The sixteen Prophets may be divided into four groups.
(1) Prophets of the Northern Kingdom, viz., Hosea, Amos, Joel,
Jonah.
(2) Prophets of the Southern Kingdom, viz., Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah.
(3) Prophets of the Captivity, viz., Ezekiel and Daniel.
(4) Prophets of the Return, viz., Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
What are the characteristics of the prophetic ministry? The
prophets are primarily spokesmen of God. They were raised of God
to denounce the sins of God’s people, the children of Israel, for their
grave apostasy and to cause them to repent. The prophets were
revivalists to the wayward Jewish church.
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.
Tow was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School. 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 (Life BPC). He later returned to Faith Theological Seminary and completed a Master of Sacred Theology degree.
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