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{{Short description|Singaporean Angilcan archbishop}}
'''Moses Tay Leng Kong''' ({{lang-zh|t=鄭靈光}}; born 1934) is a retired Singaporean Anglican bishop. He was the 7th [[Bishop of Singapore]] from 1982 to 2000 and the first [[Church of the Province of South East Asia|Archbishop of the Province of Anglican Church in South East Asia]] from 1996 to 2000.

== Education ==
Tay was educated in medicine at the [[University of Singapore]].

== Medical career ==
Tay practiced medicine in Malaysia for eight years.

In early 1982, Tay was posted as director of the [[Tan Tock Seng Hospital]], following the career path that the Ministry of Health had charted, but a few months later tendered his resignation to be appointed as the Bishop of Singapore.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVN6lgtp6u0C&q=At+the+beginning+of+1982&pg=PT71 |title=Born for Blessings: An Autobiography of Moses Tay |publisher=Armour Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-981-4222-87-7 |location=Singapore |pages=122–123}}</ref>

== Priesthood ==
Tay was Dean of the [[Anglican Diocese of Singapore|Diocese of Singapore]] from 1974 to 1982. In 1982, Tay was installed as the 7th [[Bishop of Singapore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anglican.org.sg/index.php/about_s/our_history|title=1982 Installation of the Rt Revd Moses Tay as the 7th Bishop of Singapore|website=www.anglican.org.sg|access-date=2017-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105180339/http://www.anglican.org.sg/index.php/about_s/our_history|archive-date=2017-01-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Philip Jenkins]] noted that when Tay visited [[Stanley Park]] in [[Vancouver]] in the early 1990s, he was deeply troubled by the [[totem poles]] he saw there. He concluded that "as artifacts of an alien religion, these were idols possessed by evil spirits, and they required handling by prayer and [[Exorcism in Christianity|exorcism]]."<ref name="Jeknins">{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=Philip|title=The Next Christendom: The Rise of Global Christianity|url=https://archive.org/details/nextchristendomt00jenk|url-access=registration|year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|author-link=Philip Jenkins|page=[https://archive.org/details/nextchristendomt00jenk/page/130 130]}}</ref> Jenkins goes on to suggest that this behavior "horrified the [[Anglican Diocese of New Westminster|local Anglican church]]," which "regarded exorcism as an absurd superstition."<ref name="Jeknins" />

On 2 February 1996, Tay was installed as [[archbishop]] of [[Church of the Province of South East Asia|Province of South East Asia]].<ref>{{cite news |date=3 February 1996 |title=Bishop Moses Tay made archbishop of S-EA province |work=The Straits Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglican Communion News Service - New Province of South East Asia |url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/1996/03/new-province-of-south-east-asia.aspx |website=www.anglicannews.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Portrait of Mr. Moses Tay, former Bishop of Singapore - BookSG - National Library Board, Singapore |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/image.aspx?id=9acdc811-0348-4ed7-95b1-2b5ee9b062b1 |access-date=2017-01-05 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}</ref>

Tay was involved in founding the [[Anglican Mission in the Americas]] in the late 1990s to give support to orthodox Anglicans in North America. He was involved in the consecration of [[Chuck Murphy (bishop)|Chuck Murphy]] and [[John Rodgers (theologian)|John H. Rodgers Jr.]] as their bishops in 2000.<ref>[http://anglicansonline.org/archive/news/articles/2000/000206a.html article about Tay consecraating Murphy and Rogers]</ref>

In 2000, Tay stepped down as Bishop of Singapore and handed over his office to [[John Chew]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=26 April 2000 |title=New Anglican bishop |pages=2 |work=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref>

Tay was one of the most outspoken voices in the [[Anglican Communion]] in opposition to the theological liberalism of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] of the [[United States]].<ref>[http://acl.asn.au/a-prophet-confronts/ article on Tay's position]</ref>

==Bibliography==
*{{Citation | title = Born for Blessings: An Autobiography of Moses Tay | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=oVN6lgtp6u0C |date= 2009 | publisher =Armour Publishing|isbn= 978-981422287-7}}

==Sources==
*[http://www.bfec.org.sg/media-resources/sermons/speaker/70-mosestay/popup.html?tmpl=component biographical sketch on Tay]

==References==
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