THE BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (BPC) began in the United States in 1937 as the result of a schism caused by the Modernist-Fundamentalist Dispute. The origins of this dispute can be traced to the inaugural address delivered in 1891 by Charles Briggs, a minister of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America (PCUSA) to […]
Asian Christian Women’s Leadership Training and Dialogue 2010 “WHAT A WONDERFUL and inspiring example of servant leadership our Korean lady volunteers have exhibited during our stay.” “God is indeed amongst us!” “I feel encouraged and strengthened to continue my work for the Lord.” These feelings, recorded from the various participants from more than 14 countries, […]
35TH SESSION OF TRINITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOV 22-25, 2010 TRINITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE (TRAC) PRESIDENT Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup has revealed that increase in membership has been uneven, and hovered between 1and 3 per cent over the past decade, while the overall percentage ratio of attendance over membership was 87 per cent in the past […]
35TH SESSION OF EMMANUEL TAMIL ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOV 12-13, 2010 IN 10 YEARS when the current pastors at Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) reach retirement age, there may be a shortage of pastors to serve in the conference’s churches, warned ETAC President Rev James Nagulan. Calling the conference to address the problem now, he revealed […]
35TH SESSION OF THE CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOV 15-18, 2010 YOUTHS, SENIORS AND NEW IMMIGRANTS– these are the three target groups singled out by the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) President, the Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung, for the conference’s leaders and churches to reach out to more effectively in the years ahead. In his President’s […]
THE YEAR-LONG CELEBRATIONS of the 125th Anniversary of the founding of Methodism in Singapore ended on a high note on Oct 31, 2010 as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, and community and faith leaders joined 3,000 Methodists at the Methodist Heritage Day at the Old School on […]
We need to see the church as a community of young and old living out their faith “KNOW YOUR YOUTH, KNOW YOUR SELF, a hundred battles, a hundred successes” (well, just a slight modification of Sun Tzu’s famous saying). Except for the fact that there is no guaranteed success in ministry (or in battles) – this […]
EVER SO OFTEN, our Lord Jesus Christ cited live examples of Christ-likeness from the most unlikely sources: persons least likely to be respected by God. One day while dining with respected religious leaders, Jesus was approached by a prostitute who had intruded into their private meal. As the woman smothered his feet with tears and […]
“HOW INHUMAN!” my friend remarked with a tone of disbelief and disgust. He had just been sharing with me on how Orang Utans were being mistreated in Thailand. It seems that some are used as forms of entertainment during some Thai boxing bouts and even featured in pornographic films. My response was to say […]
In a global world, we tend to accept, even celebrate, multilingualism. More problematic a hundred years ago were the difficulties which confronted missionaries as they worked hard to bridge mutually unintelligible languages and dialects in this part of the world. The Acting Editor of the Message, the Rev W. T. Cherry, recounts the challenging, though […]
