It is the 8th ETAC church and the 44th of The Methodist Church in Singapore SINGAPORE has its first Telugu church. July 28, 2008 is a significant day in the life of the Telugu Ministry in Singapore as well as that of Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) when the Singapore Telugu Methodist Church was constituted […]
PHULBARI (Nepal) – The scenery here is breathtaking, with beautiful greenery plains and majestic mountains. Phulbari village is situated on a hill overlooking the mighty Himalayan range, 45 km north of Kathmandu. Our Nepalese evangelist was led by God to interact with the local villagers while in the process of helping a foreign owner […]
Brisbane Methodist Church reaches out to China workers BRISBANE – Since the voyages of discovery in the 15th Century, the pattern of missionary efforts has consistently been that of Western missionaries bringing the Good News to the East. This has changed over the last few decades. Globalisation and the development of regional labour markets have […]
MEET Kavitha, a business undergraduate at the Singapore Institute of Management. Her Saturdays are usually busy. No surprise there as it is quite common for undergraduates like her. But ask her and she will tell you more. It seems that management theories are not the only things on her mind on a Saturday evening. Follow […]
THE Methodist School of Music (MSM) celebrated its 11th Anniversary with a Thanksgiving Service in the TA2 Sanctuary of Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church on April 26. Present were members, supporters and representatives from the different churches and musical organisations that the MSM had impacted and enriched over the one decade since its founding. Representatives […]
‘The universality of human rights is established on Christological and not anthropological grounds. Because Christ died for all human beings, all persons can claim these rights.’ What is the Christian perspective on human rights? THE modern concept of human rights is historically rooted in deism whose concept of God and human autonomy are radically at […]
PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS Soothing music from Wesley Dawnbreakers. MOST of the people who came for the Aldersgate Convention 2008, held at Wesley Methodist Church from May 19 to 24, found it “worth attending”. Not everyone, however, agreed totally with what the two speakers had presented, but most of the attendees said they “have learned something interesting […]
Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Mission raising funds to build Multi-Purpose Hall MR STEPHEN LIM of Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Church (PLCMC) found himself doing a very strange thing for the Lord – eating tomatoes. Lots of them. In the face of what he called “very tough competition”, he emerged the winner of a tomato-eating contest […]
ANNUAL GATHERING OF FELLOWSHIP OF ASIAN METHODIST BISHOPS IN THE midst of rapid changes and challenges in the region, Asian Methodist Bishops met in Singapore recently to share common goals and update one another on new developments in church work in their respective countries. The Annual Gathering of the Fellowship of Asian Methodist Bishops (FAMB) […]
Mrs Jenny Bong joined the Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) as Executive Director in June. Trained in social work, she brings 15 years of leadership experience to MWS. THIS interview was conducted on Mrs Jenny Bong’s second week at work. Understandably, she is still trying to understand the breadth and depth of the Methodist […]
