Methodists on the Marketplace 22-23 May: Come hear from Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup and our panellists on how to make your work matter for God. Accounting: Mr Henry Tan Managing Director, Nexia TS Henry Tan is the Managing Director of a mid-tier international accounting firm. Besides accounting and taxation advisory in Singapore and the […]
A helpful framework for engaging in inter-faith relationships was shared by the Most Rev Archbishop William Goh (right) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore on 31 March 2016, at Trinity Annual Conference’s (TRAC) Board of Outreach and Social Concerns (BOSC) annual Thanksgiving Dinner. About 100 church leaders and volunteers gathered at the Methodist Centre […]
“Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love,” noted Roland Allen, a British missionary in the 20th century. For the past 25 years, it is this love that has driven and continues to drive the work of the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) of The Methodist […]
Besides Ash Wednesday, I think Ascension Day is the next most uneventful day in many churches of the Methodist tradition. Year in, year out, Ascension Day – which occurs 40 days after Easter Sunday, and hence is always a Thursday – comes and goes quietly with no one in the congregation even knowing it. For […]
Pentecost Methodist Church (Trinity Annual Conference) 4 Pasir Ris Drive 6, Singapore 519420 Sunday Services: 7.45 a.m. Peranakan/Indonesian Service 9 a.m., 11 a.m. English Service 11 a.m. Mandarin Service Contact:www.pmc.org.sg, [email protected] or 6584-0297 It is not uncommon for someone to ask me, “Pastor, isn’t the name of your church a contradiction in terms?” […]
YouTube was all abuzz when an American actor declared that he had a “dirty little secret”: for some time, he had battled with an addiction to pornography. This started a flurry of postings and debate online. There were those who praised him for “coming out” and, through his brave admission, showing the way to recovery […]
As with many early Methodist lay preachers, John Nelson had humble origins. Born in 1707 in the North of England, he became a stone mason like his father, and this craft enabled him to support his wife and family throughout his ministry. His spiritual pilgrimage began with his response to the preaching of George Whitefield, […]
Come December, Mr Retnam Sahadevan (top) will be celebrating his 80th birthday at Bethany Methodist Nursing Home (BMNH) by Methodist Welfare Services (MWS), having lived here for the past 15 years. The widower, who has lost contact with his children, suffers from a host of ailments including dementia, heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. He […]
Lonely teenage girl showing a paper with a text of THERE IS NO GOD In November last year, The Straits Times reported that, according to Attorney-General George Brandis, Australia is experiencing an“alarming emergence” of religious intolerance. “Members of the Christians faiths”, Australia’s top law officer reportedly said, “are routinely subject to mockery and insult by […]
“Don’t touch that book, it was written by a liberal theologian!” To label someone a “liberal” is often to sound a death knell — we should not touch his books, attend his talks or come anywhere within 100 kilometres of him. But what does it mean to call someone a “liberal” Christian? The movement of […]
