Special festivals, exhibitions, conferences, lectures, worship, musical plays and stage shows among events METHODISTS all over the world are celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of their founder, John Wesley, this month. The “Father of Methodism” has been described as the “single most influential Protestant leader” of the English-speaking world since the Reformation. He […]
Christianity there dates back to 1st century IRAQ – until the last century known as Mesopotamia, the land “between two rivers” – is generally considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But the fact that there has been a sizeable Christian community in that country is not well known. Neither is the fact that Christianity […]
VOLUNTEERISM is alive and well at Fairfield Methodist Church. More than half of the congregation are involved in outreach to the local HDB flats and one eighth volunteer with the church’s registered social service programme, Yong-en Care Centre. Blessing Project (BP), an outreach ministry of Fairfield MC, involves 450 members and friends who adopt and […]
A HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL two-day “Family Life Education Camp” held last year to motivate parents to get involved in transmitting faith to their children and nurturing them through family life has encouraged its organiser to open more of such camps to church members and even non-believers. The Oasis Family Life Education Centre at Wishart Road is now […]
Mr and Mrs Chew Cheng Yong. — Methodist Church Archives picture, courtesy of Associate Professor Ernest Chew. In this interesting memoir, the Rev William Shellabear’s younger daughter, Fanny, recounts the wedding of Mr Chew Cheng Yong to Mr Tan Kiong Keng’s eldest daughter, Siok Kim, “Besar”, the first Chinese Methodist wedding in Malacca nearly […]
Participants break up for group discussions. APRIL 1, 2003 was a historic day when 50 participants from 30 churches and mission agencies turned up for breakfast and a missions consultation at the International Baptist Church. The event was organised by the Caleb Connexions, a newly-formed ministry, which wanted to find out from the pastors […]
Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder Author: Richard A. Horsley RICHARD A. HORSLEY criticises current approaches to the study of the historical Jesus that ignore the real historical context which projected the image of a “depoliticised” Jesus of Nazareth. He advances what he calls the relational-contextual approach to understand […]
THE five-year-old boy was asleep with his young siblings in the second storey of their family home. The quiet night in the English village of Epworth unravelled into a noisy and traumatic nightmare. The village was rudely awakened by urgent shouts of “fire! fire!” The house was on fire. The father of the family, who […]
A window in Wesley’s Chapel commemorating the “conversion” of the Wesley brothers. John and Charles with two friends are singing Charles’ conversion hymn “Where shall my wandering soul begin?” – Picture from Flame John Wesley’s ‘conversion’ LONDON — Wednesday May 24, 1738 – the date that John Wesley’s heart was “strangely warmed” at a meeting […]
Ms Yeo Cher Eng … “Literature is a ministry for me.” Church worker Cher Eng’s winning literary works published as books A TWO-TIME winner of writing awards — the Golden Lion Award (Non-fictional) and Golden Point Award (Short Story) — Ms Yeo Cher Eng’s works have been collated and published in two books, “Seeking” […]
