NEW YORK – When the Rev Oscar Bolioli first served as President of the Methodist Church of Uruguay in the 1970s, the country’s military regime tried to expel him because of the church’s support for families of political prisoners and its outspokenness on human rights issues. Eventually, as the end of his term neared, he […]
BACK in theological college, we had to do a year of Church History. Too little for a history buff! So, I can tell you that May 11 will mark the 1673rd anniversary of the founding, by Emperor Constantine I of the Roman Empire of the East, or the Byzantine Empire. This has been called “one […]
Bishop Dr Solomon receiving the Certificate of Appreciation from PM Goh. Behind them are Dr Yaacob (left) and Mr Abu Bakar Maidin– ETF picture. Methodist Church in Singapore contributes $20,000 THE National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS), of which The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) is a member, has donated $100,000 to the […]
THE REV DR NAGLE One of ACS’ most distinguished principals. AFTER 80 years, Anglo-Chinese School welcomed the visit of the daughter of one of its most distinguished principals, the Rev Dr J. S. Nagle. On a sentimental journey, Ms Alice Nagle spent a week, from March 8 to 15, touring some of the historic […]
‘I believe in the Holy Spirit’ THE third article is too briefly enunciated in the Apostles’ Creed to be of significant help. This exposition will therefore be based on the expanded and more descriptive statement that is found in the Nicene Creed of AD 325. There we are told that the Holy Spirit is “the […]
HOLINESS is a word that many Christians find it uncomfortable to mention, much less to talk about. Even preachers nowadays hardly preach on holiness. They prefer to expound on the other attributes of God, such as love, mercy, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience. This is understandable because these divine attributes endear God to men. We somehow […]
The congregation and the wooden cross. — Living Hope Methodist Church picture. LIVING HOPE Methodist Church in Tampines held a ground-breaking service on Feb 22, 2003. The Rev Dr Isaac Lim, President of Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC), was the guest preacher. Assisting him in the service were the Rev Melvin Huang, District Superintendent (East), […]
AN EIGHT-MEMBER team from Kowloon Methodist Church, Hong Kong, visited our Methodist churches from March 15 to 23 to learn more about the work of our Youth Ministries. Led by their Minister-in-Charge, the Rev Wilson Chan Tak-cheong, the team members held discussions with pastors of our local churches, church workers and youths and exchanged ideas […]
‘Could you forgive someone who destroyed your life? The world has reason to be grateful to people who, against all the odds, have found a way to forgive.’ WHEN I was in my early 20s — more than 20 years ago — I was involved with an organisation whose mission was to bring in Bibles […]
John Wesley, founder of Methodism. CELEBRATING THE 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN WESLEY’S BIRTH POTSDAM (Germany) – European Methodists are planning a “festival of faith” from July 30 to Aug 3 here to celebrate the 300th anniversary of John Wesley’s birth. The event honouring the founder of Methodism will be the first major initiative of […]
