HOW is Christian ministry tyrannised by the assumptions and ideologies of modern culture? That was the challenging question put to the pastors of our Methodist churches during the clergy session of the Aldersgate Convention 2002 on the morning of May 22. Dr Thomas Oden, Professor of Theology and Ethics at Drew University, was addressing the […]
Difficult to authenticate numerous accounts of dead being revived to life RECENTLY a pastor from a Methodist church asked me to comment on a documentary that has caused some sensation and generated much interest. The documentary, produced by Christ for All Nations whose founder is the evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, tells the story of a certain […]
12th anniversary planning retreat of the Methodist Hospice Fellowship VOLUNTEERS from the Methodist Hospice Fellowship (MHF) met recently at the Bethany Methodist Nursing Home to take stock of their ministry as well as to map out future directions. After the last retreat two years ago, MHF volunteers have been faithful in doing their part through […]
Methodists are a singing people: They sang with gusto at the Wesleyan Hymn Festival on the evening of May 25. – Methodist Message picture by CHIA PAK YUEN. “AND can it be that I should gain an interest in the Saviour’s blood … ” These and other words of Charles Wesley reverberated from the sanctuary […]
REV JIM HOOVER: Provided early leadership to the Sarawak Church. — Methodist Church Archives picture. Not many in Singapore appreciate how the Methodist Church began in Sibu, Sarawak, in near-disastrous circumstances. It has grown to become the thriving centre of the Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference today, nearly 101 years later. The missionary couple “Tuan” […]
Paths from Science towards God: The End of all our Exploring Author: Arthur Peacocke ARTHUR PEACOCKE, who won the 2001 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, is a physical biochemist and Anglican priest who pioneered in DNA research and has since become a leading advocate of the creative interaction of theology and science. The Templeton […]
A CURIOUS group of Christian men (and women) began leaving the cities where churches flourished in the ancient world. They were in search of solitude in the desert places, far from the hustle and bustle of the cities. That was the 4th Century when Christianity had become a respectable religion. Persecution had stopped, following the […]
Methodists are a singing people: They sang with gusto at the Wesleyan Hymn Festival on the evening of May 25. – Methodist Message picture by CHIA PAK YUEN. ON MAY 24, Methodists the world over celebrate the day and the fact that John Wesley’s heart was “strangely warmed”. This spiritual experience (which took […]
PART 2 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATION ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ 2. ‘ … in God’ THE meaning of the word “God” has become more than a little ambiguous in the modern world. Ours is a religiously pluralistic world in which some religions claim to have exclusive rights to the word, while others appear […]
An artist’s impression of Sengkang Methodist Church. No building yet, but SKMC already serving community PASTORS and leaders of Sengkang Methodist Church (SKMC) have faith that the church will hold its first worship service at the new premises on Dec 1 this year. However, their move to the new building is subject to the granting […]
