Mr Noel Ong (centre), who enjoys interacting with the youth, with two of his students standing in front of a history class noticeboard. A TEACHER is like a sower, who carefully sows seeds into the lives of the students, but often others do the harvesting. A teacher is also like a shepherd, who “feeds” the […]
LONDON — British Methodists and Anglicans have announced a proposed covenant for greater unity between their two communions that church officials liken to an “engagement to be married”. The proposed agreement is part of a December report resulting from formal conversations between the two traditions since 1998. For the first time ever, Anglicans and Methodists […]
Dr Paul B. Means, a Methodist missionary to Malaysia before World War II, described beautiful Batak land and the dignified and deeply moving worship services of the Batak Christian community. ‘ … THE road to Parapat winding through beautiful rubber plantations and palm groves gradually reaches a height of 3,300 feet; the scenery is now […]
GEYLANG Chinese Methodist Church will hold a concert at the Singapore Conference Hall on May 8 and 9, 2002 at 8 pm to raise funds for its $2-million renovations and extension. The main item for the concert will be the musical “The Apostle” to be presented by the “Voices of Praise” choir. It will be […]
Building the footpath for the COSI children’s home. — Boys’ Brigade picture. Not cosy, but 26 BB members, ACJC students grateful for privilege of serving Cambodian children at COSI home A TEAM of 26 Boys’ Brigade (BB) members and Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) students has returned from a working trip to the Community Outreach Services […]
Leaders of the participating churches at the Zurich meeting, from left, the Rev Andreas Stampfli of the United Methodist Church in Europe; the Rev Dr Clarence Lim, The Methodist Church in Singapore; the Rev Li Ping-Kwong, The World Federation of Chinese-Speaking Methodist Churches; The Rev Dr David Wu, The United Methodist Church; Bishop Heinrich Bolleter, […]
Rear-Adm Teo started to jog as soon as he flagged off the walk. — Methodist Message picture. MethodistWalk002 reaps $1.6m 4,000 students and 1,000 parents and church members band together to raise funds for 14 Methodist schools IF EVER there was an event in our community that showed how inextricably linked we are between church […]
The Crucified Guru: An Experiment in Cross-Cultural Christology Author: M. Thomas Thangaraj A LEADING American theologian, Gordon D. Kaufman of Harvard University, in his foreword, commended his student, M. Thomas Thangaraj, for his doctoral dissertation, which is now published as an important work of an Asian theologian. The Apostle Paul took the concepts and symbols […]
This article is written to commemorate the official opening of Trinity Theological College by President S. R. Nathan on March 16, 2002. Reflections on theological education WE GENERALLY expect those who come forward to serve as pastors and church workers to go through a programme of formal theological education. And why not? After all, […]
Crucified Christ, Titian (1554). — TCN. BISHOP’S EASTER MESSAGE Good Friday reminds us of the death of Christ on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins … Easter helps us to remember the vindicating and victorious power of God and our unshakeable hope in Christ DURING the cold war, a pastor in an Eastern […]
