The Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung (above), 61, has been elected the new Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). He will be consecrated on 2 Dec 2016, taking on the role of spiritual leader for more than 42,000 Methodists. He was elected Bishop on the 8th ballot at the Church’s 11th Session of General Conference at Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church […]
God has given us precious relationships. We need to treasure and grow in these relationships. True spirituality is practical and should be evident in our relationships. But at times we break these God-given relationships by the way we behave and by the way we speak. Provoking one another is one of the things that commonly […]
Once every five years, representatives from the Wesleyan, Methodist, United and Uniting church family worldwide, comprising more than 82 million people in 134 countries, gathers for a massive “family reunion” at the World Methodist Council and Conference meetings. Here, one catches a glimpse of how John Wesley’s legacy of social action, evangelism and discipleship, sparked […]
SONY DSC To celebrate the promise of eternal life referred to in John 11:25-26, The Methodist Church in Singapore established The Garden of Remembrance in 1999, a Christian columbarium to house cremated remains of and to honour and remember our beloved deceased family and friends. The Garden of Remembrance is in the final phase of recent upgrading works, and will […]
Terrorism Has No Religion card with colorful background with defocused lights After a closed-door meeting with 60 Madrasah students in March this year, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam spoke to the press about the dangers that Islamophobia poses to the social fabric of Singapore. The origin of the term “Islamophobia” is somewhat obscure. However, it is clear that by the late 1990s, […]
Thanking God for His immense faithfulness and favour, the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) revealed their new logo at their 25th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service on 19 Aug 2016, at the Trinity Theological College Chapel. Amid heartfelt expressions of gratitude to God for His grace, about 200 staff, missionaries, volunteers, supporters, guests and well-wishers joined in the […]
It all started a few years ago, when our pastor, the Rev R. Prabhu (right) of Ang Mo Kio Tamil Methodist Church (AMKTMC) and current President of Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC), was visiting some places in Punggol. He realised there was no Tamil church in that area that could reach out to the […]
How shall I come before the Lord, Bow down before the exalted God? Will a perfect prescribed sacrifice Offered on the altar suffice? Will sacrifices in abundance, Offered without repentance? Will the gift of my firstborn alone, My life transform, my sin atone? You have shown, Lord, what is right In your sovereign righteous sight; […]
Are you like a determined salmon, or an aimlessly-drifting jellyfish? Speaking at the 11th National Day Thanksgiving Service (NDTS), held at St. Andrew’s Cathedral on 18 Aug 2016, the Rt Rev Dr Steven Gan, Vice-President of the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS), drew the stark comparison between the two in challenging the congregation to reflect on whether they – […]
He seems so out-of-place in a church where most children have loving families, a wide selection of nice matching clothes and footwear. The other children in church would have attended nursery and kindergarten before going to a primary school. They would be able to read and spell a wide selection of words, and could express themselves clearly in English with some Chinese as well. But 10-year-old Hou Ann cannot string together a proper sentence in English.
