20th World Methodist Conference in Durban THE 20TH WORLD METHODIST CONFERENCE opened in Durban, South Africa on Aug 4, 2011 with inspiring, worshipful singing accompanied by the vibrant African beat and a kaleidoscope of colours from the participants’ national costumes and their church banners. Out of the International Convention Centre in Durban rang strong melodious […]
NEW YORK – The world was a “fragile” place when the Rev Dr George Freeman assumed staff leadership of the World Methodist Council a decade ago. Less than two months after his election during the 2001 World Methodist Conference in Brighton, England, the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania suddenly […]
THE HEART OF ANY SOCIAL or family gathering is the meal. It reflects relationships and accountability to each other. In the New Testament, we read about the meal narratives where we see Jesus dining with his followers. What stunned the people at that time was that Jesus dined with the tax collectors, lepers, outcasts […]
WORSHIP: A Practical Guide Author: Jeffrey A Truscott Publisher: Genesis Books, an imprint of Armour Publishing Pte Ltd, 2011 66 pages Available from the Bible Society of Singapore (Tel: 6337-3222) and Armour Publishing (Tel: 6276-9976) WORSHIP IS CENTRAL to the life of Christian churches, as evidenced by the considerable time and resources they devote […]
IDOLATRY A CHIEF SIN “Idolatry is “the principal charge against the human race, the world’s deepest guilt, the all-inclusive cause of judgement”. All other sins – murder, fornication and fraud – are included in this chief sin.” TERTULLIAN WAS BORN AT CARTHAGE in the middle of the second century into a pagan family. He was […]
WITH MANY YOUNG SINGAPOREAN FAMILIES setting up their first homes in the Punggol and Sengkang estates, the Rev Jasper Sim of Changi Methodist Church saw a valuable opportunity to address a social service gap in the northeast region. “The church leaders and I prayed for more than a month as we felt God calling […]
MethodistWalk2011 WITH WHOM DO YOU WALK?” Bishop Dr Robert Solomon put forward this question as he shared a meditation with close to 5,000 participants from Methodist schools and churches shortly before flagging them off on the MethodistWalk2011 at Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) on July 9. The biennial Walk, which was organised by the Methodist Schools’ […]
Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their Jewish brothers … “Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our countrymen, and though our sons are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery, because our fields and vineyards belong to others.” […]
Methodist Missions Society starts work in Anhui province, China METHODIST MISSIONS SOCIETY (MMS) LEADERS and the MMS Country Coordinator for China have been cultivating close relationships with government officials and leaders of the Three-Self Church in a town in Anhui province for several years. Recently, they were invited there to conduct their staff retreat […]
Being “geared to the times” means that we must be very aware that the youths we are trying to reach are very different from those we were once. (I was particularly tickled by a musical band in my church who called themselves “ The Young Once!”)
