Aldersgate Convention 2011 One simple message – and 21 respond to the altar call at Evangelistic Rally TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE RESPONDED TO CHRIST at the Aldersgate Evangelistic Rally at Toa Payoh Methodist Church (TPMC) on May 21. is was all the more cause for celebration as it was the first time that an evangelistic rally has […]
NASHVILLE (Tennessee, US) – The debate over hell that has heated up Christian blogs and Facebook pages recently is almost as old as Christianity itself. And it is a dispute Methodism’s founder John Wesley in particular knew well. Bishop William H. Willimon of the North Alabama Annual (regional) Conference said: “Wesley had some of his […]
All Who Love and Serve Your City All who love and serve your city, all who bear its daily stress, all who cry for peace and justice, all who curse and all who bless. In your day of loss and sorrow, in your day of helpless strife, honor, peace, and love retreating, seek the […]
UNLIKE THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS whose works addressed pastoral issues and concerns in the various churches, the Apologists were early Christian writers who wrote treatises in response to pagan criticisms. Steeped in the philosophical thinking of their day, the Apologists were robust defenders of Christianity. Their works offer invaluable insight into the early Church and its […]
They get update on some key programmes unique to MWS FSCs TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE of the work of the Methodist Welfare Service’s (MWS) four Family Service Centres in helping needy families in the community, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, paid a special visit to the MWS Family Service […]
SOME 450 PEOPLE were treated to an evening of music and food over a warm fellowship at the 14th Anniversary Banquet of the Methodist School of Music (MSM) on April 16. The theme for the celebration, held at Raffles Town Club, was “One Call, One Mission”: People with varied gifts, united by Christ, to bring […]
“Now behold, one came and said to him, ‘Good teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?’ ” – Matthew 19:16 (New King James Version). I WAS CALLED UPON TO COUNSEL a young man serving a very long prison sentence. Thomas had only requested to meet with a Christian counsellor […]
A RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK which all who are involved in “missions” should read is the recently published The Story of the Sengoi Mission by the Rev Dr Paul B. Means, edited by his son, the late Dr Gordon Means from original fragments, notes and photograph collection. It is an important reminder of the challenges […]
THIS YEAR’S MethodistWALK2011, organised by the Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF), will be held on July 9, starting at 7.30 am. The starting point is at Anglo-Chinese Junior College at Dover Close East, and its theme is “Walk Together in the Light”. The event is to help raise funds for all the 15 Methodist Schools in […]
THE TRACKERS’ JOURNEY began unassumingly on Jan 12 at Paya Lebar Methodist Church (PLMC). Kicking off with a three-day two-night Boot Camp, 33 youth, ranging from 16 to 22 years old, from 15 TRAC and CAC churches gathered in the Haven Room at PLMC (soon to become our second home in the months to […]
