Christ Methodist Church (CMC) was born, back in 1930, as the Geylang English Methodist Church. In August this year, we will celebrate 90 years of God’s faithfulness. Over the years, CMC has gone through many changes—such as our name, location and building—but our passion for God remains the same. In 2004, the call to Intentional […]
A safe space for rough sleepers at the AMK MC/CMC/TMC building, where each person has their own space to sleep, eat their meals and store their belongings There is beauty in diversity and we each have different strengths and expertise, resources from our different cultures, ways and means of ministry. But if the 46 churches […]
When volunteer activities were suspended and COVID-19 spread, the Sunshine Group gathered at a member’s home before the Circuit Breaker was implemented to record a prayer and music appreciation sessions for the Home’s residents Serving together: The spirit of service and community work that is our Methodist heritage For over 30 years, the Sunshine Group […]
Bearing in mind as I write that this article is scheduled to be published in June 2020, I am trying to visualise what our social environment then might be. I am not good at predictions—my dismal failure with investments attest to this—so let me stick to what I think I know better. When all the […]
“Go home.” This was the response of American pastor John MacArthur to “Beth Moore” as a prompt in a word association game during his church’s 2019 Truth Matters Conference. He went on to elaborate: “There is no case that can be made biblically for a woman preacher. Period. Paragraph. End of discussion.” MacArthur’s confident assertion […]
Christabel unfurls the Singapore flag at the 2020 USAFA graduation ceremony. Cadets sat and marched 2.4m away from each other during the ceremony due to COVID-19 social distancing measures Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Lieutenant (LTA) Christabel Chai had a fairly ordinary middle-class Singaporean childhood filled with ballet and piano lessons, and swimming and […]
A new generation of Christian women are raised at the Asian Young Women’s Leadership Development Seminar in Feb 2020 After God created Adam, He created Eve. She was to be his helper, comparable to him, and not his servant (Gen 2:18). She could be his helper because she was capable. There is a proverb that […]
Prof Tan Chew Lim, lay leader of Telok Ayer CMC, and his family worshipping together 2020 marks the 135th anniversary of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS). It is also the 55th anniversary of Singapore’s nationhood. 2020 will certainly also be remembered as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time in Singapore’s […]
If it were up to Jennifer Heng, 44, no woman in Singapore would need an abortion. That is why she set up Safe Place, a shelter for expectant mothers in distress. Safe Place is housed in a Singapore Land Authority black-and-white bungalow. In 2017, there were 7,217 abortions recorded in Singapore. This is a staggeringly […]
Everyone is deeply concerned about COVID-19. This virus has caused so many changes and adjustments to our daily routine. It is causing so much anxiety and fear. The leaders of the world are working around the clock to find ways to address several issues surrounding this crisis. Citizens have been told, “Stay home!” But many […]
