Last September, my wife and I visited for the first time the famous Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, where the greatest Baroque composer, Johann Sabastian Bach (1685–1750), served as Thomaskantor. The Russian Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, himself an accomplished composer, describes Bach as a “universal phenomenon” whose music “transcends confessional boundaries”.1 I have long admired […]
The TPCMC building after their latest development works Toa Payoh Chinese Methodist Church (TPCMC) was born in 1971 when Faith, Foochow, Kum Yan, Kampong Kapor and Wesley Methodist Churches came together to lay the foundation of evangelism in the New Town. To provide the growing English and Chinese congregation with a long-term place of worship […]
A row of rented flats that some low-income households, like Mr Yong and his family, call home As a Methodist Family, we can make a positive impact! Mr Yong TK, a father of three, used to run a stall at a hawker centre. While business was not brisk, he made enough to support his family. […]
Amid the emerging global health crisis, an intense discussion may have gone unnoticed. Whilst the larger part of the scientific community were busy trying to understand how the novel coronavirus is spread or to develop a vaccine, others were trying to find a name for it. Finally, on 11 Feb 2020, the World Health […]
The unbearable pressure your Senior Pastor is under Maybe your church is running worship services this weekend, and you’re not happy about it. Is that really the wisest decision at such a time? Or maybe your church isn’t running services, and you’re not happy about that. What does the Bible say about not giving up […]
“Peter replied, ‘Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will’” (Matt 26:33, NIV). How often we are like Peter—believing that our conviction to follow Jesus is so determined, that regardless of circumstance, there is no trace of doubt and we definitely will not disown our Lord. When we have such a […]
Appreciating the Faith MC cleaners “Auntie, jiak ba buay?” That’s my best attempt at making conversation with one of the aunties in our cleaning staff. If the conversation goes on beyond that, I’ll have to steal glances at my co-workers to help me out as my Hokkien really “cannot make it”. Auntie Ah Keow is […]
Joash Lee of Faith MC Comms Since the first live streaming session for our Watchnight Service 2017, the video team at Faith MC has grown steadily. In the last quarter of 2019, in order to improve the skills of the team, we planned more multi-cam setups and began training the crew more purposefully by recording […]
ACS later moved to Coleman Street to accommodate the rapidly-increasing enrolment A Tale of Two Peranakan Families Humanly and historically speaking, I owe my life to the Methodists. My paternal grandmother, Tan Siok Kim, was an early convert of the Methodist mission in Malacca. Advised by Mrs Emma Shellabear, she started to teach a class […]
Should the Church care for the earth? To explore this question, let us consider the overarching framework of salvation history—the story of God’s good creation, damaged by our rebellion, reconciled through Christ. Creation Relationship status: harmonious God has always existed as a community of love, with love shared between Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As […]
