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  BANGKOK — Together with the Bible Society in Thailand, Bangkok Institute of Theology (BIT), Bangkok Bible College and Seminary (BBCS) and Thailand Baptist Theological Seminary (TBTS), the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) conducted a one-day “Seminar for the Pastors and Church Leaders in Thailand” on June 6, 2005. About 150 pastors, seminary students and church […]

  BANGKOK — June 5, 2005 marked another milestone in the history of Tuaw Muang Thai Methodist Church (All Thailand Methodist Church), which was formerly instituted as the Wesley Methodist Church in Thailand. It commemorated the 10th Anniversary of Rangsit Methodist Church (RMC) – the first church planted by the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) in […]

  The good news of the Gospel should touch every area of our lives OUR story begins with Nirmala, who lives in a girls’ home in Nepal. It is a home for girls who are either orphans or from families that are unable to provide for the basic needs of their children. She is the […]

Here is the great evangelist, John Sung’s remarkable story of his mother’s miraculous new birth, a harbinger of his own birth later on. The dark night of the soul had given way to glorious hope. ALTHOUGH my father was born again and consecrated, alas, my mother was neither cold nor hot, but after some years […]

MMS HAS VACANCIES FOR MISSION POSTINGS “I DON’T have formal theological training but I would like to be involved in mission. Are there opportunities for me to serve in Methodist Missions Society’s mission fields abroad?” The enquirer, an experienced teacher, wanted to serve in the mission fields abroad but was under the impression that mission […]

Of mountain-high waves and a sea-sick journey More than 110 years ago, pioneer Methodist missionary William G. Horley took more than a month to reach Singapore. Sailing from Southampton on December 10, 1893, he arrived on January 12 and here recorded in a journal are his experiences which are inspiring to read. ‘DECEMBER 10th 1893 […]

Loss of a great son of Singapore SINGAPORE has lost a great son. He was great not because he was a top sportsman. Or a respected journalist. An excellent boss. An ambassador par excellence. An endearing President. He was all of these – and more. In fact I consider Mr Wee Kim Wee Singapore’s greatest […]

  NEW YORK – Pope John Paul II is being remembered by United Methodists as one of the great leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. The 84-year-old pontiff, whose health had taken a serious decline over the past few weeks, died on April 2 at the Vatican in Rome. Bishop William B. Oden, ecumenical officer […]

  ON MARCH 19, 2005, 57 Methodists from Singapore witnessed three very significant and historical mission events in Chiangmai, Thailand – the Ordination Service, the Formation of the Methodist Mission in Thailand (now known as Wesley Methodist Church in Thailand), and the Dedication and Opening of the Muang Thai Mettakij Foundation Centre. After more than 10 […]

TRAC’s relief efforts in Sri Lanka A TOTAL of six teams and 45 people apart from the first recce and relief team of five have ministered in the areas surrounding Kiran in the Batticalao district, Sri Lanka, from Jan 17 to Feb 25, 2005. Besides providing more than 800 kg of medical supplies and 130 […]

Readers will know much about Anglo-Chinese School, but are they aware that there was an Anglo-Tamil School which opened a few months earlier – in 1885? They may also be surprised to learn that Bishop T. R. Doraisamy was an old pupil of the Serangoon English School, successor to the Anglo-Tamil School, and absorbed into […]

MY GRANDFATHER didn’t care much for Roman Catholics with good reason. Working as a missionary in the jungles of Mindinao in 1918 he barely escaped death at the hands of Jesuit zealots who saw it as their divine duty to drive out Protestant missionaries. His brush with death left him convinced that the Roman Catholic […]