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The structure of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) was instituted 44 years ago, with a General Conference and three Annual Conferences (ACs) along language lines. The demarcation was useful to help focus work, ease communications, and deploy pastors, ministry staff and other resources effectively. This structure has remained unchanged. Four decades later, there are now […]

One day while in primary school, I came home to find my mother in tears. A family friend, Tim1, had been so overwhelmed by his struggle with depression that he took a fatal overdose. Tim had been studying at a top university in the UK. Earlier, while still in Singapore, a leader in the church […]

Anniversary Sunday combined service at MGS’s M. E. Lau Hall. In July 2019, Covenant Community Methodist Church (CCMC) began to mark the milestone of its 25th anniversary by embarking on a Community Clay Covenant Project, which serves as a reminder that God is our Potter and we are clay formed by His hands. This project […]

Listening to Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung speak at the Laity session on 17 Aug 2019 In the previous issue of Methodist Message, it was reported that we are not ready at the present time for a one-Conference MCS. What all the efforts in these past months have highlighted to the leadership is that much […]

Imam Syed Hassan Al-Attas (fourth from right, in white) and his family opening their hearts and home to visitors from MCS and other faith communities on 5 June 2019 “We Christians believe in the faith tremendous that in Christ Jesus, God is breaking down the walls, and barriers, and partitions, and prejudices that separate us […]

The Methodist Festival Choir and Orchestra. Bishop Emeritus (BE) Dr Robert Solomon rounded off the three-day Aldersgate SG 2019 event with his sermon during the Celebration Service on 25 May at Paya Lebar Methodist Church. As this year’s Aldersgate SG centred around the topic of missions, BE Dr Solomon highlighted that the Great Commission has […]

A time to celebrate, praise and learn. Methodists in Singapore gathered from 23 to 25 May 2019 to celebrate our Wesleyan heritage and commemorate what it means to be Methodist. The annual Aldersgate SG event is usually organised around 24 May, the day in 1738 when Methodism’s founder John Wesley felt his heart “strangely warmed” […]

Methodism was a movement, not an institution—we have been reminded of this again and again. Most recently, Bishop Emeritus Dr Hwa Yung, who spoke at Aldersgate SG 2019, referred to a Methodist Message article from June 2016, “Rethinking the Methodist Church in Singapore”, by Mr Tan Gee Paw, member of Barker Road Methodist Church and […]

From left: Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon, Bishop Emeritus Dr Wee Boon Hup and Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung It was a historic occasion. Almost 250 pastors and leaders from the three Annual Conferences (ACs) gathered at Toa Payoh Chinese Methodist Church to listen to the perspectives of three bishops’ on the MCS Structural Review […]

Gathering as a family of Methodist schools at the MethodistWalk in 2019 The Methodist schools in Singapore now are a far cry from the humble beginnings of the first one founded 133 years ago. The early schools started in borrowed buildings. In contrast, the 15 Methodist schools today enjoy comfortable, state-of-the-art facilities. Altogether, they house […]

Panellists taking questions from the audience Dealing head-on with complex issues through discourse and discussions has been a hallmark of the ETHOS Conversations series of events. Organised by the ETHOS Institute for Public Christianity, one such Conversation was held on 20 Mar at the Bible House that saw its auditorium filled with attendees eager to […]

Organising ourselves better for service and growth Looking towards our Golden Jubilee in 2026 as an autonomous Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), we thank God for His leading all these years as well as seek His direction for what He would have us do. We are revisiting the way the MCS is organised—by language of […]