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Remember, faith is not a commodity
PERHAPS the greatest heresy of 20th-century American religion was to make faith into a purely personal matter and a private affair, which went neatly with the rise of the consumer society. With the advent of the television preachers, faith was turned into an occasion for conspicuous consumption and effective fund-raising. Faith became merely another commodity: […]
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Human school crest kickstarts Fairfield’s year of joy
A total of 4,237 students from both schools, parents, teachers, the alumni and other stakeholders set a new record in the Singapore Book of Records for the largest human formation of a school crest at the secondary school field in Dover Road. FAIRFIELD CELEBRATES 120 YEARS: 1888 – 2008 FROM the early days of educating […]
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9th GC Session to continue on Dec 4 & 5
Gather around Jesus for holy conferencing: Bishop Dr Solomon THE 9th Session of the General Conference of The Methodist Church in Singapore, which was held at Methodist Centre from Sept 8 to 13, has been adjourned to Dec 4 and 5, as originally scheduled. Forty-two delegates, 14 from each of the three Annual Conferences – the […]
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GYM members learn what it means to be ‘Above Sacrifices’
Group reflection: Participants break into groups to reflect on the speaker’s message GLOWING YEARS MINISTRY CONVENTION 2008: PENANG PENANG – The TRAC Board of Seniors Ministry held a five-five-day GYM Convention 2008 in Penang from June 30 to July 4 with the theme “Above Sacrifices – The Marks of Genuine Maturity” based on 1 Sam. […]
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First Telugu Methodist Church formed in Singapore
It is the 8th ETAC church and the 44th of The Methodist Church in Singapore SINGAPORE has its first Telugu church. July 28, 2008 is a significant day in the life of the Telugu Ministry in Singapore as well as that of Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) when the Singapore Telugu Methodist Church was constituted […]
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Aldersgate Convention ‘worth attending’
PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS Soothing music from Wesley Dawnbreakers. MOST of the people who came for the Aldersgate Convention 2008, held at Wesley Methodist Church from May 19 to 24, found it “worth attending”. Not everyone, however, agreed totally with what the two speakers had presented, but most of the attendees said they “have learned something interesting […]
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A ‘Red Head’ sharing the Gospel with Kulim Chinese
Methodist missionary, Miss Clara Martin, served more than 20 years in Penang in the early days of the last century. In this letter published in the WFMS Quarterly Review, she recounts some of her experiences in a 10-day evangelistic trip to share the Gospel with the Chinese women and their families in Kulim, a town […]
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Asian Methodists to develop 3-prong strategy to boost mission work
THE Asian Methodist Council (AMC) will be developing programmes in the coming years to enhance its mission in three areas.
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Could your Christianity be disqualified?
UNTIL 1988, the fastest man who ever lived was Ben Johnson, a broad-shouldered Canadian sprinter. In the Seoul Olympics of 1988, he ran the fastest 100 metres in history, clocking 9.79m seconds. But do not look for his name in the record books because he was disqualified. Not because he was not fast. Not because […]
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ACJC Faith Centre for Performing Arts opens
A roaring applause to a musical performance at the amphitheatre. It marks another milestone in history of college THE ACJC Faith Centre for Performing Arts (CPA) was officially unveiled on May 23, 2008, which marks yet another milestone in the history of the college. The CPA is the culmination of the hopes and dreams of […]
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Ibans with a sense of Christian mission
Donald Moore, a British businessman, visited Sarawak nearly 50 years ago and recounts in a letter from Kapit aspects of the life of the Iban people, particularly those who had become Christians and who had a sense of mission. ‘“ THERE will be a big gawai (festival) this year.” This statement can be heard all along […]
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Worship ‘not a performance for people in the pews’
It is giving to God what He desires and requires of us WORSHIP is a matter of giving to God what He desires and requires of us. It is not, and never was, intended to be a spectator sport or the performance of the few for the benefit of the many couch potatoes in the […]
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Be wise – by God’s standard
MENSA is an exclusive organisation composed of those who are deemed to be geniuses. Only the truly intelligent need apply. They have meetings where they express their erudition and a newsletter of the same name that is, presumably, full of intelligent and brilliant insights. Doctors and scientists and members of “think tanks” join this group. They […]
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Borneo’s first Iban Methodist Church
Missionary Hobart B. Amstutz (later Bishop) recounts how the Ibans became Christians and formed the nucleus of the first Iban Methodist Church in Borneo in 1950 ‘AT THE beginning of the (20th) century, the Methodist Church sent the Rev James M. Hoover to Sarawak Borneo to begin work among the Chinese Christians from Foochow, China […]
