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Bishop Frank W. Warne, who accompanied the mainly Christian pioneer group of Foochow settlers in their pilgrim journey to Sarawak, told of his experience baptising the very first converts. Making them responsible for the spiritual nurture of the new converts was a bold step, and a Wesleyan approach to personal/mutual accountability relevant even today. This […]

Chen Su Lan Home an expression of Methodists’ call to discipleship CHEN SU LAN Methodist Children’s Home is an expression of Methodists’ call to Christian discipleship and service. “It puts a human face on the church as we seek to serve our community and those who need our help,” said Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, who […]

WITH less than a month to go before Aldersgate Convention 2006 opens at Methodist Centre on May 24, response to its full-day seminar is on the rise. Interest has come from as far as East and West Malaysia as well as Indonesia, besides our local churches. The seminar, to be held at Sophia Blackmore Hall […]

I CAME across two books in the National Library recently. The first one is written by Joseph Atwill, a former businessman turned self-taught student of Christian origins. His book Caesar’s Messiah tries to argue that Christianity was invented by intellectuals serving the Flavian Roman emperors (Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian) who reigned from 69 – 96 […]

19TH WORLD METHODIST CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN SEOUL IN JULY SEVERAL thousand Methodist leaders from all parts of the world will gather in Seoul from July 20-24, 2006 to attend the 19th World Methodist Conference. The conference will open to the resounding music of a 400-voice choir and full orchestra from Korean Methodist churches. […]

The entrance to the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem: He is not here, for He is risen. — Methodist Message picture by PETER TEO. Ref: John 20:1 The empty tomb Speaks of the power of God. He rolled away the stone, He raised His Son to life, To bind our wounds, To heal our diseases, To […]

NASHVILLE – There will come a time in the life of every parent when he or she will have to decide what to do with the Easter Bunny. For most it will come sooner rather than later, especially if you have young children. What is the right thing to do with this soft, cuddly animal with […]

In his Easter message, MM Editor, the Rev Robert Blasdell, who married Dr Shellabear’s daughter, Fanny, reflects on the meaning of the sacrificial life. ‘NO ONE who reads the twelfth chapter of Romans can doubt the earnestness of Paul in urging the Christians at Rome to “present your bodies a living sacrifice”, but it may […]

Who can fully appreciate the agony of Jesus who was separated from the Father for the sins of the whole world? THE danger of trivialising the cross of Jesus is ever real – when people treat it lightly or superficially. It is not a new problem though. In 1945, a collection of texts written in the […]

PICTURE this. It is February 2007. About 100 people rise at the sound of the bell at 5.30 am. At 6 am, they are gathered in song and prayer at the morning devotion. After breakfast, they are off to their Bible classes till it is mid-morning and time for work. At 3 pm, they gather as […]

ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (Junior) in Peck Hay Road and the nearby Madrasah Al-Irsyad in Winstedt Road are busy building bridges — of a special kind. They are promoting community bonding as well as racial and religious harmony among their pupils. Their joint efforts to create larger common spaces and foster bonding took on another level on Feb […]

In this little tale written 57 years ago, missionary Burr Baughman challenges us to share the Gospel with those who have not heard it. It is a challenge that stays relevant for all Christians today. ‘The night came pressing in, dark and stormy. Occasional spatters of rain blew over the hill crest. In the valley, […]