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How Benjamin West became a missionary in Malaya
Dr Benjamin F. West came to Malaya in 1888 and worked in Singapore with pioneer missionary Rev William F. Oldham. One of the very first recruits, he was doctor, teacher, preacher, explorer and handyman for seven years. Catherine Jackson (right), another much loved missionary, wrote this memoir about this extraordinary missionary who organised Telok Ayer […]
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Bishop: Christians need to respond intelligently to new challenges
LAY LEADERS’ FELLOWSHIP GATHERING THE Church is faced with new and significant threats to the core of its beliefs, Bishop Dr Robert Solomon told a gathering of Methodist church leaders, and Christians need to be more aware of the issues in order to respond appropriately. Speaking at the gathering of lay leaders and Local Church Executive […]
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Emmaus ‘a place where the Risen Lord meets us’
Dedication Service for Emmaus Women’s Centre in Cambodia PHNOM PENH — Bishop Dr Robert Solomon has expressed the hope that Emmaus Women’s Centre in Cambodia’s Beung Anchagn Village may truly be like an “Emmaus of new beginnings, where the Risen Lord ministers and encounters people”. Speaking at the Dedication Service of the centre on Sept […]
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Nong Bua Lamphu Methodist Church: A ‘lamp in the darkness’
Consecration Service for first Methodist church planted in northeastern Thailand by MCS “LAMPU” in Malay means lamp. Although not a Thai word, it is an apt imagery used to describe The Methodist Church in Singapore’s first church planting project in northeastern Thailand in the Isaan region – the Nong Bua Lamphu Methodist Church (NBLPMC) – […]
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Methodist Mission in Cambodia holds historic Annual Meeting
Four-in-one celebration brings blessings to many people A FOUR-IN-ONE celebration of God’s goodness in Cambodia brought multiple blessings to many people, including Singaporeans, Malaysians, Hong Kongers and Americans besides the Cambodians. First, The Methodist Mission in Cambodia held a historic Second Annual Meeting at Toul Kork Methodist Church in the compound of The Methodist Centre […]
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Is www changing our ethics?
NASHVILLE – A boss peeks at an employee’s e-mail. A straight-arrow college student rushes to draft a term paper by cutting and pasting entire paragraphs from Internet sites. A teenager who never would shoplift a CD has no problem downloading music without paying for it. A Colorado woman awaiting a kidney transplant tracks down her own donor through the Internet, prompting new worries about organ trafficking. […]
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Christalite Methodist Chapel is 19th TRAC church
The Methodist Church in Singapore now has 42 churches CHRISTALITE METHODIST CHAPEL has become the 19th church of Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC). This means The Methodist Church in Singapore now has 42 churches. Christalite achieved Local Conference status on July 31, 2005 when a Church Constituting Conference was held at its premises at Geylang Methodist […]
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Relief aid brings reconciliation to Sri Lankans
THIRUKKOVIL (Sri Lanka) – The two waves of last December’s gigantic tsunami in this one-time paradise island caused many deaths and much destruction. But, in a twist of irony, the “third wave” – that of relief and rehabilitation initiated by The Methodist Church in Sri Lanka – led to reconciliation and closer ties among the […]
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TRAC gives 16 fishing boats to Sri Lankan tsunami families
It also earmarks 2 sites for building of low-cost houses VALAICHENAI (Sri Lanka) — Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) of The Methodist Church in Singapore has given 16 fishing boats to families affected by last December’s tsunami in the eastern provincial district of Batticaloa in Sri Lanka. The boats are for 16 fishing communities, each comprising 42 […]
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Bible ‘a vital tool in shaping an enduring liturgy’
‘METHODIST WORSHIP IN CONTEXT’ SEMINAR THE Bible is the narrative of God’s dealing with the world past, present and the future. So saying, Wesleyan scholar Rev Dr Geoffrey Wainwright emphasised the importance of a comprehensive reading of Scripture and the use of lectionaries in worship. “This one book gives rise to several other books that we […]
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Addiction is a pathological illness
THE recent decision to build two Integrated Resorts in Singapore by the Government has drawn a wide range of responses from enthusiasm to numbed disbelief and anger that this could be happening in Singapore. One thing for certain, it has drawn attention to the issue of addictions as never before. When I first started work with […]
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Aldersgate Convention comes of age
THE Aldersgate Convention has come of age.More of our church members as well as Christians from other denominations are now more aware of this annual event. And more Methodists in the region are also looking forward to this convention which commemorates the contributions of John Wesley and celebrates the Methodist connection. Indeed, Aldersgate Convention 2005 […]
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PICTURE SPECIAL — CELEBRATION OF GOD’S GOODNESS IN THAILAND
‘Much more could be done for Chiangmai’ PARTICIPANTS of the six-day Celebration of God’s Goodness in the Thailand mission trip from March 15 to 20, 2005, had a good understanding of our various missions work in Chiangmai. The last day of their trip was spent worshipping with the local believers in three of the Methodist […]
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BEYOND METHOD: The heart of Methodism
THE word “Methodist” was used as a derogatory term to name John Wesley and his Holy Club by their detractors at Oxford University because of their disciplined approach to Christian living. They met regularly in their small group, practised fasting, almsgiving, and the visitation of prisoners. The original “Methodists” were in fact first-century Greek physicians […]
