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“Unity is not just being cosy with each other; unity is for the sake of mission!” The Rev Dr Robert Gribben, Chairperson of the ecumenical relations committee of the World Methodist Council (WMC), aptly summed up the goal of the ongoing five-year international dialogue between the Baptist World Alliance and the World Methodist Council. The […]

Lenie Cho is Principal of St. Francis Methodist School. “We hope to equip every student of SFMS with knowledge and skills, instilling in them the right character and attitude.” St. Francis Methodist School (SFMS) aims to express the mission aspects of the Methodist church through its holistic approach to education and its expression of Christian values […]

As a new school year begins, two of our Methodist schools will welcome new Principals. Appointed with effect from 15 Dec last year, they are: Ms Audrey Chen, Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary). Audrey spent most of her teaching career as a General Paper teacher in Raffles Junior College before a three-year stint in the Higher […]

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 Having studied many individuals who have fallen because of particular weakness in their lives, I realise we are all human and weakness matters. Allow me to share two thoughts about weakness. 1. We […]

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA More than 400 specially invited guests at the Methodist Mission Society’s (MMS) “My Father’s Business” Banquet on August 25 sat riveted as they watched the telling of a transformed life in the mountainous country of Nepal. Rojina was a street kid, roaming the streets of Kathmandu and moving from house to house. […]

“TELL ME AND I FORGET, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn,” goes a Chinese saying. How true. Indeed, education and the process of going to school is a journey, and like paths in a wooded forest that draw us in, every road that we choose to take leads us to new […]

The Rev Nicky Gumbel turned the Alpha Course around after he took charge of it in 1990. Alpha was meant for new believers, but he realised that it could also appeal to non-churchgoers. Methodist Message caught up with Nicky in an interview facilitated by Alpha Singapore, and also sat in at the Breakfast with Nicky […]

BISHOP DR ROBERT SOLOMON has made a clarion call for “younger, godly and able people” to step forward to serve in strategic leadership roles in The Methodist Church in Singapore and to take on ministry responsibilities. In a farewell interview with Methodist Message (MM), Bishop Dr Solomon, who retires this month, said: “We have many […]

THE REV STEWARD DAMAT, President of the Sarawak Iban Annual Conference, Malaysia, spoke on Sept 5, the third day of the 10th Session of the General Conference. Basing his sermon on John 1:43-51, he posed the question: How can we participate in God’s nature? “We receive God’s nature when we are born again and we […]

10TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN SINGAPORE: SEPT 3-8, 2012 GOD’S DIVINE NATURE is one of in God’s nature godliness and holiness, emphasised the Rev Lily P. Twist, Chairman of the Scotland Synod of The Methodist Church in Britain, in her sermon on Sept 6 – the fourth day of the […]

THE GENERAL CONFERENCE (GC) has decided unanimously to confer the title of Bishop Emeritus on Bishop Dr Robert Solomon when he retires from the episcopacy in December 2012. The proposal to confer him the title was made by the Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung, President of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC), on Sept 4, 2012, […]

10TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN SINGAPORE: SEPT 3-8, 2012 The change in name happened in 1968 when the word ‘Doctrines’ was dropped. “This has resulted in our BOD focusing more and more on the mechanics of running the church. If there is any reference to doctrine, it is given […]