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Christ Methodist Church (CMC) was born, back in 1930, as the Geylang English Methodist Church. In August this year, we will celebrate 90 years of God’s faithfulness. Over the years, CMC has gone through many changes—such as our name, location and building—but our passion for God remains the same. In 2004, the call to Intentional […]

A safe space for rough sleepers at the AMK MC/CMC/TMC building, where each person has their own space to sleep, eat their meals and store their belongings There is beauty in diversity and we each have different strengths and expertise, resources from our different cultures, ways and means of ministry. But if the 46 churches […]

“Go home.” This was the response of American pastor John MacArthur to “Beth Moore” as a prompt in a word association game during his church’s 2019 Truth Matters Conference. He went on to elaborate: “There is no case that can be made biblically for a woman preacher. Period. Paragraph. End of discussion.” MacArthur’s confident assertion […]

Christabel unfurls the Singapore flag at the 2020 USAFA graduation ceremony. Cadets sat and marched 2.4m away from each other during the ceremony due to COVID-19 social distancing measures Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Lieutenant (LTA) Christabel Chai had a fairly ordinary middle-class Singaporean childhood filled with ballet and piano lessons, and swimming and […]

If it were up to Jennifer Heng, 44, no woman in Singapore would need an abortion. That is why she set up Safe Place, a shelter for expectant mothers in distress. Safe Place is housed in a Singapore Land Authority black-and-white bungalow. In 2017, there were 7,217 abortions recorded in Singapore. This is a staggeringly […]

To me, being a Methodist means a strong faith, great fellowship and fruitful ministry exercising scriptural holiness. Faith: I received Christ in the Methodist Church, and that means it is the Church that gave birth to my faith. My church life is basically built upon the rich heritage of the Methodist Church’s Wesleyan spirit. Fellowship: […]

The attendees of the Methodist Women’s Conference from Malaysia and Singapore The Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC), Singapore, and Tamil Annual Conference, Malaysia, jointly organised a first ever Methodist Women’s Conference from 7 to 9 Feb 2020. The theme of the conference, “Together We Serve”, provided a platform for leaders from both countries to learn […]

Visitation outreach to pre-believers The Church is the most important institution in the world. The assembly of the redeemed, the company of the saints, and the children of God are more significant than any other group or organisation. God has not called together mere servants or “employees” to work for Him. He has raised up […]

Genocide, as defined by the United Nations, is action intended “to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”. Reading about genocide in Nazi Germany (1939–45), Cambodia (1975–79), and Rwanda (1994) will make the stomach churn and the mind reel. The human toll of natural disasters like tsunamis or pandemics […]

Bishop Dr Chong Chin Chung’s Easter message being videographed at The Garden of Remembrance on 6 April 2020, before the circuit breaker measures were implemented Scripture text: Luke 24:34–48 Introduction (v34) After Jesus rose from the dead, His disciples went everywhere proclaiming, “The Lord is risen!” Whenever they ran into each other, they would proclaim, […]

The opening procession Every year, the Emmanual Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC), under the co-ordination of the Worship & Music Board,  gathers to celebrate God’s faithfulness to His Church and receive the vision, direction and plan for the coming year. On 1 Feb 2020, 300 members of the eight ETAC churches came together to celebrate their […]

John 21:1–21 describes an encounter that seven of the disciples had with Jesus. It was His third appearance after His resurrection and the disciples were still unsure as to what to expect.  After a miraculous catch of fish and a tense breakfast cooked by the Lord Himself, Peter’s relationship with the Lord was restored. He […]