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Bringing God’s love to the village children. Trackers is a discipleship programme by TRAC Youth Ministries for youths aged between 17 and 25 in transition between stages of their lives to the next, e.g. finishing ‘O’ or ‘A’ Levels, National Service or diploma studies. The three-month programme takes place from January to March each year. […]

The National Day Thanksgiving Service is an annual event organised by the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS). It brings together members of major Christian denominations and other para-church organisations to pray for the continued well-being of the nation. This year’s service was themed “Seek the Peace of the City”, which is a reference […]

Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church (TACMC) was established in 1889 by the pioneer missionary Dr Benjamin West to reach out to Chinese immigrants. The church started out in a rented shophouse and later moved to a zinc hut. In 1918, Swan & Maclaren, the architecture firm responsible for landmarks such as Raffles Hotel and Victoria Concert Hall, was engaged to design a new church building at Telok Ayer Street. The building, which was completed in 1925 and gazetted as a national monument on TACMC’s centenary, stands to this day.

The Methodist Church has made distinctive contributions to our young country in its journey of nation building. The Church has sought to be true to the call to spread “scriptural holiness across the land”, and this dogged pursuit of holiness (both personal and social) is evident in the early history of Methodism in Singapore, even […]

Dr Sean McDowell is a household name in Christian apologetics. Together  with his father, Josh McDowell, he spoke at the Reasonable Faith Conference (covered in the June issue of Methodist Message). Methodist Message had the pleasure of chatting briefly with Dr Sean about apologetics and its significance.   Methodist Message (MM): Christian apologetics is more […]

A year after Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) moved from Mount Sophia to Blackmore Drive in 1992, the Principal, Mrs Anna Tham, invited The Methodist Church in Singapore to start a preaching point there. Pastors and members from Barker Road Methodist Church and Wesley Methodist Church began to work together to raise a congregation.  Many volunteers […]

“I compare the Littworld conference to a big family Christmas dinner with family members attending from around the world. I met people from many countries who are now friends.” Thus shared Nigerian author Pusonnam Yiri at Littworld 2015, where he also served as a workshop trainer. Pusonnam would leave Littworld 2015 having his dream of […]

“Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” (Acts 17:11, NIV) Some people think that faith has nothing to do with careful thought and examination. They assume that […]

The VUCA world is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. From the moment of birth, Ms Sherie Ng was thrust into such a world. Her fortune-telling great-grandmother predicted that this baby girl would bring misfortune to the family. When she was five years old, her mother spiked her father’s coffee so that he collapsed. She then […]

Twenty-five years ago, a few Christians from different churches were drawn together with a common vision. They saw men from South Asia coming to Singapore by the hundreds and thousands – not as tourists but as workers in the burgeoning construction sites. Meeting these workers at the worksites and hostels, they shared God’s love and […]

“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31, NIV) We praise and thank God for His faithfulness and favour upon Pasir Panjang Tamil Methodist Church (PPTMC) over the past […]

“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honour…. Lord, […]