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In thanking God for His sustaining grace in another year as the Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) President, the Rev R. Prabhu stated ETAC’s focus on missions in the coming year, based on its theme of “Strengthen your stakes” (Isaiah 54.2). This builds upon the emphasis on community outreach and social concerns in 2015, based […]

Disciple Agency (DA) and the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) will celebrate 25-year milestones in 2016, following The Methodist Church in Singapore’s (MCS) 130th anniversary last year. Originating from The United Methodist Church, DISCIPLE is a leading disciplined Bible study aimed at developing strong Christian leaders and its mission is to build the body of Christ […]

An integral part of our identity as Jesus Christ’s disciples is that we are all ‘sent’, even if it is not to another country or culture, said Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup at the Ordination and Closing Service of the CAC’s 40th Session on 11 Nov. Referring to Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19 and John 20:21, […]

Building bridges with Mainland Chinese churches, better use of local church premises, future prospects of our Mandarin congregations, strengthening the family life ministry, and producing quality kindergartens were some points brought up by the Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung in his President’s Message at the 40th session of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC). Speaking at […]

To commemorate 20 years of God’s goodness and faithfulness, the Methodist Co-operative Society Ltd (MCSL) held its first social outreach event to give back to the community on 4 Dec 2015 – a movie screening for 325 underprivileged families, children and youths-at-risk. Guest-of-Honour Mr Lim Biow Chuan, Member of Parliament for Mountbatten SMC, thanked the […]

Prayer teams ministered to people who came forward for healing. About 1,600 Christians from various churches in Singapore gathered for the Ecumenical Charismatic Healing Service at Church of St. Mary of the Angels on 30 Oct 2015 for a time of worship and ministry. Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup from The Methodist Church in Singapore […]

The Rev Dr Chong Chin Chung, President of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) We give thanks for the New Year because it is God’s gift of a brand new beginning for us. Let us sing the hymn ‘Great is Thy Faithfulness’ and be reminded of the Lord’s faithfulness, as it will give us the confidence […]

  Founded in 1946, Metropolitan YMCA (MYMCA) Singapore is a non-profit organisation with a long-standing tradition of Christian charity. Initially named the Chinese YMCA, it was founded by Dr Chen Su Lan, a medical practitioner who fought the wide-spread use of opium and saw the need for youths to be engaged in wholesome activities. It […]

In addition to profiling local churches from our three Annual Conferences of The Methodist Church in Singapore, we also begin profiling ministries. As we come to have a better understanding of each other’s history and ministry, we may discover more opportunities to forge cross-church partnerships and collaborations.     Seletar Tamil Methodist Church moved to […]

Chia Hui Jun is Editorial Executive at Methodist Message and worships at Foochow Methodist Church. Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup expounded on the importance of Christian unity in the diverse church landscape in Singapore, during ETHOS Institute™ for Public Christianity’s first Annual Lecture on 20 October. Walking in a manner worthy of our calling first requires […]

Jonathan Liautrakul is a recent graduate of the National University of Singapore and worships at Wesley Methodist Church. He is an avid researcher on church history, especially Christmas carols. What keeps us Methodist? How do we relate to God in light of the Gospel promise of salvation? These are questions I often asked myself despite […]

Speaking at the conference were: Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon (centre, in white), Friar David Garcia (fourth from right), Dr Cynthia Goh (third from right) and Ms Sumytra Menon (second from right). During my younger days, the thought of dying and death instilled fear in me. But as I grew much older, I realised that […]