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MRS CHEONG-CHUA KOON HEAN, who will become the new Chief Executive of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) from April 1, is a member of Charis Methodist Church. She teaches children and youth at the church’s Sunday School. Mrs Cheong, 46, who is married with two sons, studied architecture at the University of Newcastle in Australia […]

Seeing eye to eye on the importance of missions: The Rev Dr Nugent and Bishop Dr Solomon. — Methodist Message picture.   THE retired General Secretary of the United Methodist missions board was in Singapore recently to encourage students at Trinity Theological College (TTC) to prepare for missions. The Rev Dr Randy Nugent, who retired […]

REV DR MACQUIBAN: To address the need to preserve documents. – Methodist Message picture. British scholar’s talks on March 26 METHODISM’S historical concern for the poor will be discussed on March 26 at the Methodist Centre when the British scholar, the Rev Dr Tim Macquiban, makes a return visit to Singapore. A trained archivist and […]

CONSECRATION SERVICE OF CHURCH IN COMMONWEALTH DRIVE WAS it coincidental that Bishop Dr Robert Solomon’s exhortation to the congregations of both Faith Methodist Church and Queenstown Chinese Methodist Church was that we were “called to shine”? With a spanking new and towering five-storey building shining like a beacon in the neighbourhood, it seems the calling […]

THE REV DR NGOEI: First appointed TTC Principal in 2001.   THE Rev Dr Ngoei Foong Nghian has been re-appointed Principal of Trinity Theological College (TTC) for a period of three years from Jan 1, 2004 to Dec 31, 2006. He was first appointed principal in January 2001 – TTC’s 11th – to succeed the […]

WASHINGTON – Three hundred years ago, a young Anglican minister crossed the Atlantic Ocean to serve in the English colonies, with dreams of evangelising the native people and settlers in what today is the state of Georgia. Two years later, he was back on a boat to England, believing he had failed. Shortly after returning […]

Prof Sanneh delivering his keynote address. — TTC picture. Conference of younger Asian church leaders sets agenda for mission in 21st century A CONFERENCE to bring together younger Asian church leaders to help them focus on Holistic Mission, thereby setting the agenda for Christian mission in the 21st century, was held here for the first […]

NOVEMBER was the season of the Annual Conferences. The 28th Session of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) was held at Sengkang Methodist Church from Nov 11 to 13, 2003. Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) held its 28th Session at Sophia Blackmore Hall, 6th floor, Methodist Centre, on Nov 7 and 8, while Trinity Annual Conference […]

NEW YORK – For 40 years, a building across the avenue from the United Nations headquarters in New York has stood as a witness to Christian support for efforts in international diplomacy to advance the causes of peace, human rights, development and ecology. Called the Church Centre for the United Nations, the United Methodist-owned building […]

RAC President tells pastors at Ordination Service: Be diligent, carry yourselves well, don’t neglect God’s gifts given to you PASTORS have been urged to be diligent in their teaching, to carry themselves with dignity, and not to neglect the gifts that God has bestowed on them. The Rev Dr Isaac Lim, President of Trinity Annual […]

DATE: April 13-15, 2004 VENUE: Sofitel Palm Resort, Johor COME April and Methodists will be given the rare privilege of listening to and interacting with Dr John Stott, the world-renowned English Founder and Honorary President of the London Institute for Christianity. The author of more than 40 books, including best-sellers Basic Christianity, The Cross of […]

  THE Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) was among 103 recipients to receive the President’s Certificate of Commendation during the Special Investiture of the 2003 National Day Awards for Overcoming SARS. Mr Chan Kum Kit, Chairman of the MWS, received the award from President S. R. Nathan. The certificate was awarded to organisations that played a […]