Outreach

  MORE than 100 years ago, at great cost and personal sacrifice, Christians from the United States, Britain and Australia • Left their homes and came to Singapore as missionaries, pastors and teachers, • Raised money to purchase land and build churches and schools, and • Gave everything to us – entrusting us with the […]

  THERE is much to learn from Paul’s mission practice on his second missionary journey in Acts 15-16. Although Paul planned to re-visit the churches that he and Barnabas established on their first journey, he changed his plans when he was divinely prevented from preaching in these regions and received a vision of a man […]

  THE more I listened to him and his church leaders the more I was impressed. Pastor Gopal has poured his life and his own money into building the Mahima Church. For the past three years, the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) has been working with him to develop the Caleb Bible Institute. He has proved […]

PHNOM PENH – The Cambodian Methodist Bible School, established in Phnom Penh in May 2000, was originally built by and for the Korean Methodist Church (KMC), which had begun its work in Cambodia in the early 1990s. It trains pastors and church workers for the Methodist Church in Cambodia. It offers a three-year Diploma of […]

BARKER ROAD METHODIST CHURCH LAUNCHES NEW MINISTRY FOR SINGLES: connect@brmc AFTER praying for three years, finally on May 6, 2006, connect@brmc became a reality when 50 excited people gathered at Wesley Hall at Methodist Centre for a simple Dedication Service. It is the new ministry at Barker Road Methodist Church (BRMC) for singles – unmarried, widowed […]

THE season of Pentecost reminds us that the fruit of a conversion to a life of faith in Jesus Christ is a community of love. We see this in the account of Pentecost as recorded in Acts Chapter 2:42-47. About 3,000 people who heard Peter’s message and believed him were led into a new lifestyle: […]

  IN “MISSIONS”, a “CAN” refers to a “Creative Access Nation”. Some nations do NOT permit entry to Christian missionaries. But Christ has commanded us to take the Gospel to every nation – even the “closed” ones. So we must think of creative ways to gain access to these nations. That is why we call them […]

  RECENTLY, while visiting friends in a neighbouring country, we took time to drink coffee at an open café located on the top of a six-storey building. This building stood at a busy intersection of two major roads. There were buses, cars, bicycles and motorcycles pouring in from all directions into this road junction with […]

TRINITY Annual Conference (TRAC) of The Methodist Church in Singapore is partnering The Methodist Church in Sri Lanka (MCSL) to build 100 new houses in the Batticaloa district of East Sri Lanka for those affected by the devastating tsunami of Dec 26, 2004. Eighty per cent of the total project cost of $1,059,008 comes from […]

  Equipping Christians to help those with addiction problems A GROUP of professionals working with groups addressing addiction concerns and issues will share their experiences and offer their expert advice at “A Christian’s Response to Addiction” conference here next month. They include Dr Munidasa Winslow, Head and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Community Addictions Management Programme (CAMP) […]

  MOSCOW — Compared to the city’s opulent, historic Orthodox cathedrals and monasteries, the new Russia United Methodist Theological Seminary may appear unassuming. On the contrary, the seminary symbolises the United Methodist Church’s commitment and vision for the spiritual renewal of the former Soviet Union. More than 100 pastors, students and visitors recently attended a day-long […]

  LAST month, I visited Thailand where the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) has eight churches or preaching points: • One in Bangkok, • Two in Chiang Mai, • Three north of Chiang Mai among the Lahu people, and • Two around Khon Kaen among the Isaan people (I had never even heard of Khon Kaen […]