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MMS set up to harness resources and channel them into missions
AT THE time of writing this article, I have barely been one month on the job – but already my head is spinning. Everyday, when I come in to work, I discover something new that the Methodist Missions Society (with YOUR help!) is trying to do. I feel like a little child entering a […]
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MMS building homes, fishing boats for tsunami-hit families in Phuket
THE Methodist Missions Society (MMS) is rebuilding 18 homes for the families hit by the December 2004 tsunamis in the Namkim (Morgans) Gypsy Village in Baan Nam Khim province, Phuket. This province was the worst hit area in the Thai island resort. The MMS is also working with the church of a local pastor, Pastor […]
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Singaporeans praised for reaching out to needy Cambodians
Singapore envoy pays tribute to church groups, volunteers and NGOs SINGAPORE’S Ambassador to Cambodia, Mr Lawrence Anderson, has paid tribute to the many Singaporeans involved in different forms of assistance, support and welfare programmes for needy Cambodians. One of the most satisfying aspects of his job, he said, is when he is invited to […]
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Changing attitudes with hospice palliative care
A VERY common misconception of hospice care is that it is only for the dying. However, the essence of hospice care is love and it is patient-centred and holistic. As it is motivated and centred on love, hospice care has the power to change society and human life In our medically technologically advanced society, there […]
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Bangkok seminar draws 150 pastors, leaders and students
BANGKOK — Together with the Bible Society in Thailand, Bangkok Institute of Theology (BIT), Bangkok Bible College and Seminary (BBCS) and Thailand Baptist Theological Seminary (TBTS), the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) conducted a one-day “Seminar for the Pastors and Church Leaders in Thailand” on June 6, 2005. About 150 pastors, seminary students and church […]
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Rangsit Methodist Church celebrates 10th Anniversary
BANGKOK — June 5, 2005 marked another milestone in the history of Tuaw Muang Thai Methodist Church (All Thailand Methodist Church), which was formerly instituted as the Wesley Methodist Church in Thailand. It commemorated the 10th Anniversary of Rangsit Methodist Church (RMC) – the first church planted by the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) in […]
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A holistic approach to missions
The good news of the Gospel should touch every area of our lives OUR story begins with Nirmala, who lives in a girls’ home in Nepal. It is a home for girls who are either orphans or from families that are unable to provide for the basic needs of their children. She is the […]
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‘No theological training, but can I serve in mission fields?’
MMS HAS VACANCIES FOR MISSION POSTINGS “I DON’T have formal theological training but I would like to be involved in mission. Are there opportunities for me to serve in Methodist Missions Society’s mission fields abroad?” The enquirer, an experienced teacher, wanted to serve in the mission fields abroad but was under the impression that mission […]
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Celebration of God’s goodness in Thailand
ON MARCH 19, 2005, 57 Methodists from Singapore witnessed three very significant and historical mission events in Chiangmai, Thailand – the Ordination Service, the Formation of the Methodist Mission in Thailand (now known as Wesley Methodist Church in Thailand), and the Dedication and Opening of the Muang Thai Mettakij Foundation Centre. After more than 10 […]
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TRAC’s relief efforts in Sri Lanka
TRAC’s relief efforts in Sri Lanka A TOTAL of six teams and 45 people apart from the first recce and relief team of five have ministered in the areas surrounding Kiran in the Batticalao district, Sri Lanka, from Jan 17 to Feb 25, 2005. Besides providing more than 800 kg of medical supplies and 130 […]
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Anglo-Tamil School part of ministry to Tamils in Singapore
Readers will know much about Anglo-Chinese School, but are they aware that there was an Anglo-Tamil School which opened a few months earlier – in 1885? They may also be surprised to learn that Bishop T. R. Doraisamy was an old pupil of the Serangoon English School, successor to the Anglo-Tamil School, and absorbed into […]
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A REFLECTION ON RECENT MISSION TRIPS BY MMS FIELD DIRECTOR
There’s value in different mission groups and churches working together ONE of the effects of globalisation is that for the financially able, there is greater access and ease of travel to various locations. This increased ease of travel opens up more opportunities for the Gospel to be made known in many new and creative ways. On […]
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Funds pour in for tsunami victims and families
Methodists throughout the world are doing their part in helping the victims and survivors of the South Asia tsunami as well as their families by giving donations in cash and kind. But more importantly, they are providing long-term relief and rehabilitation. NASHVILLE — Watching images from the tsunami catastrophe in Asia might compel some people […]
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Reflections on the tsunami
THE gentle sea suddenly changed character, and in a fit of madness, became a monstrous hand that snatched thousands away in its deadly grasp. It left behind a scene of death and devastation that has haunted the world with terrible images of bloated, rigid, decaying bodies strewn along beaches and among endless miles of debris. […]
