Minister for Social and Family Development Mr Tan Chuan-Jin and Anglican Bishop Rennis Ponniah discussed the role of the Christian community in our multi-religious society at the ETHOS Conversation, held…
Home for good – SG “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…”Psalms 68:5-6a Foster parents Li…
The third round of conversations of the international dialogue between Baptists and Methodists centred on “Making Disciples: Baptism and Christian Initiation”. It took place from 3-10 Feb 2016 at the Elstal…
The socio-economic changes that have taken place in Singapore over the last few decades have truly been remarkable. However, future changes over the next few decades will be more far-reaching…
As Methodists we remember our genesis as a movement that posed a challenge to the religious establishment, its theology and practices. Wesley was accused of being an“enthusiast” (one who promoted…
Crowd of small symbolic 3d figures isolated The Bible has many numbers, some symbolic and others actual, and some both. The “seven spirits of God” in Revelation (1:4; 3:1; 5:6)…
Holy Bible and a world map in the background. World missions concept. Copy space. What comes to your mind when you hear the word “mission”? Going to exotic places, climbing…
ALDERSGATE SG 2016 Don’t miss the annual keynote event of Methodists in Singapore! What can I expect? * Learning– what the Bible and John Wesley says about work * Engaging…
At a young age, Goh Hood Keng was drawn to Christianity of his own accord. His parents were devout Buddhist Peranakans, who enrolled him at the Anglo-Chinese School (ACS)…
The arena where Christ’s followers serve is outside the church, not within it. When Christians think of serving God, they often see themselves doing so in the church: as a…
Methodists on the Marketplace 22-23 May: Come hear from Bishop Dr Wee Boon Hup and our panellists on how to make your work matter for God. Accounting: Mr Henry…
A helpful framework for engaging in inter-faith relationships was shared by the Most Rev Archbishop William Goh (right) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore on 31 March 2016, at…
“Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love,” noted Roland Allen, a British missionary in the 20th century. For the…
Besides Ash Wednesday, I think Ascension Day is the next most uneventful day in many churches of the Methodist tradition. Year in, year out, Ascension Day – which occurs 40…
YouTube was all abuzz when an American actor declared that he had a “dirty little secret”: for some time, he had battled with an addiction to pornography. This started a…
As with many early Methodist lay preachers, John Nelson had humble origins. Born in 1707 in the North of England, he became a stone mason like his father, and this…
Come December, Mr Retnam Sahadevan (top) will be celebrating his 80th birthday at Bethany Methodist Nursing Home (BMNH) by Methodist Welfare Services (MWS), having lived here for the past…
