John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance – Mark 1:4. THE church of today lives in an ethically debilitating climate. Where did we go wrong?…
IT’S here – the Aldersgate Convention 2004. And registration is still open for the Aldersgate Day Seminar on “Nurturing Religion of the Heart” to be held at Sophia Blackmore Hall…
MORE than 140 people turned up for the valedictory service in honour of Dr Lee Soo Ann who retired from the Bible Society of Singapore (BSS) as its General Secretary…
I PRAISE and honour God for giving me the opportunity to give my testimony at the GC-WSCS Thanksgiving Service. I was married for five years and I was childless. My…
lashback: President Trajkovski (left) receiving the 2002 World Methodist Peace Award. – UMNS picture. PRESIDENT Boris Trajkovski, a United Methodist who helped unite his country of Macedonia and was…
WHAT is the biblical perspective for Christian social concerns? What is “social holiness”? How do you even start reaching out to the least among us? The Rev Dr Daniel Koh,…
Methodist Message is introducing a new series of articles focusing on the less prominent biblical characters. It is written by Kwa Kiem Kiok, a Local Preacher at Trinity Methodist Church…
THE REV PESKETT: No stranger to Singapore. PASTORS’ RETREAT AT SOFITEL PALM RESORT, JOHOR, APRIL 13-15, 2004 THE Pastors’ Retreat at Sofitel Palm Resort in Johor from April 13 to…
THE Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) has given close to $76,000 to the victims of the recent earthquake in Iran. At the beginning of this year, on Jan 2, Bishop…
After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak…
I WAS invited recently to watch the film The Passion of the Christ which has already created much discussion even before being released for public screening. On the one hand,…
THE Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) is appealing to all local Methodist churches to observe MWS Sunday with Christian Outreach and Social Concerns Sunday on April 25 this year. A spokesman…
A section of the school staff listening attentively to Bishop Dr Solomon. – Methodist Message picture. MORE than 150 principals, vice-principals, senior teachers and Christian Ministry Staff of our…
PART 7 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 IT IS often said that bad experiences are sometimes blessings…
NINE Leap-Year students from six Methodist schools have received a $50 hongbao each from members of the Methodist Schools’ Foundation (MSF) Committee. The gifts were not from the MSF coffers…
Thanksgiving hallmark of Christian attitude: Bishop WITH hearts of praise and gratitude for God’s goodness and faithfulness, about 450 GC WSCS ladies and their family members gathered in the ACS…
THE Eighth General Conference of The Methodist Church in Singapore will be held from Oct 18 to 23, 2004 at Methodist Centre, Barker Road. The theme of the conference is…
In 1896, on one of his visits to Malaya to conduct the annual Malaysia Mission Conference, Bishop James Thoburn was accompanied by Dr B. F. West who was then stationed…
John Wesley, Father of Methodism. THE World Federation of Chinese Methodist Churches (WFCMC) is to translate eight volumes of the Bicentennial Edition of The Works of John Wesley into Chinese.…
Bishop Dr Solomon praying for the missionaries in Cambodia. Next to him is Bishop Jun. – Methodist Missionaries Society picture. PHNOM PENH: The first Annual Meeting of The Methodist…