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In this 9-part series, The Methodist Church in Singapore shares reflections on its Social Princip...

Ring in the Christmas cheer this season with uplifting events from our Methodist churches and age...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! JJ learns that his grandfather did not always ...

It is imperative that we apply a biblical framework when we consider The Sphere of Economics. Eco...

The topic of good stewardship prompts me to reflect on an important aspect of stewardship that ha...

Over the last few years, I have facilitated an annual workshop on mental health for Methodist you...

Jane’s story of her horrific abuse at the hands of her father was published in Methodist Me...

Every Christian aspires to obey God, avoid evil and do good. But some modern-day predicaments are...

The theme that the editors of the Methodist Message have assigned for this issue, “The Sphe...

By December 2024, a total of 26 stories will be told in Our Stories, His Glory 2 (OSHG2), a legac...

Every Christian aspires to obey God, avoid evil and do good. But some modern-day predicaments are...

What does it mean to love one’s country and one’s nation? Does it mean that we should...

Every Christian aspires to obey God, avoid evil and do good. But some modern-day predicaments are...

When I was serving as a pastor in a church, I was very much struck by the pastor and author John ...

Workplace inclusivity for persons with disabilities (PWDs) has made some strides in Singapore, th...

Even a cursory glance at the plethora of articles on online news media platforms will show just h...

When most people think about memorial sites at Old Choa Chu Kang Road, The Garden of Remembrance ...

Every Christian aspires to obey God, avoid evil and do good. But some modern-day predicaments are...

Eugene Toh, 43, is the Chairperson of the Board of Governance of Methodist Welfare Services (MWS)...

Malcolm Chua’s parents divorced when he was seven years old. “Things just worsened as...

Last week, the United Methodist Church (based in the United States) lifted its long-standing ban ...

上周，美国联合卫理公会（UMC）解除了长期以来对同性恋牧职人员的禁令�...

Every Christian aspires to obey God, avoid evil and do good. But some modern-day predicaments are...

In the past few decades, a number of churches across the different denominations have issued offi...

Every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month, those who serve in the Ohana Ministry of Sengkang Methodis...

Have you entered a church where people with and without disabilities worship God in “harmon...

The new leadership of the nearly 50-year-old marketplace ministry seeks to continue the mission o...

In the past few decades, there has been an avalanche of excellent books on marketplace ministry s...

For churches in the Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference, the Tamil-speaking congregations are well-p...

Organists are a rare breed in Singapore. Find out how the Head of Piano & Organ at the Metho...

In 1947, the famous British novelist, playwright and critic, Dorothy Sayers (1893–1957), made t...

The new year has dawned upon a world that remains restive and anxious. The wars in the Middle Eas...

Meet the Members-on-Trial who were admitted in November 2023 to their respective Annual Conferenc...

One of Charles Wesley’s most endearing Christmas hymns is surely “Come, Thou Long Exp...

A Christmas story told from the point of view of the wise men, who brought extravagant gifts of g...

Ring in the Christmas cheer this season with uplifting events from our Methodist churches and age...

When David Ang was 24, he saw a photograph of a girl in his friend’s photo album. He was at...

Since the sexual revolution, which burst onto the scene in Western societies during the 1960s, th...

Fake news has become so prevalent that even reputable news outlets must check their sources and t...

This is the true story of Jane (not her real name), who worships at a Methodist church. She share...

One of the most influential voices in the Word of Faith Movement is that of the late Kenneth Hagi...

At TRAC Healing Ministry and Cairnhill Methodist Church, we have seen God heal all kinds of sickn...

Experienced educators at Methodist Preschools share tips on teaching Bible stories and Bible- bas...

Christians from across the different ecclesiastical traditions—Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Pro...

We are all familiar with this Bible verse, or should be, for it is one of the seminal verses unde...

When Yong-en Care Centre was set up in 1996, it served the flats around Chin Swee Road, Jalan Kuk...

In his great Sermon on the Mount, Jesus uses two metaphors to describe his Church: salt and light...

In the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s (LKYSPP) inaugural street count of homeless p...

According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Centre, roughly six in ten American adults who...

Initially labelled as lazy in school because of her poor grades, Emily Yap felt indignant and hur...

In the 1950s, sociologist David Riesman coined the term “the lonely crowd”, in part t...

As I write this, my elderly mother is in hospital again. There are purple bruises on the back of ...

“Congratulations, Grandpa Ho. Welcome to the club!” With these well-wishes from brothers- and...

The phrase “silver tsunami” is often used to describe the extraordinary rise in the n...

It’s still early days in my parenthood journey, but I feel like God has filled the first ye...

As we observe Aldersgate Day this month to commemorate Wesley’s transformative experience o...

If you look at Rev Prof David Wilkinson’s CV, the first thing that strikes you is that he i...

In Matthew 6:33, Jesus tells us “… seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, a...

In the past several decades, there has been a steady stream of books on business leadership.

One of the many problems that have arisen in some churches in America due to the Covid-19 pandemi...

29 September, 2010. That was the day I realised I was burned out. As a young Christian undergradu...

Anyone who has served in a church ministry is likely to be able to share an anecdote or two about...

Rev Lai Kai Ming, who is the pastor overseeing the Children and Youth ministry at Barker Road Met...

How do Methodists do theology and approach issues? When Methodists try to answer questions about ...

Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs have been an integral part of the life of the Christian Church ...

Our world at the beginning of 2023 is pretty much the same as it was at the end of 2022.

We hear the stories of two newly ordained Elders and one Member-on-Trial, all of whom were confer...

Making New Year resolutions may have once been a more serious practice. Reflecting the optimism o...

On a Sunday night, among the neon- lit signboards and back alleys along Joo Chiat Road, Gladys Ha...

This is the first Christmas since Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted. Many churches have resu...

I hope lovers of Christmas carols will forgive me for saying that not all carols are created equa...

“I grew up Methodist and attended Methodist schools but didn’t know much about the li...

Since the dawn of what some scholars have called the modern Internet in the 1990s, the lives of m...

We are living in the frothing confluence of massive social, philosophical, ecological, economic, ...

One of the many issues that the coronavirus pandemic has brought to our attention is the importan...

The GEMs (God Enables Me) programme run by the Children’s Ministry at Faith Methodist Churc...

So runs the tagline under the masthead on the cover of the inaugural issue of The Malaysia Messag...

My name is Hannah Chun and I am married with four children. I spend most of my time with my famil...

As I write this article, many churches in Singapore are welcoming the return of their members to ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary refers to meritocracy as a “system, organisation, or society...

At the National Day Rally this year, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the Government’s ...

I did not expect to receive an overseas education, much less to serve full-time in the Singapore ...

On 24 June 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States  of America reversed the decision in Roe v....

Abraham Sui is the Chairperson of Youthphoria, the Youth Ministry of Aldersgate Methodist Church. I ...

An article published on the CNA website in 2021 states that according to the Singapore Census 2020, ...

Methodist Girls’ School celebrates her 135th anniversary this year. Commemorating Founder’s D...

Paul Khoo, 45, is a familiar figure in Christian fathering circles. He is one of many key volunteers...

Have you ever seen a pangolin in the wild? The two times I encountered a pangolin in the wild, I was...

The question that is receiving some attention among politicians, policy-makers and stakeholders i...

In the middle of Little India, an elegant white building stands at a clearing where narrow roads ...

Some Christians are prone to think that the Christian life is a series of spiritual “mountaintop�...

“When Lucien was a newborn, I had prayed to God to not let him grow up so fast, so that I could en...

Bishop Dr Gordon Wong preaching at Wesley Methodist Church on Easter Sunday It’s been two weeks si...

The team that produced Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet Daniel could not wait to tell the...

In the fifteenth chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Christians at Corinth, we find the earliest...

Lent is an important season in the liturgical year because it invites Christians to observe and comm...

Henry (front, 3rd from right) and Mary (back, 5th from right) with Rev Philip Lim (front, middle) at...

Space Buds programme Parents in Singapore are spoilt for choice when deciding the preschool to send ...

One of the most worrying developments that we witness in the West and also in some affluent countrie...

Ps Ian Wong, his wife Eeleen, and their four beautiful daughters To the Chinese brothers and sisters...

Lunar New Year, in the recent few years, has become a season of poignant reflection for me. It was d...

For many Methodists, John Wesley is a theologian of the Christian life par excellence. Wesley’s en...

Bishop Dr Gordon Wong preaching at the opening service “Lord, what happened to all these churches?...

Hakka Methodist Church As the rousing outro of “Give Us a Vision” faded away, which signalled th...