Outreach

He was just 17 when MWS helped him—now he sits on its Board

The year was 1981. Terence Wee, a 17-year-old student at Anglo-Chinese Junior College, was awarded the Methodist Scholarship (later renamed the MWS Bursary)—a financial assistance scheme by Methodist Welfare Services (MWS) to support children from low-income families with school-related expenses.

Choosing inconvenience

In the mission field of Khon Khaen, Thailand, the Little Sheep Childcare Centre founded by Methodist Missions Society, faced their own struggles to accommodate a child with special needs.

Our cue from the benediction

Life is filled with different cues prompting certain actions—the shrill urgency of a bell warning of fire prompts us to run away while the tinkling of a bell signalling the arrival of the ice-cream cart draws us to it. Not unlike the ringing of a bell, the Christian receives a cue every Sunday.

Where are we going in global missions?

At Wesley’s death on 2 March 1791, Methodism had grown to 294 preachers and 71,668 members in Great Britain, 19 missionaries and 5,300 members on mission stations and 198 preachers and 43,265 members in America.

It’s okay for men to not be okay

Elliot* remembers the day his world shattered – when his wife of 12 years called in November 2022 asking for a divorce. “Two days later, she packed her things and left for her hometown, walking out on me and my son,” he shared.

Continuing the work of our Father’s business in the mission fields

Methodist Missions Society (MMS) was set up in 1991 as the missions agency of The Methodist Church in Singapore. Its strategy is to establish indigenous churches supported by mission endeavours in communities in our region where there is no Methodist presence.

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