Outreach

He lost his wife and nearly gave up on life

While leading a pastoral care session at MWS Christalite Methodist Home (CMH), a welfare home for the destitute, long-time volunteer Peter Maridas felt a prompting to speak about suicide—something he hadn’t originally planned.

What I learnt from sharing the gospel in a foreign land

“Your God is a ‘Western’ God, very unlike our gods. To believe in your God, is to give up my identity.” With many missionaries in that country coming from Western nations, I could understand his misperception. Even though an Asian person, as I am, shared the gospel, Christianity was still seen as a “white man’s religion”.

“Doing” church

“Christians go to church on Sundays.” In this statement, the word “church” refers to a building used for public Christian worship; it is a noun. When we say, “Let’s build a church!”, do we mean constructing a physical structure?

Reminiscence activities reaps benefits while strengthening faith

With one in five Singaporeans aged 65 and above in 2026, it is no surprise that the Church in Singapore is ageing. Although this brings about more challenges, it also signals opportunities for seniors’ ministries and intergenerational programmes.

A handicraft mission field: The journey of Flourish

Flourish began in 2011 as a simple women’s ministry passion project, sparked by a Mother’s Day gift made by hand. What started as one act of love has since grown into a redemptive movement, empowering disadvantaged women in Cambodia through dignified work in crochet and sewing.

Who am I? Whose am I?

The work of missions provides answers to the questions, “Who am I?” and “Whose am I?”, through sharing the gospel of salvation and teaching God’s Word. Read three testimonies from the mission fields of Timor-Leste, Nepal and Cambodia.

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.

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