Christianity in Singapore

[16] Plans for a 33rd church at Tengah Gardens are in the works, after a successful bidding for land from the Housing Development Board.

[17] Singapore has a Roman Catholic Archdiocese headed by Archbishop William Cardinal Goh who presides at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.

The Holy Mass in Singapore is celebrated in numerous vernacular tongues, including English, Chinese language (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, etc.

Various Roman Catholic parishes in Singapore are actively involved in social services such as welfare homes, the opening of soup kitchens as well as missionary trips to places like Indonesia and the Philippines.

There are other organisations such as, Fei Yue Family Centres, Teen Challenge various community hospitals, and Beulah.

It is the largest case of its kind in the history of Singapore, with Kong Hee and the other leaders ultimately found guilty and served prison sentences.

In 2008, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople decided to create Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Singapore and South Asia, with jurisdiction over Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Timor, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

[21] First Diocesan Bishop was appointed in 2011, when Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Archimandrite Konstantinos (Tsilis) as the first Metropolitan of Singapore and South Asia.

The Declaration of Religious Harmony, which was published in 2003, is a seminal document, which the National Council of Churches of Singapore supported and helped create.

From these interviews he formed the opinion that the Christian clergy in many parts of Singapore were wary of inter-faith dialogue.

Miss Sophia Blackmore (1857-1945) was the first woman missionary sent by the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society to work in Singapore . She help found the Methodist Girls' School in August 1887 [ 5 ] and the Fairfield Methodist Schools in 1888. [ 6 ] She was also closely associated with the founding of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church , setting up a boarding home for girls, supporting the early Methodist Peranakan Chinese Christian work, and publishing a Christian periodical in Baba Malay . [ 7 ] She returned to Australia in 1927.
Trinity Christian Centre (Trinity @ Paya Lebar) is an Assembly of God church located at 247 Paya Lebar Road. The church conducts several multi-lingual services on Sundays. All involve lay participation.
Saint Andrew's Cathedral is the principal church of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore . It was gazetted a national monument by Singapore's National Heritage Board on 28 June 1973. [ 15 ]
The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the oldest Catholic church in Singapore .
Kampong Kapor Methodist Church was founded in 1894. It initially functioned as a church on 155 Middle Road. In 1930, the church moved to its present location on 1 Kampong Kapor Road.
Singapore Life Church was founded in 1883. It underwent a third rebuilding in 2010. Its façade comprises three sections of perforated panels which are “sewn” together by external staircases which culminate in a large Cross.