Methodist Church in Singapore

The Malaysian and Singapore components of the mission officially became autonomous of their Western parent bodies in 1968; thus, becoming an Asian church with a bishop elected from the local ministers.

No person, no paper, no organisation has the authority to speak officially for The Methodist Church, this right having been reserved exclusively to the General Conference under the Constitution.

The Women's Society of Christian Service (WSCS) was set up to help Methodist women grow in the knowledge and experience of God as revealed in Jesus Christ, challenge them to respond to God's redemptive fellowship, to make Christ known throughout the world and to develop a personal responsibility for the whole task of the Church.

MMS seeks to establish indigenous churches supported by mission endeavours in communities across the region where there is no Methodist presence.

The current focus is on the Asian region, particularly Cambodia, China, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam, owing to their proximity to Singapore and the multiple opportunities to reach the large numbers of unreached people groups in these countries for religious conversion.

It provides care, support and practical help to communities experiencing poverty in well-being – such as poor health, fractured relationships, broken dignity and financial distress – through an integrated range of 22 healthcare and social services.

This is a list of Bishops of the Methodist Church in Singapore, in order of their election to the episcopacy, both living and dead.

Wesley Methodist Church was initiated in February 1885. The church is sited on Fort Canning Hill .
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 [ 6 ] and the Fairfield Methodist Schools in 1888. [ 7 ] 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 . [ 8 ] She returned to Australia in 1927.
The Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church (TA1) was instituted in 1889. It was gazetted a national monument by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore on 23 March 1989. [ 9 ] [ 10 ]
Aerial view of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church . The 1928 building is on the left; the education block (c. 1980s) is on the right
Christ Methodist Church was established in 1930. It is situated along East Coast Road.
Paya Lebar Chinese Methodist Church began in 1939. It is at 299 Upper Paya Lebar Road.
The Tamil Methodist Church was founded in 1887. It is located on Short Street.
Paya Lebar Methodist Church had its beginning in 1932. It is situated at 5 Boundary Road.
Fairfield Methodist Church in Tanjong Pagar
Methodist Girls' School , 11 Blackmore Drive.