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Methodist churches, numbering 46 local churches with a membership of more than 44,000, represent one of the largest Protestant denominations and cater to all the languages used in the Republic: Chinese dialects such as Hokkien, Foochow, Hakka, Hinghwa, Teochew and Cantonese, as well as Bahasa, Tagalog, Mandarin, Tamil and English. Each of the Annual Conferences is headed by a President. It is headed by a Bishop, elected at its General Conference. Reflecting Singapore’s multi-ethnic groups, MCS comprises the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC), Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) and Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC).
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In 1976, the process was repeated when it was restructured into The Methodist Church in Singapore and The Methodist Church in Malaysia. The Malaysian and Singapore components became autonomous in 1968, and thus became an Asian church with a Bishop who was elected from amongst its ministers. Like most other missions, the Methodist Mission in Singapore and Malaya expanded and matured – first becoming a Conference, then Conferences spanning South-east Asia, and the establishment of the South-east Asian Central Conference in 1950.
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Thereafter, the Mission rapidly spread to the main towns of the Malayan Peninsula and Sarawak, where churches and the schools that were twinned with them provided a base for missionary outreach in English and the vernacular languages. Together with two girls’ schools begun in 18, the Mission developed ministries in nearly all the local vernaculars, a medical clinic, and school hostels for foreign boys and homeless girls. Its early foundations were laid by the Rev William F Oldham, who established the Methodist Mission and its first English language boys’ school in 1886. MCS derives its beginnings from a missionary initiative of the South India Conference led by Dr James Thoburn in 1885. We are together as one, in spirit and purpose. We are all connected to each other as Methodists in Singapore. If you’re part of a local Methodist church, you are automatically a part of The Methodist Church in Singapore. Since its founding, MCS has contributed significantly to nation building especially in the areas of education and community work. With 46 churches, 15 schools, missions and welfare agencies, MCS seeks to share the love of God and serve Him through the reaching out of people in the different stages of their lives, who may speak different languages and have different needs. Founded in 1885, The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) is the largest Protestant denomination in Singapore.
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