Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church


Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church, is located on Telok Ayer Street within the Downtown Core of Singapore's central business district. The church is approximately 450 metres from Telok Ayer MRT station.
Founded in 1889, TACMC is the first Chinese Methodist Church to be established in Singapore. It has stood on Telok Ayer Street for more than a hundred years.
TACMC is presently affiliated to the Chinese Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Singapore. The church was gazetted a national monument by Singapore's Urban Redevelopment Authority on 23 March 1989.
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History

Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church was founded by Dr. Benjamin F. West in 1889.
The church later underwent restoration works which started in October 1993 and were completed in August 1995 at a cost of S$3 million. Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church later built a branch church on Wishart Road, off Telok Blangah Road. The new building, with an 800-seat auditorium, was completed in 2004 and it is presently known as Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church. The church's Chinese and Hokkien services have been conducted at this church since 2005, while English and afternoon Hokkien services are conducted at the main church building on Telok Ayer Street.
The membership of the church now numbers over a thousand, comprising the congregations attending services in Hokkien, Mandarin and English. The church's music programme, which started in 1935, boasts six all-volunteer choirs — three adult, one youth, and two children's choirs. TACMC's Honorary Music Director is Dr. Emilia Wong; the church's senior pastor is Rev. Chua Ooi Suah.

Early establishment

The Methodist presence in Singapore began with the arrival of the first Methodist missionaries in Singapore, William Oldham and James Thoburn, in 1885. During the initial stage of ministry among the Chinese immigrants in Singapore, beginning from 1885, the locus of the work, particularly among the Hokkiens, was around Telok Ayer Street. This led to the construction of the first Chinese Methodist Church at Telok Ayer Street.

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