Missions 2025: Your Witness is an initiative by Faith Methodist Church, building upon the legacy of Missions 2006 (M06), which saw over 1,200 members engaging in missions almost two decades ago. Rooted in Acts 1:8, the M25 movement calls each worshipper to embrace their role as witnesses of God’s goodness, sharing their personal faith journeys with their families, friends, and communities.

Aiming to create a culture of openness and authenticity, the initiative encourages sharing stories that reflect Christ’s love. In addition to local outreach, Missions 2025 extends globally, with worshippers embarking on international missions and partnerships. It invites every member to be part of this transformative journey, reigniting the passion for faith and service as the church collectively answers God’s call to be “[His] witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”.

Ministries essential to the life of the church will carry on as usual. Where possible, all ministries are strongly encouraged to align with M25 and the theme “Your Witness” for 2025 in your ministry activities. Ministry leaders could discuss with your respective Pastoral Team Member or overseeing Pastor. If you have ideas to mobilise your ministry for M25, please speak with the M25 Committee.

If your ministry activity is part of or aligned with the M25 initiative, you may use the M25 logo in your publicity collaterals. Please speak with the M25 Committee if in doubt.

We are happy to help. Please do read through the FAQs on this page first. If your question is not covered here, please email us at M25@faithmc.sg. Please state the Activity Code (for local outreach opportunities) or the Trip Code (for overseas mission trips) in the email subject field.

Please contact the M25 Committee at M25@faithmc.sg to discuss the details. We would like to understand more about your plans.

This depends on the objective of the activity. If the objective is community service, and both the service agency and the activity leader are agreeable, please go ahead to invite your friend to join you. Conversely, if the objective of the activity is to be a Christian witness, to share the gospel or to build bridges for Jesus, it would then not be appropriate for someone who is not a Christian to carry out these activities. If you are unsure, please check with the service organisation.

Please contact the M25 Committee at M25@faithmc.sg to discuss the details. We would like to understand more about your contact and opportunities.

Thanks for your faithfulness in reaching out to the community! These are certainly considered local outreach activities. We encourage you to carry on doing this. If your Life Group is able to do more, please consider other outreach opportunities and participating as a group. In this way, your group members will also be exposed to other forms of witnessing for Jesus.

Yes, certainly! Acts 1:8 speaks of being God’s witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The scope of ‘Jerusalem’ would include the people around us – family, friends, co-workers, neighbours etc. There are several opportunities to invite your family and friends to church, such as the Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn outreach by the Mandarin Ministry, Holy Week, Christmas etc. Our Sunday church services are also excellent opportunities for you to bring your friends and family members who have yet to know the Lord Jesus Christ.

Please contact the M25 Committee at M25@faithmc.sg to discuss the details. We would like to understand more about your activities.

The missions trip training is divided into two sessions. One session for all trippers and one session is for trip leaders only. The session for all trippers covers 1) Cultural Briefs 2) Administrative brief 3) Trip Programme 4) Spiritual warfare The session for leaders covers 1) Conflict Management 2) Facilitating for effective debrief

We encourage all participants, including experienced leaders or trippers, to attend the training. The content is vital for ensuring that everyone is aligned with the specific goals and expectations of each trip.

Please contact the M25 Committee at M25@faithmc.sg to discuss your situation. We would like to understand your circumstances further.

There are no online sessions for mission trip training sessions. Attendance in person is required to ensure full participation and engagement.

As far as possible, please sign up for the scheduled training session. If some members cannot make it due to valid reason(s), please contact the M25 Committee at M25@faithmc.sg to discuss your situation.

Please contact the M25 Committee at M25@faithmc.sg to discuss the details. We would like to understand more about your plans.

Please contact the M25 Committee at M25@faithmc.sg to explore this opportunity. We would like to understand more about the mission field and its potential.

While we encourage all members to self-fund their mission trips as an expression of their faith journey, financial support is available.

We generally do not encourage non-Christians to join mission trips as the main objective of a mission trip is to be a witness for Jesus Christ and to make disciples according to our Christian faith. It would hence not be appropriate for someone who is not of the Christian faith to be involved in mission work. Nonetheless, if there are extenuating circumstances and you wish to clarify further, please contact the M25 Committee for further deliberation.

It depends on the number of trippers from your Life Group and the min/max number of trippers set by the agency.

We will try to mobilise other people to join the trip/ group.

Yes, you can request but the mission agency will make the final decision.

We encourage you to look for a trip that suits your Life Group in terms of skillsets and expertise. We have more than 100 trips for you to choose from.

Yes, you can support by prayer. We highly encourage you to also consider signing up for local missions if time and/or mobility is a concern.

Trip costs estimate is mainly based on prevailing airfare and ministry expenses. Please note that trip costs are subject to change, particularly due to change in airfare, which tends to be more expensive nearer to date of travel. Ministry expenses may include food or daily necessities for community outreach, as well as materials for mission activities arranged by the respective mission agencies.

Where airfare is not included in a mission agency’s estimate, the M25 Committee has taken the prevailing airfares (as at November 2024) as an approximate:
Malaysia: S$369
Indonesia: S$432
Thailand: S$653
Cambodia: S$774
Vietnam: S$388
Timor Leste: S$1,100

From 5 Jan to 9 Feb 2025, Life Groups will be doing a churchwide missions study in line with the church’s missions theme for the year. The five-week study will run in tandem with a pulpit series.

This study aims to deepen our understanding of missions within the overarching story of Scripture, illuminating God’s heart for all people. Our prayer is that we will be inspired to respond to His call, becoming agents of His grace and hope in a world longing for redemption.

We will be exploring these learning points in the Study:
• God’s mission is to reconcile with the fallen Humanity, to redeem us and to establish the kingdom of God.
• We are all called to participate in this mission with God By being called to a partnership with God
• Jesus brings this redemption to all, and we can follow in the footsteps of Jesus
• To bring the message of God’s Kingdom
• To bring that message to all the world, relying on God to empower us
• With our lives, with our words and deeds as witness

You are strongly encouraged to meet every week for the duration of the five weeks of study. The corresponding pulpit sermon series will also run weekly on Sundays.

Yes, we welcome and encourage everyone in the Faith church family to journey together. Please sign up to join a ‘Your Witness Bible Study Group’ here.