Malaya Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Held in Singapore, January 1939
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~t[~VTES OF THE FORTY • SEVE~TI[ SESSION MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH HELD IN SINGAPORE, JANUARY 1939 \\' H S I ...: Y <;lIURCH, SINGAPOIU£ Br.&..x - r'/ 41 k. \;.47 TABLE OF CONTENTS Summary of Statistics 2 I. OFFICERS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 3 n. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 4 Special Committees t· • 6 Ill. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 7 IV. DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 19 Certificate of Ordination 25 v APPOINTXENTS 26 Special Appointments 34 Secretary's Certificate 35 VI. REPORTS: (a) District Superintendents Southern Tamil District-J. 3. XovilpiUai 36 Seriki District-Wong Xing Bwo 38 Sibu District-Lee Bock Biang 38 Penang-Ipoh District-M. Dodsworth 39 Central Tamil District-S. S. Pakianathall 44 Central Malaya District-Abel Eklund 45 Singapore District-R. L. Archer 50 (b) Standing Committees and Boards Committee on Public Morals 54 Committee on Evangelism 55 Committee on the State of the Church 56 Home Missionary Society 57 Conference Stewards 59 Committee on Worship 61 STATISTICS Statistical :Report of :Malaya Annual Conference Inserted Statistics for Educational Institutions Inserted Statistician's Recapitulation Beport Inserted Conference Treasurer's Report 64 VII. MISCELLANEOUS Committee on Christian Literature 65 Malaysia Commission on Religious Education 67 VIII. ROLL OF THE DEAD 70 In Memoriam 71 IX. HISTORICAL Conference Sessions 73 Chronological Roll 74 Retired Ministers 75 MINUTES OF THE FORTy-SEVENTH SESSION .MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE .1llETH()DIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH HELD IN WESLEY CHURCH SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS MALAYA JANUARY 5 TO II, 1939 SECRETARY, MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE FIVE, FORT CANNING ROAD SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS _~i\LAY.A /' ~):. •• ,:(~., Y (.f r e -'"'I",~: "':;;:".- li.~ ~ ).... '\ .... ; ~~ <. ,',*:-,:i L"~ U .. \ili. ~ '\.. ~ , SUMMARY OF STATISTICS MALAYA CONFERENCE AND MALAYSIA CHINESE MISSION CONFERENCE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 1938 MALA YA ANNUAL CHINESE TOTAL CONFERENCE CONFERENCE -------- .---.~-,------ 1937 .. ~:~ I 19~-[~938- \ 1937 1938 1- (a) Number of Church Buildings* 79 84 23 24 104 108 (b) Number of Congregations 104 118 28 31 132 149 2. Number of Full and Preparatory Members . 11,768 12,506 3,765 4,291 15,533. 16,797 3. Net increase for the year 1,155 (gain) 738 377 526 1,53·2 1,264 4. Value of Churches and Parsonages $593,770 $582,150 $310,000 $415,900 $903,770 $988,150 5. Number of Sunday Schools 110 120 50 52 160 172 6. Enrolment of (a) Sunday Schools 8,187 7,686 4,195 4,303 12,382 11,989 ( b) Epworth Leagues 3,480 3,515 390 508 3,870 4,023 7. Total Conference Benevolences raised locally by churches $6,797 $6,535 $4,218 $2,397 $11,015 $8,932 8. Total raised locally by churches for all purposes $94,114 $107,191 $45,398 $36,886 $139,512 $144,077 9. Number of day schools --I --, 121 136 i 10. Number of teachers in day schools --, --I 728 810 ==1 I 19,339 11. Number of pupils in day schools --I -- -·1 17,517 12. Value of school buildings --I --I $1,723,168 $1,781,281 -_. I 13. China Relief $5,835 --I 1 N.B.-Currency above is the Malaya Dollar which is approximately 2/6 English or sixty cents U.S.A. * Many Church buildings are used by two or three congregations who use different languages or dialects. Bishop Etiu'in F LCf, ALA., D.D. OFFICERS 3 I. Officers Resident Bishop EDWI~ FLEE (a) OFFICERS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE President. .EDWIN FLEE Secretary \\1_ A. SCHURR A ssistant Secretary S. j. ARTHUR Statistician. C. D. PATTERSON Treasurer .FRED DAV.ID Registrar .H. F KCEH~ M ission Treasurer .R. L. ARCHER Educational Secretary. .P. L. PEACH Secretary Board of Building and Location. .R. A. BLASDELL Assistant Secretary B.B.L.. .H. B. A.\1STUTZ Any of the above officers may be addressed: 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore, 5.5. (b) OFFICERS OF THE LAY CONFERENCE President: V- D. KUPPUSAMY, Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh Secretary: G. S. ARUMUGA1\\, Anglo-Chinese School, Klang Treasurer: LEE TECK HOCK, 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore 4 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1939 II. Boards, Commissions and Committees BOARD OF MINISTERIAL TRAINING H. B. Amstutz, Chairman; H. F. Kuehn, Registrar; P. L. Peach. Lee· Hock Hian·g, j. V Ayaduray, Fred David, S. M. Thevathason, T Runyan, Paul H. Schmucker, \Vong King Hwo. CONFERENCE RELATIONS Class A for I year: S. M. The,·athason, E. S. Lau, R. A. Blasdell, Class B for 2 yeaTS: P L. Peach, N. G. Manickam, T. Runyan. Class C for 3 years: Fred David, Gerald V. Summers, H. f Kuehn. MISSION WORK COMMITTEE The Resident Bishop, ex-officio chairman; Treasurer, R. L. Archer, or successor ex-officio, Mrs. E. V. Davies, M. Dodsworth, Abel Eklund, C. E. Fang, Ho Seng Ong, Miss C. C. Kenyon, Lim Un Tien, Miss Eva 1. Nelson, S. S. Pakianathan, P. L. Peach, Treasurer, Miss Minnie L. Rank, or successor ex-officio, Miss G. Traeger, Mrs. Tay Soo Keng. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Secreta'ry of Education, Principal A.C.S. Penang, Principal A.C.S. Singa pore, Principal A.C.S. lpoh. Princrpal M.B.S. Kuala Lumpur, Principal M.G.s. Kuala Lumpur, V D. Kuppusamy, Ho Seng Ong, Lee Choon Eng, V. A. Chelliah, DISTRICT CONFERENCE MINUTES Herbert H. Peterson, j. Milton David, Chew Hock Hin, Chua 10k Han. EXAMINERS IN THE VERNACULAR Malay: R. A. Blasdell, R. L. Archer, Goh Hood Keng. Tamil: S. M. Thevathasan. Foocbow: Lee Hock Hiang, Mrs. J. M. Hoover, D. p. Coole. CONFERENCE STEWARDS Class A for I year: S. M. Thevathason, Chew Hock Hin. Class B for 2 years: Fred David, C. D. Patterson. Class C for 3 years: Lee Hock Hiang, j. V. Ayaduray. PUBLIC MORALS R. A. Blasdell, S. J. Arthur, J. Milton David, Chew Hock Hin. Mrs. M. Dodsworth, Mrs. H. B. Amstutz. PUBLICATIONS' AND CHURCH EXTENSION Ex-Officio: Cbairman., The Resident Bishop. Ex-Officio: Treasurer, Secretary of the Board of Building and Location. Ex-Officio: Secretary, Secretary for Christian Literature. Malaya Annual Conference Members: R. L. Archer, S. M. Thevathason, Abel Eklund, Ho Seng Ong, V. D. Kuppusamy. Sumatra Mission Conference Members: A. H. Prussner, A. V. Klaus. Malaysia Cbinese Mission Conference Members: C. E. fang, Homer Cheng. BOARD OF CONTROL FOR HOLDING CHURCH AND PARSONAGE PROPERTY For I year: S. S. Pakianathan, E. S. Lau. For 2 years: Lee Hock Hiang, S. A. Phillips, Fred David. For 3 years: Secretary Board of Building and Location. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITfEES 5 :PUBLIC WORSHIP AND MUSIC Waldo S. Reinoehl, Chairman; Miss Geraldine Johnson, H. H. Peterson, j. V. Ayaduray, M. Thangamuthu, Mrs. Paul E. Thomas, j. Milton David. CHRISTIAN LITERATURE Secretary for Christian Literatur.e, Cbairman; S. S. Pakianathan, R. A. Blasdell. Miss M. Marsh, N. G. Manickam, P. Athimuthu. Burr H. Baughman. Chen Pi jen, G. S. Arumugun, Miss Eva I. Nelson, V. A. Chelliah R. A Kesselring. ' STATE OF THE CHURCH P L. Peach. j. j. Kovilpillai, Goh Hood Keng. Chua 10k Han, Miss M. Marsh, j. W. A. Kadirgamar, Kingham Joseph, D. P eDole, EVANGELISM Chew Hock Hin, Abel Eklund, C. D. Patterson. Goh Hood Keng, D. P Coole, j. Milton David, Waldo S. Reinoehl, j. W A. Kadirgamar. M. Dodsworth. BOARD OF CONTROL OF THE JEAN HAMILTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL H. 8. Amstutz, Cbairman; H. F Kuehn, S. M. Thevathason, (ministerial), P. W. Tambyah, Lim Cn Tien (lay). MALAYSIA COMMISSION ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 1939 Cbairman: Bishop Edwin FLee. Vice-Cbairman: P. L. Peach. For I year: R. A. Kesselring, Miss Goh Gie Hing. V. D. Kuppusamy, Miss M. Gertsch, Gurdial Singh, Chew Hock Hin. For 2 years: Miss G. Johnsop, L. B. jenkins, Lee Choon Eng, !\liss Grace Lee, C. B. Paul, Miss R. Harvey. For 3 years: T R. Doraisamy, Burr H. Baughman, Miss D. Moreton, Ho Seng Ong, Miss L. Corbett, E. S. Lau. Secretaries: Miss Eva I. Nelson and P B. Means. Secretary lor Epworth League and }'oung People's Work: G. S. Arumugam. Elective Representative from Epu,'ortb League: Loh Hung Loon. Sumatra Members: Mrs. A. H. Prussner and Darel McFerren. TRIERS OF APPEALS R. A. Blasdell, Abel Eklund. Goh Hood Keng, S. S. Pakianathan, T Runyan. S. M. Thevathason, C. D. Patterson, rred David, ]. J. Kovilpillai. Reserves: Burr H. Baughman, Chua 10k Han, Kingham Joseph. HOME MISSIONS Executive Committee: V. D. Kuppusamy, Preside1Zt: Yong Ngim Djin. Vice-President; R.· A. Kesselring. Secretary: Wong Hean Kim, Treasurer: Mrs. L. B. Jenkins, Miss M. Dirkson, M. T. Fang, Members of tbe Committee Ministerial Representatives: S. S. Pakianathan; Chua 10k Han; H. H. Peterson. Members 0/ Lay Conference: V D. Kuppusamy; Yong Ngim Djin; R. A. Kesselring; Wong Hean Kim. Members of tbe Woman's Conference. Miss G. Traeger, Miss T Bunce, Mrs. Abel Eklund. Members 0/ tbe Cbinese Mission Conference: Andrew K. T. Chen; C. E. Fang; Hong Han Keng. Members of the Chinese Lay Conference: Lim en Tien; Cheng Wei King; M. T. Fang. MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1939 SPECIAL COMMIITEES EDITING AND PUBLISHING OF MINUTES The Conference Secretary, Paul E. Thomas, The Conference Statistician, Chew Hock Hin, P. B. Means, S. M. Thevathason. ASIATIC PASTORS' BUNGALOW ]. Milton David, C. E. Fang, Shih Yu Shou, Eugene O. McGraw, Lai Kam Hong, N. G. Manickam. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME H. B. Amstutz, Chairman; J. V. Ayaduray, Secretary,' E. S. Lau, Miss R. Harvey, T W Hinch, Paul E. Thomas, Thio Chan Bee. TEXT BOOK (ADVISORY) Educational Secretary, Chairman. R. A. Kesselring (Mathematics), Ho Seng Ong (Geography), V. D. Kuppusamy (English), Miss Dorothy Moreton (Primary Textbooks), Thio Chan Bee (History), Lee Choon Eng {Reading textbooks), Miss Lila M. Corbett (Music). MEMORIALS Abel Eklund, L. A. Samuel, Miss Ada Pugh, Miss Carrie C.