Barker Road Methodist Church

Barker Road Methodist Church (BRMC) is a Methodist church in Singapore located at 48 Barker Road along Dunearn Road, and is colocated with Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) and Anglo-Chinese School (Primary).

BRMC was originally known as the Barker Road Chapel, and had its beginnings in 1956. It was later recognised as a Methodist church on 26 May 1957 with 12 registered members who were mainly Anglo-Chinese School boys. BRMC is associated with the revival of Christian emphasis in the Anglo-Chinese School in the 1950s, and again in ACS Clock Tower Charismatic revival in 1972, when it hosted Anglo-Chinese School boys in the church sanctuary. Several participants in the revival later served as pastors in the church. The church was one of the founding members of the National Council of Churches of Singapore. In 2023, membership of the church stands at 3,150. The first purpose-built building was completed in 1963, and was dedicated by Bishop F. Lundy in 31 October 1965. It was demolished in 1987 and a new and much larger sanctuary was built. This was completed in 1991. It was then renovated in 1999 when the entire Barker Road campus comprising the school and Oldham Hall were redeveloped. The newly renovated Sanctuary was completed in 2002, and form an integral part of the campus. The new sanctuary, although not architecturally significant, is large and seats a congregation of several hundred. It is a simple rectangular building surmounted a large tiled hipped roof. The interior is plain and utilitarian space, without any features of note, lit by plain fluorescent tubes. There is a small, simple stained-glass window at the liturgical east end, re-used from the earlier building. The church has a large four-manual digital organ by Allen Organs. There is a diminutive bell turret on the exterior, containing 5 bells, presented to the church by the 12th Singapore Company of the Boys' Brigade.

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