People ¢ Rev Melvin Huang is a retired Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) pastor. He served with Kim Seah for many years at all levels of the The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) particularly in the Discipline Review Commission. / Photos courtesy of TRAC
Kim Seah Teck Kim (extreme left) serving as BOF chairperson, one of the many roles he has taken on in MCS, at the 37th TRAC session
Kim Seah Teck Kim (extreme right) when he was serving as Lay Leader at the 44th TRAC sessiona
Kim Seah Teck Kim
A tribute to the outgoing Secretary of the Trustees of The Methodist Church in Singapore
K
im Seah Teck Kim was born in 1954 and attended
Kim became a member of Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church
the (then) Anglo Chinese Junior School (ACJS) and
in 1988. Since 1989, he has served in the Local Church
Anglo Chinese Secondary School (ACSS). After
Executive Committee (LCEC) in various capacities, including
obtaining the Higher School Certificate (HSC), he studied
as Chairperson, Lay Leader and Associate Lay Leader. He
at the University of Singapore and graduated with an LLB
has been a lay delegate to TRAC.
(Hons). He then studied at the Harvard Law School under a US Fulbright Scholarship.
In TRAC, Kim has served as Vice President, Lay leader, Associate Lay Leader and first lay delegate to the General
From 1977 to 1989, Kim taught at the Law Faculty of the
Conference (GC). He has also served in the Executive Board,
National University of Singapore (NUS). He was Vice Dean
Board of Finance, Board of Presidency (as Chairperson)
when he left NUS for private practice.
and in other Boards in various capacities.
New Secretary of the Trustees
of the Methodist Church in Singapore appointed Mr Guan Yeow Kwang has been appointed to the office of Secretary of the Trustees (SOT) of the Methodist Church in Singapore, in succession to Mr Kim Seah Teck Kim, with effect from 24 May 2021. The appointment follows Mr Guan’s election as the SOT at the 12th Session of the General Conference of the Methodist Church in Singapore held in 2020, and the notification of his appointment published in the Singapore Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 24 May 2021. We are grateful to Mr Guan Yeow Kwang for agreeing to serve as the SOT of the Methodist Church in Singapore, and are thankful to Mr Kim Seah Teck Kim for his many years of service in that office.
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