Is age really just a number? Dr Roland Chia shares, "The biblical view of old age is both realistic and radiant. It is realistic because it does not sugarcoat decline. It is radiant because it emphasises the dignity of the elderly and their continuing role in the community and society." Dr Roland Chia is Chew Hock Hin Professor of Christian Doctrine at Trinity Theological College and Theological and Research Advis…

Channel
The Methodist Church in Singapore
@methodistsg
On this record: Growth · Engagement · Reactions · Posts · Cite this entry
525subscribers
+1 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of Under 1,000.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1001684769026 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @methodistsg |
| Created | Between 1 December 2021 and 30 April 2023— estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 8 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 26 August 2026 |
| Measurements held | 5 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 26 August 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/methodistsg |
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Aug 2026, 22:32 | 525 | +1 |
| 20 Aug 2026, 21:47 | 524 | +2 |
| 14 Aug 2026, 19:27 | 522 | -2 |
| 8 Aug 2026, 04:01 | 524 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 22:06 | 524 | first reading |
Engagement
20 posts held, back to 5 July 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 1 pageof Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
- ERR · 30 days
- 41.4%
- avg views ÷ 525 subscribers
- Avg views / post
- 218
- 8 posts measured
- Reaction rate
- 1.02%
- reactions ÷ views · ER floor
- Posts in window
- 8
- of 20 held
ERR is average views per post over the last 30 days divided by subscribers, the definition TGStat uses, so this figure is comparable with the one you will see elsewhere. It falls structurally as a channel grows: a high ERR on a small channel and a low one on a large channel describe reach mathematics, not quality. We publish the figure and the sample it came from and pass no verdict on it.
ER is defined industry-wide as (forwards + reactions + comments) ÷ views— note the denominator is views, not subscribers. Telegram’s public web preview carries views and reactions but not forward or comment counts, so the reaction rate above is the reactions term only and is therefore a floor: the true ER for this channel is higher by an amount we have not measured and will not estimate. It is computed over the 6 of 8 measured posts that carry a reaction reading, and over those same posts' views.
| Window | Rolling 30 days · latest post in window 7 August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posts held | 20 (5 July 2026 – 7 August 2026) |
| Views total | 1,740 |
| Reactions total | 14 |
| Forwards / comments | not exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated |
| Readings taken | 8 Aug 2026, 04:01 UTC |
Views are a single reading per post, taken at the time above. A post published in the last day or two is still accumulating views, which pulls the 30-day average down slightly. That is a property of the standard definition rather than a fault in it, so we keep the definition rather than “correcting” the number into something nobody can reproduce.
Precision. Telegram publishes view counts on its public widget in short form — 8.12K, 3.7M — so any reading at or above 1,000 reaches us rounded to three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. Averages and rates derived from them are shown to the same precision rather than to the unit: a figure like 3,701,250 would assert digits nobody measured.
Reaction counts are published per emoji and rounded the same way, so a total below 1,000 is exact and a larger one is a sum that may carry a rounded component from each emoji above 1,000. Because it is a sum, it does not look rounded — read a large reaction total as three significant figures per contributing emoji rather than as the figure it prints.
Reaction mix
49 reactions across 17 posts, in 3 distinct kinds. The most used accounts for 89.8% of them.
| Reaction | Count | Share | Share, drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| ❤ | 44 | 89.8% | |
| 🔥 | 3 | 6.12% | |
| 👍 | 2 | 4.08% |
No sentiment is inferred, and none should be read in. This table is ordered by count and by nothing else. Emoji do not carry stable meaning across languages or communities — 🙏 is thanks in one channel and mourning in another — so we publish which ones were pressed and how often, and pass no judgement on what an audience meant by them.
Precision. Telegram publishes reaction counts per emoji and short-forms each one — 4.34K, 1.2M — so any single kind at or above 1,000 reaches us at three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. The shares above are ratios of those figures and carry the same error. This is also why the total here can differ slightly from a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page: both are sums of the same rounded parts, taken over samples with different edges.
Coverage. Reactions were read on 17 of the 20 sampled posts in this sample. Summed by Telegram’s own count on each post — not by adding up the per-emoji breakdown above — those same posts carry 49reactions in total: the kind of figure the paragraph above means by “a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page”.
Measured over the 20 most recent posts we hold, published 5 July 2026 to 7 August 2026, using the newest reading held for each. Telegram Stars are excluded: they are a payment, not a reaction, and they have their own section.
Recent posts
In her 40s, a woman may notice something shifting—fatigue, disrupted sleep, mood swings—and she can’t quite name it. It’s menopause, yet even though every woman will experience this, it is a topic rarely discussed. Drawing on insights from Dr Tay Ruixin, Rebecca Yong and Dr Adriel Rao at a recent WSCS talk at Wesley Methodist Church, Grace Tan explores what it means to steward the body and mind through this transitio…
❤4
Just as Abraham did in Genesis 25:5-6, it is biblical to do estate planning—that is, deciding how your money and assets are to be divided when you die. The following is gleaned from a presentation by estate planning attorney Angelo Cabrera at the N5 Conference in 2022,1 a Kingdom-focused conference on personal finance. Mr Cabrera shared his wisdom on how to leave not just wealth but a true legacy to the next generati…
❤3
Our churches are made up of people from different age groups. Each generation has their different views, their different experiences and different concerns. As churches increasingly embrace intentional intergenerational ministry, creating spaces where young and old learn, serve and worship together, these differences are not always easy to navigate. However, this August, Bishop Philip Lim reminds us that "the key to…
❤2
The August issue of Methodist Message is out! · The young and the homeless in Singapore Last year, Homeless Hearts of Singapore (HHOS) received 164 requests for help and nearly half of these came from individuals below the age of 35. What were the circumstances that led them to their vulnerable circumstance? · Kingdom perspective in estate planning Is there a biblical perspective to wealth management, specifically…
❤1
On this episode of Methodist in Motion (#MIM), join Zenadea in celebrating Youth Day at Geylang Chinese Methodist Church! Watch the full episode now to see what's going on in the life of a youth who serves in the praise team for cell group and youth Bible study. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbdOnXvy6IT/ #MethodistInMotion
❤1
This international friendship day, Chloe from Hakka Methodist Church shares about the things she's learnt about friendship over all these years. Click here to read the full post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbaXwPDCJnY
On Hungry Methodist this month, we feature Pastor Bryan Ho of Cairnhill Methodist Church. Check out the link to find his yummy recommendations! https://www.instagram.com/p/DbXy-Gvn0tU/ Pastor Bryan Ho is currently serving in Cairnhill Methodist Church. The ministries he serves in are: Witness & Evangelism, Outreach & Social Concerns, Missions, and Young Adults. He shares, “Methodism was birthed out of a personal re…
❤3
In life, we tend to find some grey areas that aren't stated black and white in the Bible. If you’re seeking answers and advice through the lens of Christian faith, our panel shares Christ-centred wisdom to help you navigate life’s daily struggles. Send in your questions at methodist.org.sg/mm-at-the-well. #AttheWellSG #MethodistMessage
❤1
"If he wanted to, he would..." With social media, we often see the glorious moments in a relationship. The romantic dates, the beautiful and aesthetic flower bouquets, the thoughtful gifts etc.. When we see other people's partners put in that effort, we can't help but think "aw, that's so sweet" and wish our own partners just knew how we wanted to be loved, without us having to say a word. But that's not usually h…
❤3
"Is it me?" "Why can't I seem to find a partner?" Renee from Sengkang Methodist Church reminds us of Psalm 139:13, “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.” Click to read the full post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbIVYyQDJ47/
❤3
The Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC) set a new TRAC record with the largest cohort of MOTs admitted at the TRAC Special Session 2026. TRAC held its 2026 Special Session on 18 July 2026 at Methodist Church of the Incarnation (MCI). From 1 August 2026, seven churches will welcome seven new assistant pastors. Effective from January 2027, the conference will regroups its four districts as well. Click here to read the l…
❤6🔥2👍1
Showing the 12 most recent of 20 posts we hold for @methodistsg. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
Cite this entry
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 26 August 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“The Methodist Church in Singapore” (@methodistsg), 525 subscribers as measured 26 August 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/methodistsg.
Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.