Fairfield Methodist Church & Yong-en Care Centre

The church was started in 1948 at the Fairfield Methodist Girls’ School premises, then located along Neil Road.  Founding members of the church have always considered a calling from God to serve the community in Chinatown.In the early 80’s, the school was given an attractive offer by the government to relocate to Dover Road.  But the church decided to remain in Chinatown to continue to serve this community.  The destiny seemed to be sealed in 1986 when the church relocated to its current “home” at 1 Tanjong Pagar Road. Situated in the heart of Chinatown, the needs of the local community became very real to the church. In response, many small groups of members started their little “acts of kindness”; distributing food and gifts to the elderly residents, providing free tuition classes to needy students, giving bursaries to the neighbourhood schools to help the needy families, and celebrating seasonal festivals with lonely elderly folks.The church subsequently decided to have a more concerted effort to provide community service for Chinatown, which resulted in the setting up of Yong-en Care Centre.                 Yong-en Care Centre was registered as a charitable organization with the Registry of Societies in 1996, independent of the church and governed by its own constitution and has its own members. It remains affiliated to the church, which Yong-en relies as its strongest supply of financial and manpower resources.Back to About Us…