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The Methodist Church, known for some noted educators, set up many schools in Sri Lanka, including: Richmond College , was started in 1814 as The Galle School – the first Wesleyan Methodist school in Sri Lanka and Asia, and was converted to a High School in 1876 and re-named Richmond College in 1882; [ 9 ]
The Methodist Church in Sri Lanka was originated early in the 19th century when the island (then called Ceylon) was under the British rule. On 31 December 1813 six British missionaries, William Ault, Benjamin Clough, George Erskine, Thomas Hall, William Martin Harvard and James Lynch, sailed for Ceylon to begin their mission in the island under the leadership of Thomas Coke. [1]
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In 2005 and 2006, the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka had a very difficult time during a period of anti-Christian violence. St. Andrew's Church in Colombo is a congregation of the Church of Scotland . For administrative purposes, it is part of the Church of Scotland's International Presbytery .
The Department of Lay Training launched a correspondence course, ‘The Christian Faith’ in January 1972 initiated by the Rev Georg E. Good. Rev. Good served the church in Sri Lanka as a missionary from Ireland (Irish Methodist Church) [10] The Year 1976 has been a mile stone in the life of the college. Mr. D. S. A.
Methodist College, founded in 1866 is a girls school in Colombo, managed by the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka. Leading number one girls schools in Sri Lanka. The school currently maintains a student body of 1800 and approximately 75 teachers. The institution conducts 3 streams of classes in Sinhala, Tamil and English with English as a second ...
In May the 1 million-member United Methodist church in the Ivory Coast quit the old denomination. In June, Nigeria Episcopal Area, with reportedly 600,000 members, ...
The Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka currently has 31 churches and over 5,000 adherents. The church office is located in Galle Road, Colombo. [6] [7] The Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka owns several historical church buildings, e.g. in Kalpitiya, Matara and Galle.