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The first services were held on the island in 1796 and missionaries were sent to Ceylon to begin work in 1818. [5] The Church now has two dioceses, one in Colombo (covering the Western, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Uva provinces and Ratnapura, Nuwara Eliya and Puttalam districts) and the other in Kurunegala (covering Kurunegala, Kandy, Matale and Kegalla, Anuradapura, Polonnaruwa, districts).
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.
Methodism has over 40,000 followers in Sri Lanka with 45 circuits, 200 churches and 120 pastors. Moratuwa Area and Kutunayake Negombo Areas are the regions where many Methodists live. In 2005 and 2006, the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka had a very difficult time during a period of anti-Christian violence.
In 1947, the churches of South India united to form the new Church of South India. The churches in North India and Pakistan followed soon after. Burma and Bangladesh formed their own church. Sri Lanka therefore became extraprovincial within the Anglican Communion under the metropolitical authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Church's Children’s Desk has attempted to promote the welfare of children in Sri Lanka. In June 1963, the British Conference passed a Resolution granting autonomy to the Methodist Church in Ceylon. The Deed of Foundation of the Ceylon Conference was signed in the Kollupitiya Methodist Church on 18 June 1964.
Official website of the Sri Lanka Baptist Sangayama; A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches By Robert E. Johnson 2010, p. 205. Historical Dictionary of the Baptists By William H. Brackney 2009, p. 540. Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka By C. A. Gunawardena 2006, p.44. Baptist Missionary Society; Main Line Christian Churches; Baptist World Alliance ...
Adjoining the church is a two-storey manse built in 1907, where the church's pastor resides. [4] In 1948, Sri Lanka won independence from the British rule and in the following decades, most of the British and Scottish community in the country returned home to the United Kingdom, which drastically reduced the church's traditional European ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sri Lanka refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Sri Lanka. The first branch was organized in 1978 and has since grown to 5 congregations. [3] Between 2015 and 2019 membership increased by roughly 20%.