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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.
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.
The Church of Ceylon with around 50,000 members, [6] is the second largest group of Christians in Sri Lanka, after the Roman Catholic Church with 1,600,000 members. Church and education [ edit ]
Anglican cathedrals in Sri Lanka: Church of Ceylon. Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, Colombo; Cathedral of Christ the King, Kurunegala; Church of South India. St. Thomas' Cathedral, Vaddukoddai
The Dutch Reformed Church is currently known as the Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka. [7] [8] The church has several locations throughout the Colombo area. Wolvendaal Church is the only Dutch church on the island that has been continually in use, with in 2018 services in Tamil, Sinhalese and English every Sunday. [9] A similar Dutch ...
The Groote Kerk or Dutch Reformed Church is located within the Galle fort in Galle, Sri Lanka and is situated near the entrance to the fort. The church was built by the Dutch in 1755 and is one of the oldest Protestant churches still in use in the country.
St. Peter's Church (Sinhala:ශාන්ත පීතර දේවස්ථානය Santha Pithara Devasthanaya) is one of the oldest continuously functioning churches in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located on Church Street in Colombo Fort , on the northern side of the Grand Oriental Hotel .
The first part of the new church was consecrated by Bishop Ernest Copleston on 20 November 1919, with construction of the whole church completed in 1922 [3] and the church was re-consecrated on St. Michael’s Day, that year, by Bishop Copleston. [1] Worship services are held in English, Sinhala and Tamil. [2]