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nued in russia for 14 years after the russian revolution of 1917 through the efforts of deaconess anna eklund 237 in 1939 political antagonism stymied the work of the church and deaconess anna eklund was coerced to return to her native finland 236 after 1989 the soviet union allowed greatly increased religious freedoms 238 and this continued after the ussr s collapse in 1991 during the 1990s methodism experienced a powerful wave of revival in the nation 236 three sites in particular carried the torch samara moscow and ekaterinburg as of 2011 update the united methodist church in eurasia comprised 116 congregations each with a native pastor there are currently 48 students enrolled in residential and extension degree programs at the united methodist seminary in moscow 236 caribbean edit methodism came to the caribbean in 1760 when the planter lawyer and speaker of the antiguan house of assembly nathaniel gilbert c 1719 1774 returned to his sugar estate home in antigua 239 a methodist revival spread in the british west indies due to the work of british missionaries 240 missionaries established societies which would later become the methodist church in the caribbean and the americas mcca the mcca has about 62 000 members in over 700 congregations ministered by 168 pastors 240 they have a strong and active partnership with united methodist church usa and united church of canada there are smaller methodist denominations such as methodist church of the bahamas that have seceded from the parent church 241 antigua edit baxter memorial church in english harbour the story is often told that in 1755 nathaniel gilbert while convalescing read a treatise of john wesley an appeal to men of reason and religion sent to him by his brother francis as a result of having read this book gilbert two years later journeyed to england with three of his slaves and there in a drawing room meeting arranged in wandsworth on 15 january 1759 met the preacher john wesley he returned to the caribbean that same year and on his subsequent return began to preach to his slaves in antigua 239 when gilbert died in 1774 his work in antigua was continued by his brother francis gilbert to approximately 200 methodists however within a year francis took ill and returned to britain and the work was carried on by sophia campbell a negress and mary alley a mulatto two devoted women who kept the flock together with class and prayer meetings as well as they could 240 on 2 april 1778 john baxter a local preacher and skilled shipwright from chatham in kent england landed at english harbour in antigua now called nelson s dockyard where he was offered a post at the naval dockyard baxter was a methodist and had heard of the work of the gilberts and their need for a new preacher he began preaching and meeting with the methodist leaders and within a year the methodist community had grown to 600 persons by 1783 the first methodist chapel was built in antigua with john baxter as the local preacher its wooden structure seating some 2 000 people 242 st barts edit in 1785 william turton 1761 1817 a barbadian son of a planter met john baxter in antigua and later as layman assisted in the methodist work in the swedish colony of st bartholomew from 1796 239 in 1786 the missionary endeavour in the caribbean was officially recognized by the methodist conference in england and that same year thomas coke having been made superintendent of the church two years previously in america by wesley was travelling to nova scotia but weather forced his ship to antigua 243 244 245 jamaica edit in 1818 edward fraser 1798 aft 1850 a privileged barbadian slave moved to bermuda and subsequently met the new minister james dunbar the nova scotia methodist minister noted young fraser s sincerity and commitment to his congregation and encouraged him by appointing him as assistant by 1827 fraser assisted in building a new chapel he was later freed and admitted to the methodist ministry to serve in antigua and jamaica 239 barbados edit following william j shrewsbury s preaching in the 1820s sarah ann gill 1779 1866 a free born black woman used civil disobedience in an attempt to thwart magistrate rulings that prevented parishioners holding prayer meetings in hopes of building a new chapel she paid an extraordinary 1 700 0s 0d and ended up having militia appointed by the governor to protect her home from demolition 246 in 1884 an attempt was made at autonomy with the formation of two west indian conferences however by 1903 the venture had failed it was not until the 1960s that another attempt was made at autonomy this second attempt resulted in the emergence of the methodist church in the caribbean and the americas in may 1967 240 francis godson 1864 1953 a methodist minister who having served briefly in several of the caribbean islands eventually immersed himself in helping those in hardship of the first world war in barbados he was later appointed to the legislative council of barbados and fought for the rights of pensioners he was later followed by renowned barbadian augustus rawle parkinson 1864 1932 247 who also was the first principal of the wesley hall school bridgetown in barbados which celebrated its 125th anniversary in september 2009 239 in more recent times in barbados victor alphonso cooke born 1930 and lawrence vernon harcourt lewis born 1932 are strong influences on the methodist church on the island 239 their contemporary and late member of the dalkeith methodist church was the former secretary of the university of the west indies consultant of the canadian training aid programme and a man of letters francis woodbine blackman 1922 2010 it was his research and published works that enlightened much of this information on caribbean methodism 248 249 africa edit most methodist denominations in africa follow the british methodist tradition and see the methodist church of great britain as their mother church originally modelled on the british structure since independence most of these churches have adopted an episcopal model of church governance nigeria edit the nigerian methodist church is one of the largest methodist denominations in the world and one of the largest christian churches in nigeria with around two million members in 2000 congregations 250 it has seen exponential growth since the turn of the millennium 251 christianity was established in nigeria with the arrival in 1842 of a wesleyan methodist missionary 250 he had come in response to the request for missionaries by the ex slaves who returned to nigeria from sierra leone from the mission stations established in badagry and abeokuta the methodist church spread to various parts of the country west of the river niger and part of the north in 1893 missionaries of the primitive methodist church arrived from fernando po an island off the southern coast of nigeria from there the methodist church spread to other parts of the country east of the river niger and also to parts of the north the church west of the river niger and part of the north was known as the western nigeria district and east of the niger and another part of the north as the eastern nigeria district both existed independently of each other until 1962 when they constituted the conference of methodist church nigeria the conference is composed of seven districts the church has continued to spread into new areas and has established a department for evangelism and appointed a director of evangelism an episcopal system of church governance adopted in 1976 was not fully accepted by all sections of the church until the two sides came together and resolved to end the disagreement a new constitution was ratified in 1990 the system is still episcopal but the points which caused discontent were amended to be acceptable to both sides today the nigerian methodist church has a prelate eight archbishops and 44 bishops 250 ghana edit main article methodist church ghana methodist bishops at a church conference in winneba 2008 methodist church ghana is one of the largest methodist denominations with around 800 000 members in 2 905 congregations ministered by 700 pastors 252 it has fraternal links with the british methodist and united methodist churches worldwide methodism in ghana came into existence as a result of the missionary activities of the wesleyan methodist church inaugurated with the arrival of joseph rhodes dunwell to the gold coast in 1835 253 like the mother church the methodist church in ghana was established by people of protestant background roman catholic and anglican missionaries came to the gold coast from the 15th century a school was established in cape coast by the anglicans during the time of philip quaque a ghanaian priest those who came out of this school had bible copies and study supplied by the society for the propagation of christian knowledge a member of the resulting bible study groups william de graft requested bibles through captain potter of the ship congo not only were bibles sent but also a methodist missionary in the first eight years of the church s life 11 out of 21 missionaries who worked in the gold coast died thomas birch freeman who arrived at the gold coast in 1838 was a pioneer of missionary expansion between 1838 and 1857 he carried methodism from the coastal areas to kumasi in the asante hinterland of the gold coast he also established methodist societies in badagry and abeokuta in nigeria with the assistance of william de graft 254 by 1854 the church was organized into circuits constituting a district with t b freeman as chairman freeman was replaced in 1856 by william west the district was divided and extended to include areas in the then gold coast and nigeria by the synod in 1878 a move confirmed at the british conference the districts were gold coast district with t r picot as chairman and yoruba and popo district with john milum as chairman methodist evangelisation of northern gold coast began in 1910 after a long period of conflict with the colonial government missionary work was established in 1955 paul adu was the first indigenous missionary to northern gold coast 255 in july 1961 the methodist church in ghana became autonomous and was called the methodist church ghana based on a deed of foundation part of the church s constitution and standing orders 252 southern africa edit main article methodist church of southern africa a methodist chapel in leliefontein northern cape south africa the methodist church operates across south africa namibia botswana lesotho and swaziland with a limited presence in zimbabwe and mozambique it is a member church of the world methodist council methodism in southern africa began as a result of lay christian work by john irwin an irish soldier in the british army who was stationed at the cape colony between 1795 and 1803 irwin began to hold prayer meetings with other methodists of the british garrison as early as 1795 in a small room rented in cape town 256 the first methodist lay preacher at the cape george middlemiss was a soldier of the british army s 72nd regiment of foot who was stationed at the cape colony in 1805 257 this foundation paved the way for missionary work by methodist missionary societies from britain many of whom sent missionaries with the 1820 settlers to the western and eastern cape among the most notable of the early missionaries were barnabas shaw and william shaw 258 259 260 the largest group was the wesleyan methodist church but there were a number of others that joined to form the methodist church of south africa later known as the methodist church of southern africa 261 the methodist church of southern africa is the largest mainline protestant denomination in south africa 7 3 of the south african population recorded their religious affiliation as methodist in the last national census 262 asia edit china edit flower lane church is the first methodist church erected in downtown fuzhou former methodist school in wuhan founded 1885 methodism was brought to china in the autumn of 1847 by the methodist episcopal church the first missionaries sent out were judson dwight collins and moses clark white who sailed from boston 15 april 1847 and reached fuzhou 6 september they were followed by henry hickok and robert samuel maclay who arrived 15 april 1848 in 1857 the first convert was baptised in connection with its labours in august 1856 a brick built church was dedicated named the church of the true god chinese 真神堂 pinyin zhēnshén táng the first substantial church building erected in fuzhou by protestant missions in the winter of the same year another brick built church located on the hill in the suburbs on the south bank of the min was finished and dedicated called the church of heavenly peace in 1862 the number of members was 87 the fuzhou conference was organized by isaac w wiley on 6 december 1867 by which time the number of members and probationers had reached 2 011 citation needed hok chau 周學 zhōu xué also known as lai tong chau 周勵堂 zhōu lìtáng was the first ordained chinese minister of the south china district of the methodist church incumbent 1877 1916 benjamin hobson a medical missionary sent by the london missionary society in 1839 set up wai ai clinic 惠愛醫館 huì ài yī guǎn 263 264 liang fa hok chau and others worked there liang baptized chau in 1852 the methodist church based in britain sent missionary george piercy to china in 1851 piercy went to guangzhou canton where he worked in a trading company in 1853 he started a church in guangzhou in 1877 chau was ordained by the methodist church where he pastored for 39 years 265 266 in 1867 the mission sent out the first missionaries to central china who began work at jiujiang in 1869 missionaries were also sent to the capital city beijing where they laid the foundations of the work of the north china mission in november 1880 the west china mission was established in sichuan province in 1896 the work in the hinghua prefecture modern day putian and surrounding regions was also organized as a mission conference 267 in 1947 the methodist church in the republic of china celebrated its centenary in 1949 however the methodist church moved to taiwan with the kuomintang government hong kong edit india edit see also church of south india and methodist church in india the csi english wesley church in chennai is one of the oldest methodist chapels in india methodism came to india twice in 1817 and in 1856 according to p dayanandan who has extensively researched the subject 268 thomas coke and six other missionaries set sail for india on new year s day in 1814 coke then 66 died en route rev james lynch was the one who finally arrived in madras in 1817 at a place called black town broadway later known as george town lynch conducted the first methodist missionary service on 2 march 1817 in a stable 269 the first methodist church was dedicated in 1819 at royapettah a chapel at broadway black town was later 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