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hodist 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 built and dedicated on 25 april 1822 270 this church was rebuilt in 1844 since the earlier structure was collapsing 270 a chapel at st thomas mount was built on 1829 271 at this time there were about 100 methodist members in all of madras and they were either europeans or eurasians european and indian descent among names associated with the founding period of methodism in india are elijah hoole and thomas cryer who came as missionaries to madras 272 in 1857 the methodist episcopal church started its work in india and with prominent evangelists like william taylor of the emmanuel methodist church vepery born in 1874 taylor and the evangelist james mills thoburn established the thoburn memorial church in calcutta in 1873 and the calcutta boys school in 1877 273 in 1947 the wesleyan methodist church in india merged with presbyterians anglicans and other protestant churches to form the church of south india while the american methodist church remained affiliated as the methodist church in southern asia mcsa to the mother church in the usa the united methodist church until 1981 when by an enabling act the methodist church in india mci became an autonomous church in india today the methodist church in india is governed by the general conference of the methodist church of india headed by six bishops with headquarters in mumbai india 274 malaysia and singapore edit main articles methodist church in malaysia and methodist church in singapore missionaries from britain north america and australia founded methodist churches in many commonwealth countries these are now independent from their former mother churches in addition to the churches these missionaries often also founded schools to serve the local community a good example of such schools are the methodist boys school in kuala lumpur methodist girls school and methodist boys school in george town and anglo chinese school methodist girls school paya lebar methodist girls school and fairfield methodist schools in singapore 275 philippines edit methodism in the philippines began shortly after the united states acquired the philippines in 1898 as a result the spanish american war on 21 june 1898 after the battle of manila bay but before the treaty of paris executives of the american mission society of the methodist episcopal church expressed their desire to join other protestant denominations in starting mission work in the islands and to enter into a comity agreement that would facilitate the establishment of such missions the first protestant worship service was conducted on 28 august 1898 by an american military chaplain named george c stull stull was an ordained methodist minister from the montana annual conference of the methodist episcopal church later part of the united methodist church after 1968 276 consecration of the first presiding bishop of ang iglesia metodista sa pilipinas held at luacan church in bataan philippines methodist and wesleyan traditions in the philippines are shared by three of the largest mainline protestant churches in the country the united methodist church in the philippines iglesia evangelica metodista en las islas filipinas evangelical methodist church in the philippine islands abbreviated iemelif and the united church of christ in the philippines 277 there are also evangelical protestant churches in the country of the methodist tradition like the wesleyan church of the philippines the free methodist church of the philippines 278 and the church of the nazarene 279 there are also the iemelif reform movement irm the wesleyan pilgrim holiness church of the philippines the philippine bible methodist church incorporated the pentecostal free methodist church incorporated the fundamental christian methodist church the reformed methodist church incorporated the methodist church of the living bread incorporated and the wesley evangelical methodist church mission incorporated there are three episcopal areas of the united methodist church in the philippines the baguio episcopal area davao episcopal area and manila episcopal area 280 a call for autonomy from groups within the united methodist church in the philippines was discussed at several conferences led mostly by episcopal candidates this led to the establishment of the ang iglesia metodista sa pilipinas the methodist church in the philippines in 2010 281 led by bishop lito c tangonan george buenaventura chita milan and joe frank e zuñiga the group finally declared full autonomy and legal incorporation with the securities and exchange commission was approved on 7 december 2011 with papers held by present procurators it now has 126 local churches in metro manila palawan bataan zambales pangasinan bulacan 282 aurora nueva ecija as well as parts of pampanga and cavite tangonan was consecrated as the denomination s first presiding bishop on 17 march 2012 283 south korea edit main article korean methodist church the korean methodist church kmc is one of the largest churches in south korea with around 1 5 million members and 8 306 ministers 284 methodism in korea grew out of british and american mission work which began in the late 19th century the first missionary was robert samuel maclay of the methodist episcopal church who sailed from japan in 1884 and was given the authority of medical and schooling permission from emperor gojong 285 the korean church became fully autonomous in 1930 retaining affiliation with methodist churches in america and later the united methodist church 284 the church experienced rapid growth in membership throughout most of the 20th century in spite of the korean war before stabilizing in the 1990s 284 the kmc is a member of the world methodist council and hosted the first asia methodist convention in 2001 284 there are many korean language methodist churches in north america catering to korean speaking immigrants 286 taiwan edit 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 on 21 june 1953 taipei methodist church was erected then local churches and chapels with a baptized membership numbering over 2 500 various types of educational medical and social services are provided including tunghai university in 1972 the methodist church in the republic of china became autonomous and the first bishop was installed in 1986 287 americas edit brazil edit the methodist church in brazil was founded by american missionaries in 1867 after an initial unsuccessful founding in 1835 it has grown steadily since becoming autonomous in 1930 in the 1970s it ordained its first woman minister in 1975 it also founded the first methodist university in latin america the methodist university of piracicaba 288 as of 2011 update the brazilian methodist church is divided into eight annual conferences with 162 000 members 289 canada edit main articles free methodist church in canada and british methodist episcopal church further information methodist church canada and united church of canada asbury free methodist church in ontario the father of methodism in canada was rev coughlan who arrived in newfoundland in 1763 where he opened a school and travelled widely the second was william black 1760 1834 who began preaching in settlements along the petitcodiac river of new brunswick in 1781 290 a few years afterwards methodist episcopal circuit riders from the u s state of new york began to arrive in canada west at niagara and the north shore of lake erie in 1786 and at the kingston region on the northeast shore of lake ontario in the early 1790s at the time the region was part of british north america and became part of upper canada after the constitutional act of 1791 upper and lower canada were both parts of the new york episcopal methodist conference until 1810 when they were transferred to the newly formed genesee conference reverend major george neal began to preach in niagara in october 1786 and was ordained in 1810 by bishop philip asbury at the lyons new york methodist conference he was canada s first saddlebag preacher and travelled from lake ontario to detroit for 50 years preaching the gospel 291 the spread of methodism in the canadas was seriously disrupted by the war of 1812 but quickly gained lost ground after the treaty of ghent was signed in 1815 in 1817 the british wesleyans arrived in the canadas from the maritimes but by 1820 had agreed with the episcopal methodists to confine their work to lower canada present day quebec while the latter would confine themselves to upper canada present day ontario in the summer of 1818 the first place of public worship was erected for the wesleyan methodists in york later toronto the chapel for the first methodist church was built on the corner of king street and jordan street the entire cost of the building was 250 an amount that took the congregation three years to raise 292 in 1828 upper canadian methodists were permitted by the general conference in the united states to form an independent canadian conference and in 1833 the canadian conference merged with the british wesleyans to form the wesleyan methodist church in canada in 1884 most canadian methodists were brought under the umbrella of the methodist church canada citation needed in the fall of 1873 and winter of 1874 general superintendent b t roberts of the free methodist church 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