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3 unusual facts about Presbyterian Church in Malaysia


Presbyterian Church in Malaysia

This led to the arrival of Charles Moir in Penang in 1851 followed by Thomas McKenzie Fraser in Singapore in 1856.

Many early missionaries from the London Missionary Society (LMS) such as William Milne who arrived in Malacca in 1815 were from Presbyterian or Reformed backgrounds and many LMS missionaries assisted in the providing spiritual nurture to the Scots community in Penang and Singapore along with chaplains of the East India Company who conducted worship for Church of England members.

Pastoral responsibility of Penang's St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church eventually extended beyond Penang to Province Wellesley, Kedah, northern Perak, southern Thailand and North Sumatera.



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