Annual Conference
- Organized Free Methodist Churches: 15
- FMC Membership: 2,156
- Ordained Ministers: 12
- Ministerial Candidates: 12
Origins
Some missionaries to China, displaced by the communist take-over, felt the call of God to follow the hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring into Hong Kong. Free Methodist missionary I.S.W. Ryding opened a chapel in 1951. Alton Gould, missionary to China under the Canadian Holiness Movement Church, arrived in Hong Kong in 1954 and planted the Cheung Wah Church. In 1959 the two denominations merged. Present Ministries
The scarcity of real estate, and its subsequent high cost, shapes the type of outreach ministries the conference has developed. Government-approved centers for the elderly and for youth provide an opportunity for witness and service, as well as a meeting place for several churches. Study centers, a primary school and pre-schools are used in the same way by other churches. Some churches meet in several rooms in high rise apartment buildings. Hong Kong became a self-supporting, full annual conference in June 1985. The conference began outreach ministries to Filipinos in 1992. The conference is also responsible for opening mission work in Cambodia. Outreach
The church in Hong Kong has sent out two missionaries to other parts of Asia. Opportunities to support Hong Kong ministries Learn about the Asia Pacific Free Methodist Missions Association Learn more about Hong Kong
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