Jaffna St. Peter's Methodist Church
Jaffna St. Peter's Methodist Church (Photo credit: Google Street View) The St. Peter's Methodist Church (Sinhala: යාපනය ශාන්ත පීතර මෙතොදිස්ත දෙව් මැදුර) is situated in front of the Dr Subramaniam Children's Park near Jaffna Public Library in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. History The history of the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka dates back to the early 19th century (Melton & Baumann, 2010). The Methodist Bishop Thomas Coke (9 September 1747 - 2 May 1814) who hoped to open Methodist missions in the East Indies, set sail for Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) on 30 December 1813 with six other missionaries including William Ault, Benjamin Clough, George Erskine, Thomas Hall Squance, William Martin Harvard, and James Lynch. However, during the voyage, Coke died and was buried at sea (Melton & Baumann, 2010). The others, except for Harvard (he remained in Bombay, India due to family circumstances), arrived in Galle on 29 June 1814, six months after they started their journey and one yea…