The Methodist New Connexion had no foreign missions until 1859, when China was selected as the most suitable field for mission. The 1859 Conference set aside the Revs. John Innocent and William Nelthorpe Hill for this work, and on arrival in China they chose the city of Tientsin, in the north of the country, as their base. The first church was built in order to preach in English to the foreign residents of the city, but the first Chinese converts were made in 1862, and this church was built in 1865 for the Chinese work.
By Union in 1907 there were 2,979 members in the China District, worshipping in 215 chapels.
Sources
The Centenary of the Methodist New Connexion, 1797-1897, editor: George Packer. London: Geo.Burroughs, [1897]
Minutes of the First Conference of the United Methodist Church, held in Wesley’s Chapel, City Road. London: United Methodist Publishing House, 1907. pp125-130
Methodist New Connexion Magazine vol. 68, 1865 p43
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