Kingston, Jamaica, Methodist Free Church

The work of the United Methodist Free Churches in Jamaica dates back to the decision of a Wesleyan minister and his congregation to join the Wesleyan Methodist Association in 1837. John Pennock and Matthew Baxter were sent out in 1842, and by the 1870s the work was flourishing. According to the United Methodist Free Churches Magazine in 1878, nine chapels had been built recently, in six Circuits (Clarendon, Mizpah, Annoth Bay, St. Ann, Providence and Kingston). They were particularly pleased with the chapel illustrated, which was 52 feet wide, had a depth of 94 feet, and seated 700. It had been built in 1875-1876, opening on the last Sunday of 1876.

The work continued to prosper. By 1907 they had ten Circuits, with 39 chapels. All of which continued under the United Methodist Church, and then the Methodist Church.

Reference

United Methodist Free Churches Magazine, Vol 21, 1878 p250