The Wesleyan Methodist Association and United Methodist Free Churches in Jamaica

The work of the United Methodist Free Churches in Jamaica dates back to the decision of a Wesleyan minister, Thomas Pennock, and his congregation to join the Wesleyan Methodist Association in 1837. Initially there were two circuits, Kingston and St. Anns, under the pastoral charge of four ministers.

Thomas 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).

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

Wesleyan Methodist Association Magazine Vol 5, 1842 p76

United Methodist Free Churches Magazine, Vol 21, 1878 p250

Minutes of the First Conference of the United Methodist Church, held in Wesley’s Chapel, City Road. London: United Methodist Publishing House, 1907