Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon
Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon was formed as part of the Wesleyan Methodist Mission of Ceylon, the oldest Weslyan Mission to be established in East in 1813. The North Ceylon Mission was established to specifically cater to the Tamil speaking Sri Lankans in Jaffna, Trincomalee and Batticaloa where Methodist Missionaries established number of schools and churches. It also catered to the indigenous Vedda people.
Peter Percival (1803 - 1882) was one of the Mission's prominent educators.
References
- Armstrong, Samuel T (1863). The Missionary herald:Volume 59. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
- South India Missionary Conference (1879). The Missionary conference: south India and Ceylon, 1879. Addison and Co.
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