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Middle Road Church/Christian Institute
Built between 1870-75, the Middle Road Church was first known as The Christian Institute. Here, young men gathered for recreation activities and daily worship made possible by Charles Phillips, Its trustee. He invited the Methodists to use it from 1885 until it was formally transferred to them in 1892. It housed the Methodist Girls’ School until 1900 and was shared with a group of Straits Chinese formed by Methodist missionaries in 1890.
When it was officially inaugurated as the Malay Church in 1894, it became the first Straits Chinese Methodist Church in Singapore. It remained here until 1929 when It moved to Kampong Kapor and is now known Kampong Kapor Methodist Church.
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