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The Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka currently has 31 churches and over 5,000 adherents. The church office is located in Galle Road, Colombo. [6] [7] The Christian Reformed Church of Sri Lanka owns several historical church buildings, e.g. in Kalpitiya, Matara and Galle.
The name Lanka Lutheran Church was adopted in about the year 2000. [3] In 2001, the Lanka Lutheran Church became a partner church of the LCMS [3] [5] and joined the International Lutheran Council. It also joined the Lutheran World Federation, reporting a membership of 1,200. [6] The church lost its government registration in about 2007.
Missionaries were removed from the country at different times due to civil war. Sri Lanka had one branch and 135 members in 1990. Limited numbers of young foreign missionaries were allowed to serve there beginning about the late 1990s. This led to accelerated church growth. The first chapel in Sri Lanka was dedicated in December 2001.
The Methodist Church, known for some noted educators, set up many schools in Sri Lanka, including: Richmond College, was started in 1814 as The Galle School – the first Wesleyan Methodist school in Sri Lanka and Asia, and was converted to a High School in 1876 and re-named Richmond College in 1882; [9]
The Church of Ceylon (Sinhala: ලංකා සභාව, romanized: laṁkā sabhāva) is the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka. It is an extraprovincial jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury , who serves as its Metropolitan . [ 2 ]
Official Web Site of Church of Ceylon, Diocese of Colombo; The Church of Ceylon (Anglican Communion) Anglican Church of Ceylon News; Worship Resources including a Prayer for Sri Lanka written by Metropolitan Lakdasa de Mel and prayers written by the Bishop of Colombo; The Church of Ceylon - World Council of Churches website
Pages in category "Religious organisations based in Sri Lanka" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
From 1998 onwards Lanka Evangelical Society started work in the western and central part of Sri Lanka and successful in planting two churches in Kirulapone and Wattala. In 2005, Lanka Evangelical Society established the ecclesiastical body named "Living Christ Church" vested under Non-Episcopalian Churches Ordinance, [ 2 ] to provide a working ...