Guyana District

Team-Bishop Nials

Bishop, the Rev’d T. Kofia Nials

District President
Rev'd Mervyn Austin - Guyana District Secretary

Rev’d Mervyn Austin

Secretary of the District Conference

The British Methodist Church came to Guyana (British Guiana) in 1802, when two lay persons, freed slaves, William Claxton and William Powell, came from Nevis in the British West Indies and began preaching the Gospel in the capital city of Georgetown.

The first Methodist Minister to arrive in the country was John Hackshaw, sent from England by Dr Thomas Coke in 1805.  He was immediately deported by the then Governor Beaujon for fear that he would preach, convert, organize and educate both slaves and ex-slaves.  It was not until 1814 that a British Minister was finally allowed to return.

Methodism in Guyana continued under the British Methodist Church until 1967, when the autonomous Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA) was established. 

The Guyana District is made up of 6 Circuits: Berbice, Mahaica, Friendship, Georgetown, West Demerara and Essequibo.  There are 42 congregations and one mission station.  The Methodist Church in Guyana also has partial responsibility with the Congregational and Moravian Churches for the Linden United Mission.

BERBICE CIRCUIT
Rev’d. Mervyn Austin, Superintendent
Rev’d. Ardith Conway – Local Presbyter

CONGREGATIONS
Bethel
Central
Ebenezer
Rosignol
Zion

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FRIENDSHIP CIRCUIT
Bishop the Rev’d. T. Kofia Nials – Superintendent

CONGREGATIONS
Ann’s Grove
Friendship
Golden Grove
Victoria

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ESSEQUIBO CIRCUIT
Rev’d. Jean Gardy Dorimain

CONGREGATIONS
Abrams Zuil
Bush Lot
Capoey
Dry Shore
Queenstown
Sparta
Zorg

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GEORGETOWN CIRCUIT
Bishop T. Kofia Nials, Superintendent
Rev’d. Vince Chichester
Rev’d. Frantz Pierre
Rev’d. Judy Patterson, Local Presbyter
Rev’d Murtlene Dennis, Supernuerary

CONGREGATIONS
Bedford
Farm
Grove
Houston
Kingston
Kitty
Mocha
Plaisance
Rome
Soesdyke
Susamachar
Trinity

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MAHAICA CIRCUIT
Rev’d. Mervyn Austin, Superintendent
Rev’d. Sherril Halley

CONGREGATIONS
Airy Hall
Catherineville
Mahaica
Mahaicony
Stanleyville
Strathcampbell
Supply
Virgini 

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WEST DEMERARA CIRCUIT
Rev’d. Noelsaint Badette, Superintendent
Rev’d. Edna Redmond, Supernumerary
Rev’d. Fontilus Jeanty, Supernumerary

CONGREGATIONS
Anna Catherina
Ebenezer
Goed Fortuin
La Grange
Nismes
Uitvlugt
Vergenoegen

DAY CARE / PLAY SCHOOLS

  • Precious Lambs in Rosignol, Berbice Circuit
  • Sure Foundation in Georgetown, Georgetown Circuit

BERBICE CIRCUIT
592-333-2580

FRIENDSHIP CIRCUIT
592-274-0274 / 592-226-1215

ESSEQuIBO CIRCUIT
592-604-7412

GEORGETOWN CIRCUIT
592-226-1215 / 592-227-0303

MAHAICA CIRCUIT
592-228-2727

WEST DEMERARA CIRCUIT
592-276-1350

Photo Gallery

Open Air Crusade and Miracle Rally

The Church in Mission; meeting community needs. 30 signs with various scriptures donated.

Mission project: The team standing on the newly constructed bridge for an elderly member.

Sure Foundation Day Care & Play School: Preschoolers praying during Devotions

Open Air Crusade and Miracle Rally

The Church nurturing the young through Boy’s and Girl’s Brigades

The Church nurturing the young through Boy’s and Girl’s Brigades

Mrs Yonnette Greaves - Immediate Past Connexional Vice-President

Sis. Ann Marie Jeeboo - Guyana representative on the Connexional Council and also on the MCCA USD Steering Committee

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