A CHRONOLOGY OF PROTESTANT BEGINNINGS:
CAYMAN ISLANDS

by Dr. Clifton L. Holland

(last revised on June 9, 2003)

Historical Overview:

Discovery by Christopher Columbus: 1503

British given control by the Treaty of Madrid: 1670

Settlement established by Jamaicans: 1833

Remains a dependency of Jamaica until: 1959

Becomes a British dependent territory: 1959

Indicates European society*

Significant Protestant Beginnings or Events:

1833 - *Settlement established by Scottish Presbyterians from Jamaica; becomes part of the Presbyterian Church in Jamaica and Grand Cayman; in 1965 this body merged with the Congregational Union of Jamaica to form the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

1870 - *Missionaries arrive from the Jamaica Baptist Union, with support from the British Baptist Union.

1911 - The Wesleyan Church (also known as Pilgrim Holiness Church)

1930s - Church of God (Anderson, IN)

1930s - Church of God Holiness

Date of Origin Unknown:

Anglican Church, the Church in the Province of the West Indies

Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith

NOTES:

(1) Dates listed indicate the earliest recorded ministry or in case of discrepancies, the date most frequently indicated.

(2) North American Agencies include U.S. and Canadian.

SOURCES:

(1) PROLADES (Latin American Socio-religious Studies Program), international headquarters in San José, Costa Rica: www.prolades.com, prolades@racsa.co.cr

(2) Clifton L. Holland, editor, World Christianity: Central America and the Caribbean (MARC-World Vision International, 1981)

(3) J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, editors, Religions of the World (ABC-Clio Publishers, 2002)