Holy Light Presbyterian Church Johor Bahru
Presbyterian church founded by a Victorian missionary, still holding Chinese services on its original site.
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This guide to Holy Light Presbyterian Church in Johor Bahru follows the Reverend John Angus Bethune Cook, a missionary who preached in Teochew and Hokkien, as he carries his work across the strait from Singapore in eighteen eighty-six. It touches the Johor businessman James Meldrum and a land grant from the Sultan, and the slow shift of the congregation's languages over more than a century. Best heard standing on Jalan Gertak Merah, facing the church.
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