Name:	The Methodist Church of Southern Africa
	Phone:	+27 11 615 1616
	Email:	jodene@mco.org.za
	Address:	33 Ernest Oppenheimer Ave, Bruma
	Town:	Johannesburg

Methodism was introduced to South Africa by British soldiers stationed at the Cape, and the first missionary was appointed in response to an appeal from their leader, Sergeant John Kendrick. The Rev J McKenny arrived in 1814 but was refused permission to preach and went on to Ceylon. He was followed in 1816 by the Rev Barnabas Shaw who defied the Governor and began to preach without permission.