John Morton a Canadian missionary from Trinidad and Tobago visited British Guyana and recommended to start mission outpost there.
The first congregation was the Burns Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1885 to serve the Indian population in Georgetown, Guyana.
B. Cropper took over the mission in 1895, he spoke fluent Hindi and worked among the Indians in the plantations.
A presbytery was formed in 1945 as the Canadian Presbyterian Church in British Guyana.
[2] It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.