Mission Chapel, a Congregational Church, was built around 1814 in New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana.
John Wray,[2] and was the first church to open its doors to slaves,[1] and the first without separate seating.
Wray would sit to teach the slaves to read and write, still occupies part of the church compound.
In 1966, the Government made a gift of $25,000 to the residents of Berbice to renovate and further preserve the church.
In 2001, Mission Chapel was designated a National Heritage Site by the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce.