This church reflects distinctive Dutch Presbyterian traditions within its interior architecture [3] and continues to be used for Christian worship today.

[7] With the departure of LMS missionaries to China after the Treaty of Nanking in 1847 with the notable exception of Keasberry, the local Scottish communities took steps to call their own ministers.

Moir resigned in 1857 without much success although the congregation in Penang remains functioning, at times, for extended periods without a minister.

Fraser successfully recruited an ethnic Chinese catechist from south Fujian, Tan See Boo, who was later ordained an elder in 1864.

It was the arrival of Cook that was eventually chosen to mark the founding of the present Presbyterian Churches of Malaysia and Singapore.

[8] In 1886, Cook expanded the mission to the southern tip of Malaya in Johor Bahru[9] to minister to the Teochew Chinese community.

In January 1901, Cook convened a meeting of ministers and elders of the Chinese mission and the Singapore Presbyterian Synod was formed.