A Reformed Church Missionary, Mr. Hobart Studley, and his wife, Edith came to the Philippines and held the first Amoy service to Amoy-speaking Chinese regardless of religious affiliation in 1903 in a rented room in San Fernando Street in Manila.

They then moved to another quarter on 64 Calle Nueva (now A. Mabini Street) when growth of the members became inevitable.

Studley's and his assistant, Mr. Ben Ga Pay who later became deacon, took on their mission work among the Chinese from the Methodist Church.

In 1911, they bought a lot along Reina Regente Street and built a rectory and two-storey building intended for worship services, classrooms and quarters for the staff.

Hsi Jen Wei took charge of the church in 1939 until it became a full-blown parish in just two years under his leadership.