It has been declared as a historical monument by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
[1] Thomas is traditionally believed to have sailed to India in AD 52 to spread the Christian faith, and is believed to have landed at the port of Muziris, Tamilakam (modern-day North Paravur and Kodungalloor in modern-day Kerala state) where there was a Jewish community at the time.
He is believed by the St Thomas Christian tradition to have established Ezharappallikal or Seven and Half Churches in Kerala.
[5] Methodism is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley (1703-1791).
He selected Oudh and Rohilkhand as the field of effort, and being unable to secure a residence at Lucknow, began work at Bareilly.
and It was only in 1870, with the arrival of William Taylor, the famous evangelist, who led revival meetings in India that, Methodism became a national factor.
The church was consecrated by George Edward Lynch Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta on 31 December 1865.
It contains graves of the John Wedderburn, collector of Hisar and his family who were killed by the rebels during Indian Rebellion of 1857.
It is the oldest park in the city of Hisar and is a part of St. Thomas' Church Complex.
[8] The archbishop of the archdiocese of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Churchis Metropolitan Job Mar Philoxenos and the CNI bishop is the Rt.