While missionary work was primarily done in the western part of Guangdong, the mission had its home base in Hong Kong.

[2] Christian services in the Hakka language began in Hong Kong on February 9, 1851, and the first baptism took place on April 13 of the same year.

In 1860, a residential hall and girls' school was established in Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island.

The Yuedong Synod was abolished the following year by the LCC which was transitioning rapidly into the Three Self Patriotic Movement.

As a church in the Lutheran tradition, it accepts the teachings found in the unaltered Augsburg Confession, Luther's Small Catechism and other confessional articles and symbols of the Book of Concord.

[4] The Basel Mission had traditionally invested a lot in education and this legacy is carried on by the TTMHK.