The Wesleyan Methodist Church Mission started in 1792 after a request of converted settlers from Nova Scotia.
The first Wesleyan missionary was Dr. George Warren who arrived in Sierra Leone in 1811.
Work began in Freetown and spread to the interior of the country.
The United Methodist Church in Sierra Leone is larger than the MCSL.
Though recognisably from the same Methodist stable, the UMC in Freetown has a different feel to the MCSL.