Presbyterian Church in Malaysia

Presbyterian Church in Malaysia
Logo of the Presbyterian Church in Malaysia
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Calvinist
Polity	Presbyterian
Moderator	Rev. Chua Hua Peng
Associations	WARC, CWM, CCM, CFM, CCA, WCC
Region	Malaysia
Origin	1974
Branched from	Presbyterian Church in Singapore and Malaysia
Congregations	100
Members	7,000
Primary schools	2

The Presbyterian Church in Malaysia or GPM (Malay: Gereja Presbyterian Malaysia) is a Christian church in Malaysia. Established as an independent synod in 1974, it currently has approximately 7,000 members in 100 nationwide.

The current Moderator of the GPM is the Rev. Chua Hua Peng.

The Presbyterian Church in Malaysia today is the result of the convergence of two parallel historical developments that shares common roots but diverged early in work and emphasis - the English-speaking Synod of the English Presbytery and the Chinese-speaking Singapore Presbyterian Synod.

The earliest contact with the Presbyterianism was through the Dutch control of the Portuguese Malacca in 1641. The staunchly Reformed Protestant Dutch banned the practice of Roman Catholicism in Malacca and converted all existing churches in Malacca for Dutch Reformed use. The main church used was the old St. Paul's Church (renamed as the Bovenkerk by the Dutch) built by the Portuguese in 1521 as the Nosa Senhora (Portuguese: Our Lady of the Hill) chapel on the summit of St. Paul's Hill.

Construction of a new church started in 1741 to replace the ageing Bovenkerk and was completed in 1753. This church reflects distinctive Dutch Presbyterian traditions within its interior architecture and continues to be used for Christian worship today.

When control of Malacca passed on to the British as a result of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the church was re-consecrated according to the rites of the Church of England by the Anglican Bishop of Calcutta in 1838 and renamed Christ Church.