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In 1864, Tan was formally appointed as an elder of the
Chinese Presbyterian congregation in Singapore. In June 1866, Tan left the Presbyterian Church because he disagreed with its teachings on baptism and financial support. Tan had previously requested the Church's permission to return to Xiamen to
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315:; Tan resided in a makeshift chapel at the school and received a salary of £28, which was doubled a year later. However, Tan left the mission shortly afterwards because he could not accept the rituals of his Anglican counterparts.
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minister, Tan moved to
Singapore to become the Chinese catechist of the recently-established Saint Andrew's Church Mission, which was supported by both Presbyterian and Anglican missionaries.
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observance was not mandatory for converts. According to contemporaneous accounts, Tan was more successful in getting rural believers to leave the
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study medicine and be ordained as a
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and actively sought to convince other
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272:Early life
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72:Missionary
69:Occupation
37:1833-06-18
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