Rev Benjamin Keasberry of the London Missionary Society (LMS) built the Malay Chapel on Prinsep Street, then known as Kampong Bencoolen, for outreach to the Malays.

Rev Keasberry, supported by the congregation of the Malay Chapel, collected funds to build a church at Bukit Timah, now known as Glory Presbyterian Church.

The English Presbyterian Mission, under the leadership of Rev JAB Cook, purchased the Malay Chapel from the London Missionary Society. The Malay Chapel was renamed the Straits Chinese Church as its members were predominantly Straits Chinese. Worship services were carried out in Malay and English. The Chinese Christian Association was formed three years later.

The Straits Chinese Church started to raise funds to build a new sanctuary. Three years later, a Widows’ and Orphans’ Home was built, with the ground floor being used as the headquarters for the Chinese Christian Association.

James Milner Fraser started the 1st Company of the Boys’ Brigade movement in Singapore. Song Ong Siang, who became the first Chinese Malayan to be knighted in 1936, laid the foundation stone for the new sanctuary which was completed in 1931.

During the Japanese Occupation, Rev Gibson and Rev Richards were interned as prisoners-of-war in Changi Prison until 1945. Rev Gibson later became one of the founding members of Trinity Theological College (TTC) which started in 1948.

The name of the church was changed to Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church by referendum.

Rev Richard Ng led a team to start an outreach ministry in Woodlands. A year later, another team started the tuition outreach at 25 Adam Road.

The Woodlands and Adam Road ministries merged to form the Woodlands-Adam Road Ministry (WARM). WARM, reconstituted as Adam Road Presbyterian Centre (ARPC), was granted the status of an independent congregation in 1997.

PSPC was gazetted as a National Monument and declared a historic site for being the birthplace of the Boys’ Brigade movement in Singapore.