1922年大約200名住喺九龍嘅教友簽署一封請願信，同政府申請撥地興建一所類似香港佑寧堂跨宗派嘅教堂，曾捐款興建聖安德烈堂嘅保羅·遮打爵士承諾如獲政府撥地，將會支付建築費用。
In 1922, about 200 parishioners living in Kowloon signed a petition and applied to the government for land for the construction of an interdenominational church similar to Youning Church in Hong Kong, and Sir Paul · Chater, who had donated money to build St. Andrew's Church, promised to pay for the construction if the government allocated land.