In the late 1930s, many immigrants from South India settled in the kampongs and quarters in Jalan Kayu and the Royal Air Force Base in Seletar. The believers from these settlements met at homes to share their Christian faith and this planted the seed of the Epiphany Community. The then Vicar of the Parish of Christ Church, the late Rev Canon Samuel Baboo started regular meetings in a makeshift attap shed off Lorong Thanggam to provide pastoral care to the community.