Goshen United Methodist Church

A local society of Methodists was organized and meeting in this community by the 1790s. The first meetings were held in the homes of its members. On July 7, 1801, the group initiated the subscription of funds to establish a ...

Main Street Methodist Church

This church, founded in

1892, built its first

sanctuary at West Main St.

and Third Ave., where the

Dillon County Courthouse

now stands. That lot was

donated by James W. Dillon

(1826–1913), for whom the

town and county are named.

The original church, a

frame building, was moved

to the corner ...

Washington Street Methodist Church

A church was built here between 1803 and 1805; another church, erected 1832, was burned by Union troops in 1865 and reconstructed in 1866 of salvaged brick and clay mortar. Present church dedicated 1875. Bishop Wm. Capers (1790-1855), founder of ...

Claxton First United Methodist Church

First organized church in Claxton, Georgia,

First Pastor -- Rev. C.S.T. Strickland

Charter Members

Member`s Name, Date Joined

Joseph M. Bradley, May 10, 1893

Mrs. Agnes Bradley Rogers, May 10, 1893

Willis F.M. Edwards, May 10, 1893

Hattie Edwards, May 10, 1893

Mrs. Ida ...

Centenary Methodist Church

Designed by noted Philadelphia architect Edwin Forrest Durand, the church was built in 1865 by Cornelius Arnett. An 1895 renovation added the rounded arch entrance as well as second level stained glass windows. The church contributes to the significance of ...

Green Swamp Methodist Church

Site of First Methodist Church in Vicinity of Sumter

Influenced by Bishop Francis Asbury, Richard Bradford gave land and with others built a wooden chapel in 1787, first called Bradford's Meeting House. Here Santee circuit riders preached until 1827 when church ...

First United Methodist Church of Lufkin

Margaret (Fullerton) Abney, born in Alabama in 1829, joined the Methodist church with her family at a camp meeting held at nearby McKendree campground in 1863. Because the nearest Methodist church was ten miles away, Mrs. Abney held bible study ...

Bethel Methodist Church

Bethel

Methodist Church

lot donated by

Thomas Bennett

A.D. 1795

Church dedicated 1798

Moved across street

for use of colored

people and present

church dedicated

Aug. 7, 1853

Parsonage once

occupied by

Bishop Francis Asbury

1st M. Church in city

Old Sound Methodist Church

In April, 1799, one of the state’s first

Methodist societies was organized near this

site by Reverend Freeborn Garrettson. On

April 29, 1784, one acre of ground was

purchased here for the erection of a

“preaching house.” The Church became ...

Damascus Methodist Church

The church organized as early as 1817 and known as "Wright's Meeting House, Black Creek" was the first Methodist congregation in the area. James D. Wright, an elder who was appointed "Exhorter" in 1826, preached here until his death in ...