The first services were held
by Rev. Wade Hampton, Sr. about once a month. The Pineville Colored
Methodist Church met in a blacksmith shop on Main Street across from the
Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church. Services were also held at the St. James
Methodist Episcopal Church (present-day Newman).
After Mr. R.P. Hunter gave the
church a piece of land in 1878/79, Rev. H.J. Wright led the members in
the building of the first church building. Under Rev. Murrell, it
was named the Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church. After a number
of years, the name was changed to the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. T.A. Brown led the congregation
in rebuilding the church in 1921. A new church was built at the end
of the 1960s under the leadership of Rev. R.H. Harry. The new church
was consecrated on April 26, 1970. The new church was paid off by
October 1977, under the leadership of Rev. George M. Alfred. |
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