The church, located in northwest
Allen Parish, may have been organized in the mid 1860s. A cemetery
was established nearby at that time. The first pastor on record was
Rev. P. Galvin in 1878. The first church was built of split logs.
The pews were made of twelve inch planks for the seat and back. It
was heated by a large fireplace.
A pledge dated July 20, 1890,
signed by twelve people, declared they would pay $51.20 to build a new
wooden Methodist Church by November 15, 1890. During the week, that
second church was used as a school. It burned down in 1895.
The current church building
is the fourth one used by the congregation through the years. It
was built in 1911. Five acres were donated to the church by Rufus
Lee McFarland. The school board bought another acre from the Industrial
Lumber Company and donated it to the church. An education building
was added later.
Under the leadership of Rev.
James Taylor (1909-1910), a mission church was established at Rocky Hill.
The Sunday School was reorganized
in 1943 under the leadership of deaconess Shiela Nuttall and Rev. T.D.
Lipscomb. Norma K. Garlington, a member of the church, became a deaconess
in 1959 and a diaconal minister in 1977. |
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