Services began in Antioch by
holding services in a log schoolhouse. By 1872, a Union Church held
services for the Methodist, Baptists, and Camelites. After that church
burned down in 1882, another was built. In 1891, the congregations
divided and the ninety-seven Methodists were led by Rev. J.D. Harper. The
cornerstone says the church was organized in 1885.
When the church burned down
in 1904, a new one was built two years later under the leadership of Rev.
G.W. Hivley.
In 1950, work began on a new
church. Services were held at the school next door during construction.
The new church was dedicated on January 18, 1953.
A wing of classrooms and restrooms
was built in the fall of 1984. The addition was dedicated at a Homecoming
in October 1986. |
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