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The church was organized in the fall of 1903. Rev. Brown arrived
in town with a shot gun and a suit case. He got permission from two
Baptists to hold evening services at the Baptist church. When another
member of that church heard that a Methodist preacher would be holding
services, he put out the fire in the heater and locked the door.
So the Methodist pastor began holding services at the schoolhouse.
A congregation soon formed. On November 15, 1904, Mr. R.S. Hardesty
and Mr. J.G. McCormick donated a lot and a church was built. The
first preacher assigned to the church was Rev. W.H. Hatfield in December
1905.
A 1928 storm caused the church to lean to one side. The church members
propped it up with poles. A few months later, another storm caused
the church to lean in the opposite direction. The congregation decided
to move the church. They did so, and the church opened at its current
site on July 29, 1938.
Under the leadership of Rev. Lael Jones, the Fred Jones Fellowship Hall
was built behind the church. It opened on December 14, 1958.
A lighted steeple was added to the church in January 2003. It was
given in memory of Ervin and Mary Reeves by Frank & Anna Etier and
Johnnie & Lorraine Etier.
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