Rev. T. V. Peters, a local preacher
and school teacher from the Isabel community, preached the first Methodist
sermon in Bogalusa in August 1906 in the lobby of the Colonial Hotel.
In December of that year, Rev. E. N. Evans was appointed pastor.
He immediately began a building program.
The first church building, in
the 500 block of Avenue B, was completed on May 14, 1907. It was
in use until the present church auditorium was completed in 1922.
The parsonage property was also purchased that year. The church was
remodeled in 1953.
An educational building was
built in 1936. A children's and youth building was constructed in
1950. The Family Life Center was built in 1978. Property on
each side of the church has been purchased for future expansion.
On August 27, 1922, the church
changed its name from First Methodist Church to Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial
Methodist Church. |
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