About Us

United Methodists believe that all followers of Jesus are part of what Paul called “the body of Christ,” a universal community that transcends nationality, ethnicity and sectarian divisions. An ancient word for this universality is “catholic,” in the sense that this word is used in the historic Apostles’ Creed.

John Wesley (1703-1791), a priest in the Church of England, started a movement of Christians who sought to live out an intentional structured piety. Critics called these people “Methodists,” but Wesley embraced the name as a compliment.

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28

The Methodist movement came to America and, in 1784, the Methodist Episcopal Church was formed. (The word “Episcopal” is related to the word “bishop.”) Prior to the Civil War, the M. E. Church divided, and our present sanctuary was built in 1914, as a congregation of the M. E. Church South. This division was healed in 1939 with the formation of The Methodist Church. In 1968, The Methodist Church merged with a group of Wesleyans of German- American heritage called the Evangelical United Brethren, hence the name: The United Methodist Church.