Early Church
The following information is taken from "A History of The First United Methodist Church" from Rev. Edgar Henderson written March, 1976
In April 1870, under a pine tree, Rev. Thomas H. Howard preached the first sermon to be preached in Brinkley, Arkansas, a small town of 200 people. Later that same year Rev. Howard organized the First Methodist Church, with a membership of 12.
A two story log house on the corner of New York and Euclid street served as a meeting place for the church on the first floor with the Masonic Lodge on the second floor.
In 1893 the membership, numbering near 100, purchased the land on which the church stands in 1976 (now), built a new brick building, and was free of debt. Rev. Henderson joined the Church April 18, 1906 and attended services in this building and subsequent buildings to this date.
A two story log house on the corner of New York and Euclid street served as a meeting place for the church on the first floor with the Masonic Lodge on the second floor.
In 1893 the membership, numbering near 100, purchased the land on which the church stands in 1976 (now), built a new brick building, and was free of debt. Rev. Henderson joined the Church April 18, 1906 and attended services in this building and subsequent buildings to this date.
Tornado Destroys Church in 1909
A tornado destroyed this building March 8, 1909, but a new building was constructed the same year.
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Current Church
The 1909 building has been replaced with the beautiful sanctuary which, combined with the education building, furnishes the membership with a real religious inspiration and reverence.
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