New Hope Methodist Church
Inscription
(Front) The congregation of New Hope Methodist Church dates to 1837. At that time the congregation consisted of both white members and enslaved African American members from surrounding plantations. After the Civil War the African American members purchased the church building and reorganized as an A.M.E. congregation.
A new church, a frame building, was completed in 1910. (Reverse) In the 20th Century the congregation converted from an A.M.E. Church and joined the United Methodist Church. Traditionally, worship services are held during 5th Sunday, when local ministers hold an “All Day Meeting.” During the 1960s members of the community would gather as “Joshua’s Army” and march from Loretta Bridge to New Hope.
The current sanctuary was completed in the 1950s. Sponsored by New Hope United Methodist Church and Elder Lillie K. Davis & Charles Davis, 2017
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