In Long Plain, the Society of Friends or Quakers existed along with a Christian Baptist Church. When the colonists took over the Christian Baptists, some left and founded Christian Chapels in other locations.  Influenced by the Methodists who had formed a society in the Acushnet village in 1807, some decided to build a chapel here in Long Plain.  Under the leadership of one, Samuel Wilde, they became an organized society in 1857.
    In Rochester, during the same years that Samuel Wilde lead the Methodists at Long Plain, Captain Philip Crandon had organized a group of neighbors to form a Society at Snipatuit. They built a chapel there as they deplored the lack of any religious instruction in Rochester. With the formation of an organized society at Long Plain, the Rochester group disbanded and joined the church at Long Plain.
    After a few years at the chapel, it was found to be inadequate for the needs of the society and a larger church was built.  The chapel was converted into a parsonage and then later was used as a center for social events and activities.   The church building was in use until March of 1941, when fire destroyed both buildings.  The pews, pulpit, sanctuary chairs, hymnals and miscellaneous furniture were salvaged and stored in the barn of Mrs. Forbes.   Unbelievably, one month later, lightning struck the Forbes barn and once more the furniture and other valuable items had to be moved to the Andrew & Martha Perkins barn, where it remained until the new church was built.  In the interim, the congregation accepted the offer of the use of the Long Plain Friends Meeting House.   They met there until the new church was ready in October of the same year.    This is the church that stands today. 

      When the church was first organized, there were 42 members, 11 probationers, and 93 Sunday school students.  Membership declined in 1877 with only 13 members, but began to increase slowly, fluctuating in the 40's.   In 1967 a 10 foot addition was added to the back of the church. This provided bathrooms and a Sunday School room.  The kitchen was completed in the downstairs in 1968.  The two front stained glass windows were added in 1982.  Throughout the years the church has changed.  Yet the country charm and warm fellowship has remained.  In the 1990's construction started on our new Family Life Center, which opened in September of 1996.
     In 2003 we began a program of building and renovating through the generous outpouring of help from friends and members of Long Plain.  The construction of phase one, a building connecting the church and Fellowship Hall, and phase two, the construction of a youth center, mission room and a meeting room is well on its way to completion. It also includes phase three which is the Shepherd's Food Pantry.
      Long Plain United Methodist church found its birth in a small community hungry for the word of God.  It began as a church dedicated to the service of God and ministering to the spiritual and physical needs of all individuals and to the service of mankind throughout the world, via the Methodist conference.  We find ourselves today, reaching out to community, surrounding towns and still further, reaching people and meeting needs globally.