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319 West Main Street Swainsboro, Georgia 30401 (478) 237-7535 |
View of former building at Green and Church Streets
History
Swainsboro First United Methodist Church was founded in 1863. Worship was held at Clark's Chapel, the Old Academy located at the corner of North Main and Church Streets, and in various homes of congregation members. The first church building was built in 1875 on land donated by J. J. Moring.
In 1896 a new church building was built on the northwest corner at the intersection of Church and Green Streets. The church was enlarged and improved in 1911, and under the leadership of the Reverend Charles G. Earnest, a new sanctuary was built in 1937 on the same site.
First Methodist grew and on February 16. 1956, ground-breaking ceremonies were held for a new building on West Main Street. The land for the new building was donated by Mrs. Frank Mitchell in memory of her late son, John Coleman Mitchell. The first sermon was preached in the new church building on June 2, 1957. An additional wing was added to the structure and was dedicated on January 17, 1965. In 1993 the sanctuary was remodeled and a pipe organ was installed.
Previous Pastors
| 1860 1863 |
R. N. Cottor |
| 1861-62 | J. V. M. Morris |
| 1864-65 | Wesley Lane |
| 1866-67 | Levi P. Neese |
| 1868 | J. D. Mauldin |
| 1869 | Norman D. Morehouse |
| 1870-71 | Robert F. Evans |
| 1872 | Charles T. Toole |
| 1873 | Daniel G. Pope |
| 1874 | T. R. Wave |
| 1875-76 1883-85 |
C. A. Moore |
| 1877 | T. T. Giles |
| 1878 | T. L. Williams |
| 1879-81 | W. F. Roberts |
| 1882 | Joseph O. Langston |
| 1886 | Carnie H. Carson |
| 1887-89 | F. W. Flanders |
| 1890 | C. T. Clark |
| 1891 | T. C. G. Raburn |
| 1892 | H. C. Fenress |
| 1893 | T. F. Carvil |
| 1893 | E. M. Wright |
| 1894-98 1918-21 |
J. M. Foster |
| 1898-1900 | T. G. Harrison |
| 1900-01 | T. H. Darley |
| 1901-03 | B. S. Sentell |
| 1903-04 | W. L. Wooten |
| 1904-06 | J. W. Weston |
| 1906-07 | H. P. Myers |
| 1907-10 | J. T. Ryder |
| 1910-11 | B. E. Whittington |
| 1911-12 | J. W. Domingos |
| 1912-15 | J. M. Peacock |
| 1915-16 | R. E. Bailey |
| 1916-18 | Q. L. Kelly |
| 1921-25 | W. A. Tyson |
| 1925-26 | T. G. Christian |
| 1926-29 | K. H. McGregor |
| 1929-31 | O. S. Wilson |
| 1931-33 | R. L. Whitehead |
| 1933-35 | C. A. Jackson |
| 1935-38 | C. G. Earnest |
| 1938-43 | Earl T. Garbutt |
| 1943-47 | H. C. Griffin |
| 1947-52 | H. S. Brooks |
| 1952-57 | Vernard Robertson |
| 1957-58 | W. A. Alsobrook |
| 1958-60 | M. P. Webb |
| 1960-63 | Pledger M. Parker |
| 1963-68 | Elick Bullington |
| 1968-72 | Orman Sloat |
| 1972-76 | Donald J. Sparks |
| 1976-81 | Frank J. Terry |
| 1981-85 | Ed Cadle |
| 1985-89 | Dave Hanson |
| 1989-93 | Frank Harris |
| 1993-1999 | Ronnie Wills |
| 1999-2003 | C. Benjamin (Benjy) Varnell |
| 2003-present | Wayne DeFore |
First United Methodist Church
319 West Main Street
Swainsboro, Georgia 30401
(478) 237-7535
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