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History of Veribest UMC

When the Mullins School District was established, the schoolhouse was used by all

denominations as a place to worship together. Each denomination kept its own identity as Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian, etc. In the early days there were more Methodists than any other denomination. Now, in 2001, in a community with two churches, Baptist and Methodist, it is only slightly smaller.

 

Methodism is a connectional church served by the local minister, the District Superintendent (formerly Presiding Elder), and the Bishop, in this respective order. Mullins Methodist Church, later renamed "Veribest" is in the Southwest Texas Conference, San Angelo District of the Methodist Church. Until recently, Veribest UMC shared a minister with another congregation; now it has its own pastor. In the mid 1920's, the church was still meeting in a community building.

 

It was not until 1927 that the church, now known as the Veribest Methodist Church, built its own church building. A.G. Morrow donated the land, and the church was built where the first Roberson General Store stood until 1926. All of the people in the community pitched in to help build the church. Later, in 1940, two classrooms and a bell tower were added. A.E. Johnson and his son, Jack Harold, hauled lumber from Harriet Methodist Church for this addition. The present church building stands at this site.

 

Methodism came to eastern Tom Green County with the early settlers. It is known that Isaac Mullins, the founder of the community, was raised in a "Methodist" home. He arrived in the county in 1873. Before a schoolhouse was built in 1889, the families worshiped in their homes.

The Veribest Methodist Church has progressed throughout this past century from the early day pioneers who met in homes and shared a community building to an exciting church family modeling Grace and Christian love everywhere that these Veribest members go. Experience GRACE the Veribest way, at Veribest United Methodist Church.