First Methodist Church of Pampa
Pampa, Gray County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Five charter members established the First Methodist Church in 1906, the first denomination organized in Pampa. In 1908 a one-room white church with a steeple was built. This church site was purchased in 1924, and a new sanctuary was completed in 1928. Additional buildings and land were acquired as the congregation grew and renovations to the structures were made. The church provides many educational and worship activities for its members and supports the community with several outreach programs. The First Methodist Church has served the area for more than 90 years. (1996)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In 1906 five charter members founded the First Methodist Church, the first congregation organized in the young Panhandle town of Pampa. From a one-room white church with a steeple built in 1908, the congregation grew, buying this site in 1924 and completing a new sanctuary in 1928. For more than a century it has anchored the community's religious and civic life.
Why it matters
As Pampa's first church, it marks the arrival of settled community institutions in a rapidly growing Panhandle town.
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