Glendale Congregational Methodist Church
Trinity, Trinity County, Texas
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Organized in 1917, Glendale Congregational Methodist Church began serving the community when the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, discontinued services. The congregation met in the old Methodist church building and then in the Baptist church until erecting a new building in the 1930s, almost exclusively with donations and volunteer work. Over the years, pastors from Westminster College served the congregation and the church campus expanded with classrooms, a fellowship hall, and other improvements. Through local programs and mission work, the church continues to contribute to the community through service and faith. (2018)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Glendale Congregational Methodist Church organized in 1917 to keep worship alive after the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, discontinued services in the community. Meeting first in the old Methodist building and then in the Baptist church, the congregation erected its own home in the 1930s almost entirely through donations and volunteer labor. Pastors from Westminster College served the flock over the years as the campus grew with classrooms and a fellowship hall. Through local outreach and mission work, the church has remained a fixture of community life.
Why it matters
Built by neighbors' own hands in the depths of the Depression, the church shows how rural congregations sustained faith and fellowship when established denominations withdrew.
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