Historical Marker
Sardis United Methodist Church
Historical marker location:
Sardis, Texas
( From Waxahachie Take Main St. W to the intersection of SH 287 & SH 528. Then take left turn just before intersection onto Sardis Rd.)
Marker installed: 1986
Methodist Church activities in this area can be traced to 1845, when the Rev. Thomas Welch, a circuit-riding minister, preached a sermon. Following a brush arbor meeting near this site in 1873, a formal congregation was organized. Services were held in a log schoolhouse until 1879, when a frame church was erected to serve the Methodist and Cumberland Presbyterian congregations. A separate Methodist Church building was completed in 1904. The Sardis United Methodist Church has been a part of Ellis County history for over one hundred years.