- Conyers Methodist Church State
Historical Marker
- Located at Conyers
UMC in the 900 block of Main St., Conyers
- 33°40.173, 84°01.122
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- CONYERS METHODIST CHURCH
Conyers Methodist Church was organized
in 1852 by Rev. John L. Stewart, Rev. Joel Stansell, Rev. David
T. White. The present building, fourth on the site, was dedicated
in 1902 by Bishop Warren A. Candler and Rev. M. L. Troutman,
pastor. This church has always fostered good citizenship. In
1857 after a political meeting on the grounds a newspaper reported,
"Alexander H. Stephens delivered a great speech that day."
A Women's Foreign Missionary Society was organized in 1878, one
of ten required in each conference for charter. Two missionaries
-- Rev. D. L. Anderson to China in 1882 and Miss Layona Glenn
to Brazil in 1894 -- and one minister, Rev. A. Lee Hale, ordained
in 1920, have been given by this church.
- 122-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
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