Following a community revival meeting in the summer of 1880, the Baptists and the Methodists organized separate churches. Though the earliest church register does not survive, it is believed that there were twelve charter members of the Methodist Church. 

    The Texas and Pacific Railway donated a lot on Center Street, just north of Main, and in October, 1880, a frame church 24 feet by 36 feet "on good stone pillars" was completed at a cost of $418. By 1910, that building had become so crowded that many worshippers had to stand outside on the lawn because there wasn't room for them inside and a new church was built. It cost $4,100.

   Increasing membership required an even larger sanctuary that was finished in 1925. The fourth and latest sanctuary, a colonial-style building, was built in 1957-58. The present campus also includes a remodeled World War II building for adult classrooms and Boy Scouts, a Children's Building (1974), a Chapel and office complex (1989) and the Youth Building (2003).

    But more important than our buildings are the lives touched by this "Church in the Heart of the City." Surviving church registers document  8,243 people as members or preparatory members during the first 125 years. Each of those 8,243 people were touched by God in this place and, as they scattered throughout the world, even more lives were touched by their Christian witness. As we reflect upon our history, we also consecrate ourselves to continuing God's work here in Grand Prairie and throughout the world.