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Christ United Methodist Church

SC-145: 2022 Text:In the fall of 1831, Reverend Thomas Pearson came to Laurel to assist with the establishment of a Methodist Protestant congregation. The church became one of the first of this denomination in Delaware, with early meetings held in a schoolhouse. A church was constructed on West Street in 1832, and a cemetery established […]



Site of Reynold’s Church

SC-222: On October 14, 1869, a group of local residents gathered for the purpose of organizing and electing trustees for a Methodist Protestant church near Reynolds Mills. The following month, land was obtained to serve as a site for a house of worship. Construction was completed in 1870, but the building was destroyed by fire […]



Indian Mission Methodist Church

SC-122: In 1881 the Nanticoke Indian people constructed this church to provide a place to join for religious devotions. Known as “Johnson’s Chapel,” the church was affiliated with the Methodist Protestant denomination. On March 27, 1884, the land upon which the church had been built was conveyed by Jesse E. and Elizabeth Joseph to Trustees […]



Hebron Methodist Protestant (M.P.) Church

Hebron M.P. Church is one of nine rural Methodist Protestant Churches founded in Sussex County prior to 1888. It is the only known rural M.P. church in Sussex County to have undergone minimal alteration since its construction. The church exemplifies vernacular Greek Revival chapel architecture and retains its original interior finishes. The congregation first formed […]