Details for First United Methodist Church of Rising Star
Historical Marker —
Atlas Number 5133001893
Data
Marker Number
1893
Atlas Number
5133001893
Marker Title
First United Methodist Church of Rising Star
Index Entry
First United Methodist Church of Rising Star
Address
100 S. Anderson Street
City
Rising Star
County
Eastland
UTM Zone
14
UTM Easting
503109
UTM Northing
3551034
Subject Codes
Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; churches
Marker Year
1984
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
No
Marker Location
South Anderson at West College
Private Property
No
Marker Condition
In Situ
Marker Size
27" x 42"
Marker Text
First United Methodist Church of Rising Star Rising Star was only a sparsely settled community when schoolteacher James Irby organized this congregation in 1879. The Rev. L.S. Chamberlain of Sipe Springs led the first service, which was attended by Irby, his wife Sallie, and Dennis Bond, in a small log building east of the present town. The congregation worshiped at several locations before 1888, when member Lucy L. Anderson donated a plot of ground for the building of a small frame structure at the present site, where the church held worship services and Sunday school classes for nearly forty years. In 1903 the Rev. D.A. McGuire was appointed to serve the First Methodist Church of Rising Star and became the fellowship's first full-time pastor. The 1920 oil boom brought new members into the church, resulting in the need for larger facilities. The current church building was completed in 1926 during the pastorate of the Rev. Fizer M. Noe. For more than one hundred years, the First United Methodist Church of Rising Star has provided the community with significant service and leadership. Its emphasis on Christian education and mission work has produced a number of ministers and missionaries from among its members. (1984)
