First United Methodist Church of Rising Star

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)

First United Methodist Church of Rising Star is a historical marker in Rising Star, Eastland County, dedicated in 1984. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Eastland County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 60 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0973, -98.9671 near Rising Star. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rising Star (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lewis Family, Pioneer Cemetery, and Romney Lutheran Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5133001893. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.