Biography

Ebenezer United Methodist Church is located at 5252 Ebenezer Road, Ebenezer, Louisiana.

The church was organized by Rev. Cline on September 1, 1889. Local founders of the church were Rev. William Shepherd and Walter Faulk. The church appears to have occupied the same piece of land over the years.

A parsonage was built on land bought in 1897 for $30 from Benjamin Faulk.

The original church was replaced in August 1909 with a second church building. It was dedicated in 1913 by Bishop Thirkield and Rev. J. A. Carruth. The church was incorporated at that time. In the 1930s, a new roof was added and the church was painted.

On March 13, 1955, the Quarterly Conference approved the building of a new church by the Ebenezer congregation. The new structure was completed the following year under the leadership of Rev. Travis Campbell. In April 1957, the Hebron Methodist Church (located four miles away) merged with the Ebenezer church. Hebron began as Perry’s Point Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1893 under the leadership of Rev. W. J. Porter. It was renamed Hebron in 1903 while Rev. F. N. Sweeney served as pastor.

A new parsonage was built in 1969. A fellowship hall was added in 1975. In 1983-84, the sanctuary and classrooms were remodeled.

The cemetery is behind the church.

Ebenezer United Methodist Church disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church in 2023.

Source: Timothy Hebert, “The Historical Register of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church,” (Louisiana: Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 2004), page LC-8.

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