Couley United Methodist Church (Couley, La.) is located at the intersection of United States Highway 84 East and Bryan Kelly Road.

The first Methodist services were probably held in the 1850s. What started as the Union Grove Society (which included Methodists and Baptists) evolved into the Shady Grove (or Bretts) Church in the 1880s. The church burned down around 1908.

The membership moved to the Henry Little Church in 1908, which is still in use today. It was constructed by brothers George and Gus Brunson, who also built the Couley schoolhouses. The church was given four acres of land by the Bodcaw Lumber Company to use for the church and cemetery. Cypress wood was donated by Mr. Cavitte Cookston from Winnfield. Fred Lovell cut the wood for free at his sawmill. Money was collected ($50) to buy nails, windows, and three doors. The labor was donated by local citizens. Some of the families in those early days included Little, Shaw, Bice, Brett, and Kieffer.

In the 1950s, a tin roof was put on the church. Additional work on the church over the years includes the addition of a kitchen, two Sunday School rooms, and a fellowship hall. Also, air conditioners were added, the ceiling lowered, and new paneling and flooring was installed.

In 1988, a quit claim deed was given to the Couley Double Church and cemetery.

Homecoming is held each year on the fourth Sunday in September.

Couley 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 AL-15.