Manchester United Methodist Church

Manchester United Methodist Church
The 1859 chapel
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Location129 Woods Mill Road, Manchester, Missouri
CountryUnited States
DenominationUnited Methodist
Previous denominationMethodist Episcopal
ChurchmanshipEvangelical
MembershipOver 3,200
Weekly attendance1,000+
Websitehttp://www.manchesterumc.org
History
Former name(s)Manchester Methodist Episcopal Church
StatusChurch
Founded1856 (1856)
Architecture
Architectural typeChapel
StyleOriginally Greek Revival
Completed1859
Construction cost$6,389.00 (1859)
Clergy
Pastor(s)Rev. Pastor Ron Beaton,
Rev. Dr. Andy Blacksher
Manchester Methodist Episcopal Church
Manchester United Methodist Church is located in Missouri
Manchester United Methodist Church
Manchester United Methodist Church is located in the United States
Manchester United Methodist Church
Coordinates38°35′41″N 90°30′34″W / 38.59472°N 90.50944°W / 38.59472; -90.50944
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1856 (1856)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.83001053[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 1983

Manchester United Methodist Church (formerly Manchester Methodist Episcopal Church, abbreviated Manchester UMC) is a United Methodist church in Manchester, Missouri. It was the first church to be established in the western part of St. Louis County and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2] The church is among the largest United Methodist congregations in Missouri, with over 2,700 members.[3] In 2019, Manchester UMC reported a weekly attendance of 1,069[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Carneal, Thomas W. (August 3, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Manchester Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  3. ^ Furr, Rhonda (ed.). "HBUpbeat Vol. 8 Fall 2005" (PDF). Houston Baptist University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  4. ^ "Church Profile". www.umdata.org. Retrieved 2021-03-30.