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==History== | ==History== | ||
===The early church=== | ===The early church=== | ||
− | + | First Methodist Church was first established in Pensacola on [[December 7]], [[1821]] as a mission of the Mississippi Methodist Conference, with the Reverend [[Alexander Talley]] as the mission's first pastor. Talley was followed by Rev. [[Ashley Hewett]] who in turn was succeeded by Rev. Dr. [[Henry P. Cook]]. Without a permanent home, church services were held in public buildings as well as in a theatre. The March 20, 1824 issue of the ''[[Pensacola Gazette]]'' mentions a service held at the courthouse. | |
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Rev. Dr. Cook died of yellow fever in the fall of [[1825]], and was replaced by Rev. Dr. [[John R. Lambuth]], but Rev. Lambuth's tenure did not last long, for the mission was transferred to the South Carolina Methodist Conference in [[1826]]. It was during the service of the next pastor, Rev. Dr. [[Charles Hardy]], that the South Carolina conference approved funds for construction of a permanent home for the church. | Rev. Dr. Cook died of yellow fever in the fall of [[1825]], and was replaced by Rev. Dr. [[John R. Lambuth]], but Rev. Lambuth's tenure did not last long, for the mission was transferred to the South Carolina Methodist Conference in [[1826]]. It was during the service of the next pastor, Rev. Dr. [[Charles Hardy]], that the South Carolina conference approved funds for construction of a permanent home for the church. |