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On [[December 7]] of that year, the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Church, in session at Washington, Mississippi, established a mission to Pensacola; the Reverend Dr. [[Alexander Talley]] was appointed as the mission's first pastor. Talley served for about a year before being relieved 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.
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.
===The first permanent home===
==Church leaders==
*Rev. Dr. [[Alexander Talley]]
*Rev. [[Ashley Hewett]]
*Rev. Dr. [[Henry P. Cook]] (1824-1825)
*Rev. Dr. [[John R. Lambuth]] (1825-1826)
*Rev. Dr. [[Charles Hardy]] (1826-1828)
*Rev. [[Isaac Boring]] (March 1828)
*Rev. [[Adam Wyrick]] (1829)
