Our History

The Waller Methodist Episcopal Church, South, traces its history to 1888,

when we were first mentioned in Regional Methodist Conference records.

The congregation met in Waller School at Pine and Cherry Streets;

including a Methodist Sunday school led by Grace and Carrie White.

The church’s fiirst building was completed in 1906 at the corner of Farr and

Bois D’Arc Streets. The building was destroyed by a tornado two years later;

then rebuilt at the same location in 1909.

The church building was devastated by another tornado in 1917, and a new

building was erected at the corner of Smith and Cherry streets in 1920.

From 1920 to 1940, the Methodist alternated church services with Waller

Baptist, was served twice a month by circuit riding ministers.

The current building was built in 1940 and then in 2003 the beautiful