Christian Church in 1954. First and Elm Streets.
In December, 1886 E. J. Lampton reorganized the congregation and held a protracted meeting which added twenty-eight to the thirty-four members who reported at the reorganization session. J. E. Jewett preached for the group the next year, and J. D. Dabney, the first regular pastor, came in August, 1888. During his four years ministry the membership increased by fifty-one; C. S. Medbury became pastor January 1, 1893 and added another hundred members to make the church one of the largest in El Paso.
During the summer of 1894 a new church building was erected at Elm and First which cost $4,559; the lot had cost $1,170 and the painting, pews, carpets and other equipment brought the total investment to $8,035.
The Reverend S. H. Kuntz, who resides in Eureka, is the present pastor.
THE SHILOH METHODIST CHURCH was formed by combining a United Brethern congregation with other groups. The church building was located in the southwest corner of Section 11, four miles northeast of Panola. John Brewer built his home in 1836 in what is now Shuck's Grove, and the Brewer School, located on his farm, was the meeting place for the United Brethern group before the church was built. Two other smaller "classes" also used the school for worship at various times. The three groups combined forces in 1868 and erected a small parsonage two miles east of the school, but continued services in the schoolhouse.
During this same period the Methodists of the area were holding services in the Douglas School two miles north, and in the Hill Grove School, two miles further east.
Page 198