September 10, 2025 - First Methodist Church of Shelbyville would like to invite everyone to our 200th Anniversary on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2pm where we will celebrate 200 years since the formation of our congregation. The speaker will be Bishop Kenneth Levingston.
The First Methodist Church of Shelbyville was established in Shelbyville in 1825. As years passed, the name was changed to First Methodist Church in conformity with many historical records. Tradition holds that the first church service held in Shelbyville was held by “Brother” James English, a local Methodist preacher and circuit rider. As one approaches this, now, sleepy, but once lively community deep in the piney woods, the spire of the First Methodist Church may be seen from some distance. As early as the 1820’s another church building stood on the same spot, but it was destroyed by a storm and rebuilt in 1897.
For more information contact, Pastor Sherry Harding at saharding1969@gmail.com.
