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Adams Church was founded in 1878 and named for J. K. Adams, the first pastor. Adams was a sister church to Metropolitan Church which was established in 1870. Metropolitan and Adams, having always shared pastors, formed the “Wiseville” or “Leemont” Circuit which was one of the strongest charges in the Delaware Conference. For a number of years the congregation met in a tent. The first building was finished in 1887. A steeple and new façade was added in 1914 and the first organ was installed in 1910. By the 1920’s the congregation had outgrown the original building and in 1923, under the leadership of Rev. E. E. Rogers, renovations began. To complete the renovations , the Adams congregation purchased the Whitesville school building when the school moved to another location. The building was dismantled and the lumber used to rebuild and enlarge the existing church. The school, an old store building, which was originally the first church of Calvary Methodist Church in Hopkins had been moved to Whitesville to serve as a school building. Renovations were completed in 1928. In 1945 the building was elevated and a basement was built beneath

While a smaller congregation than Metropolitan, Adams was a progressive church, participating in programs which were the pride of the presiding elders: ever-recurring revival (1899, 1903), church library (1903), the use of church offering envelopes (1924), vacation church school and Epworth League (1933). On April 23, 1968, The United Methodist Church was created when Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, representing The Evangelical United Brethren Church, and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of The Methodist Church joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas. With the words, "Lord of the Church, we are united in Thee, in Thy Church and now in The United Methodist Church," the new denomination was given birth by two churches that had distinguished histories and influential ministries in various parts of the world. It was during this time that the Central Jurisdictional Conference was abolished and African American Methodist Churches began to be integrated into the Annual conference within their boundaries.  From this time on we have been a part of the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church. We welcome you to come and be with us as we make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!