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Angier United Methodist Church has a rich history as a progressive church led by creative and innovative people. From our earliest and most humble beginnings, we have been a leader in the Angier community. We started in 1901 when a Methodist lay woman was deeply concerned about children who had no opportunity for religious instruction on Sunday. Our earliest history begins on a pile of logs near Angier pond as Mrs. Joseph Dixon began a Sunday School class and taught children from the Bible. As the group grew they moved to Albert Gregory's grocery store and later to the newly-constructed depot. A short time later a Methodist preacher, then called a circuit rider, was invited to preach and we were born.

In 1903 Jacob Williams and his wife donated land on North Dunn street and a simple one room building was constructed for The Methodist Episcopal Church South in Angier. By 1932 the building was no longer sufficient to house the growing church so land was acquired on North Broad Street. With much hard work, many sacrifices and a $100 donation from the family of John C. Angier, Angier Memorial Methodist Church had a new home and a new name. In 1968 there was a denominational merger that gave us a new name: Angier Memorial United Methodist Church. Tragically a fire destroyed our building in April of 1985 and we were back to meeting in schools. Like a Phoenix rises from the ashes, strong leaders paved the way for us to purchase a 17-acre tract on the corner of Wilma and McIver Streets. Angier United Methodist Church was reborn with a new building and plenty of land on which to expand.

Today Angier United Methodist Church is a growing church with a rich history and a bright future. Together we are working to be faithful to our call from God as we boldly reach out into the Angier community in Jesus' name. We are very much a leader in the Angier community as we strive to be resourceful, creative and innovative disciples of Christ. Even now, we are prayerfully seeking God's direction for continued growth and expansion of ministry and facilities. We give thanks for the past and the progressive leaders of yesterday that have brought us to this point and we bravely look to the future in anticipation of a richer and greater future. Truly, we are a moving church for our mighty Lord!