On June 5, 1887 our Methodist Episcopal Church South was organized by 10 people and the first meeting/service was held in a one room school house in West Crowley. Rev. H.O. White, the pastor at Rayne, would travel to town to hold services.

W.W. Duson donated a lot, and construction began on the first church (of any denomination) in Crowley on October 8, 1888. The Houma church had been sold that year, and provided some of the funds. The first service was held on Christmas eve that year. The church wasn’t completed, so members had to sit on planks. The wood structure was completed by February 1890 at the corner of Third Street and Avenue I. In the old building there was a wooden spiral that contained a large bell that would be rung to alert the surrounding neighbors that it was time for church.