In 1824, Mr. Bononi Freel built a cabin near
the town of Perkinsville and organized a
Methodist Society for worship that consisted
of a handful of settlers.

In 1828, the society began meeting in the Perkinsville settlement. William Parkins,
for whom the town was named, was the first
minister and preached the first funeral in
this part of Madison County. In addition to
being a minister, he was also a blacksmith
and in his spare time wielded an axe to help
clear the land. He also built the first hand-
powered mill in Perkinsville and later the
first water-powered mill.

In 1837, when the town was laid out, it was
named for him, but a mistake was made in the spelling of his name and the plat was put on
record as "Perkinsville". The members of the Methodist Society met in a private home for
some time, but in 1850, the membership
decided to purchase two lots in the town
of Perkinsville for $25 for the purpose of
building a house of worship. On these lots a
brick building was erected.

In 1888, the old brick walls of the church
were pulled down by horses and a new larger brick building was built. Part of the brick
from the oldchurch was built into this new
church. The restof the brick needed was
baked on the Nellie Shell Farm just north of
Perkinsville. This new church building was
dedicated on February 17, 1889.

The Lord's Acre Project was started in 1949.
People of the community pledged the profits
of one acre of ground for the building fund.
The first years of the Lord's Acre Festival
consisted of a parade, pony rides and
serving meals. After a few years the parade
was abandoned and a fish fry was initiated.
The Fish Fry is still an annual event.

On Sunday, May 15, 1988, the Perkinsville
United Methodist Church celebrated their
100th year in the present building with a homecoming dinner. A worship service was
conducted as well, and people from as far
away as Georgia and Alaska attended.

In 1989, the Perkinsville United Methodist
Church with much prayer and seeking of
the Lord's will, made the decision to leave
the Methodist Conference and become an
independent, non-denominational church.
While they continued to respect the beliefs
of the Methodist denomination, they felt that
their conservative viewpoints were growing
farther apart from some in the Methodist
Conference. The church also felt that in order
to stabilize the pulpit leadership, more
control was needed in the selection of the pastoral leadership.

In 1998, Perkinsville Community
Church celebrated their 110th Anniversary. It is their prayer,
with the Lord's leading, that the
church can continue to grow in the
strength and knowledge of Christ
until the day of His return.