A Personal Visit to Asbury Methodist Church

I visited Asbury in 2003 for their homecoming service and received a very warm welcome. My info probably needs to be updated, but then, Minister, J.W. Lands served Asbury as pastor. The annual Asbury Homecoming is on the fourth Sunday of July. Worship service is from 11:00 until 12:00 with lunch on the grounds to follow.

In 2003 Brother Lands told me that there are no official records for Asbury, that the Conecuh County Courthouse Fire destroyed the Asbury deed. The church was founded in the early 1800's but no one remembers exactly when. Huntington College records in Montgomery don't have an exact date either. Lands said he goes to Asbury on the fourth Sunday of each month...his charge has a "circuit" or charge of four little churches.

The one room church has wooden floors and pews. There is no restroom facility so folks make sure to "go" at home before and after service. The church had an old outhouse behind the church but it is not used now.

Asbury is part of the new Greenville district of the Alabama-West Florida Conference. Asbury is the oldest active church in his charge. The current building was built in the early 1900's, is white with green shutters. Asbury has an attendance of about 15-20 people on the 4th Sunday. Their pastor J.W. Lands has been serving the church as part of his four church charge for 21 years.

Juliette Mixon, widow of Preston Mixon, a lifelong Conecuh resident, works to beautify the cemetery. She said members of Asbury pay for upkeep of the Asbury Cemetery; someone is hired to cut and trim. There are new burials in the cemetery.

This information was submitted via an e-mail from Angie Hood ( goodhoods@knology.net) on 6/29/06