Our History

1960 - 1974

  After the 1958 construction, growth came quickly. McCordsville Methodist Church also experienced growth during the same period  At the time, Mt Comfort was sharing a minister with the McCordsville Methodist Church.   Like in 1915, McCordsville requested to be a separate station.  The request was granted.  Mt Comfort was forced to either join another church and share a minister or to to stand alone.   The decision was made to maintain separate status. 

The first parsonage of Mt Comfort was built under the direction of Floyd Kuhn.  Just 7 months after the plans were accepted, the building was built. The three bedroom, 1 bathroom house was in front of the church facing Mt Comfort Rd.  Pastor Dwayne Jones was the first occupant.  Pastors that followed included Mendel E. Adams (1965-1968), and J. Scott Wood (1969-1974)   The church continued the tradition of the community smorgasbord.  In 1967, the event had to be held in the Mt Comfort School cafeteria to accommodate the large crowd.

All seem to be going well, but May 1972 marked the beginning of the end of an important era.  On Mothers Day, disaster struck when a tornado touched the church.  It was not a big storm and nobody was hurt but the frame of the church shifted off the foundation.

The decision was made to build a new church. The formal groundbreaking ceremony was held April 1, 1973.  Services, although structurally damaged, continued to be held in the old building. On Sunday October 14, 1973 was the final day of preparation. The congregation held a 24 hour prayer vigil asking God bless the new structure. The first services in the new building was October 21, 1974.

The building came to a cost of $100,000.  The value of the building far exceeded this figure because much of the finish work was done by church members, including insulation, painting, interior wood finish, ceiling tile, carpeting, walks and landscaping. The facility included a large worship center, eleven classrooms, a conference room, an office, and a kitchen with amenities like air conditioning, extensive sound system and laboratories in three classrooms.  The members of the building committee were Floyd Kuhn, Chairman; Marvin Sparks, Treasurer; Rose McKinney, Secretary; Don Kennedy; Ortin Ralstin and Jerry Fentz.   

The 88 year old patchwork structure was demolished by volunteers. Each board, block and shingle was slowly taken apart as all shared the memories of weddings, baptisms, funerals, Sunday services and Bible Schools marking the beginning of new memories in our new building.

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