Ellerslie United Methodist Church

Ellerslie United Methodist Church (Ellerslie UMC) is located in Ellerslie, Georgia. It is within the bounds of the Columbus District of the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 2003 it was targeted as a revitalization project because of the rapid growth of Harris County

The Ellerslie UMC was founded in July 1910, following a tent revival conducted by Reverend McCord, president of a small Methodist college in Mississippi. Adger S. Ellison donated the land. The Reverend R.W. Cannon was the pastor who sponsored the building of the church.

Charter members that joined the church when is was founded included A.S. Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Ellison, Mr. and Mrs. S.T. Ellison, Miss Frances Ellison, Mrs. Janetta Ginn, Mr. Steve Batchelor, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Tidwell, Miss Margaret Ellison, Mr. Charles Tidwell, and Miss Effie Ginn. All of these were transferred by certificate from Clowers church. Mr. and Mrs. W.I.H. Pitts and Miss Margaret Pitts were transferred from Waverly Hall.

The UM pastors that have served the Waverly Hall/Ellerslie UMC charge recently include:
*1942 C.L Glenn
*1943 W.R. Smith
*1945 A.A. Waite Sr.
*1949 R.E. Brown
*1951 Loy Veal
*1954 Swoll Sawyer
*1957 John Bagwell
*1962 Don Kea
*1966 Cephas Williamson
*1968 Gerald R. Smith
*1970 Ronnie Wills
*1974 John Vining
*1977 Creede Hinshaw
*1981 W. David Hendrix
*1983 Jerry Lott
*1986 W. Dan Overstreet
*1988 Dan Max Smith
*1996 Rob McDaniel
*2003 Dennis Lanning
*2007 Scott Hagan

The church's website is www.ellerslieumc.com [http://www.ellerslieumc.com] .