Benevolence Methodist (Crawford County, Ga.)

The history of Benevolence Methodist goes back about one hundred years when a group of people including Mr. and Mrs. Mason L. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. James W. Flanders organized a church, known as Refuge, in 1902 on land given by Mr. Davis. A new church was built and the name changed to Benevolence. In 1915, the conference minutes give Chauncey and Benevolence as a Charge in the McRae District, Rev. B. F. West as pastor. In 1942, it was an afternoon appointment with First Church, Eastman. In 1960, it was on the Rhine Chauncey Charge. In 1983, the ceiling was lowered and the outside painted. 1982 Membership: 43