About Us
In 1844, the Lynchburg Circuit was formed and a church in Crosby was started by various Protestant denominations, including the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1879, the church became a part of the Cedar Bayou Circuit. Sometime around 1897 a group meeting in the Crosby schoolhouse on Kernohan Street became the Union Church. It too held services for all Protestant faiths. In 1900, the Union Church was outgrowing it's facilities. In 1909, C .A. Gustafson donated land for the church's expansion. In 1911, a white frame church was built as the home of the Union Church congregation. In 1919, the Methodist Conference paid off the building debt to Mr. Gustafson and the Union Church became the Crosby Methodist Episcopal Church. The church joined the Texas Annual Conference in January 1931, along with Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1954, Mr. Elton C. Runneburg donated land and the congregation entered into a building program. In 1956, the congregation moved into its current day location at 1334 Runneburg Road.