On February 9, 1838, a meeting at the Angola Schoolhouse formally organized a Methodist Episcopal Church to serve local residents, and on the same day the congregation's newly elected trustees received a deed for land at this location on which a house or place of worship was built. Constructed largely through the efforts of the first pastor, Reverend William Connelly, the building was named Connelly's Chapel in his honor. The first structure was replaced by the present sanctuary in 1876, and the name was shortened to Conley's in later years. A fellowship hall was constructed in 1978, and the adjoining cemetery was established by the 1860s.