Methodists began meeting about four years after the founding of Irving, gathering in the schoolhouse under the leadership of laymen and a local retired minister, Brother T.L. Combo. After a revival in August 1908 led by Rev. M.H. Read of Grand Prairie, a dozen or so charter members organized the Methodist Episcopal Church. A.J. Clark donated a lot at the northeast corner of Third and Ohio Streets in September 1909, and the congregation first met in the nearly finished sanctuary in November 1909. The membership outgrew the small church in 1937, and under the leadership of Rev. Thomas Sterck, the frame building was replaced with a sandstone structure. The new building served as the sanctuary for 65 years, with a 1952 expansion under Rev. J.W. Lindsey. The church later acquired adjoining land and built additional facilities, including offices, Sunday school rooms, a fellowship hall, and a family life center. The denomination became the Methodist Church in 1939 and the United Methodist Church in 1968. In 2002, the congregation and Rev. Rusty Hedges consecrated a new sanctuary north of the existing facilities, and the 1937 building became the chapel.