In 1792 Bishop Francis Asbury, on his yearly visit to Methodist societies and churches in Georgia, held services while staying with the Lovetts, owners of Burton Ferry Landing on the Savannah River. In 1811 Bishop Asbury stopped with David Lovett in Scriven County, preaching on Monday and Wednesday. Robert Watkins Lovett is the first recorded member, in 1825. Reverend Peyton L. Wade, a Methodist minister, gave the land, and this brick church was built in 1827. With a nearby parsonage, Brick Church headed the Bethel Circuit from 1858 to 1897. Since 1897 Bethel has been on the Girard Circuit and is Screven County's oldest continuing Methodist church.