Raytown Methodist Church stands in the part of the original Wilkes Circuit of 1786, called the cradle of Georgia Methodism, from which Bishop Francis Asbury formed the Little River Circuit at the Camden, S. C. Conference in January 1802. Raytown Methodists from Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina were formed into Society in the early 1800’s, first met in members’ homes, and after 1828 worshiped for some years in the old South Liberty Meeting House. As rapid growth created the need for a separate church, land given by James Moore, Sr., and Mrs. Mary Shaw Pearson was surveyed Nov. 25, 1845, deeded Dec. 17, 1845, and the first building was erected. The trustees named were Bedor Proctor, George W. Flynt, Nathaniel Parham, Aaron T. Kendrick, John Wright, William Cicero Wright, John C. Byrd, and John Hartwell Phelts. Services were disrupted during the War Between the States by the absence of men and ministers, then resumed April 2, 1865, with the reorganization of the Raytown Union Sabbath School under Superintendent John H. Beall and Secretary William H. Brooks. The present building was erected in 1890. Among the church’s ministers in the 1800’s were Josiah Lewis, Allen Thomas, Felix Persons Brown, Miles Wesley Arnold, and Andrew Jackson Hughes, all known for outstanding work in building the great rural churches of Georgia Methodism.