Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church served the communities of Preston, Elwood, Tanyard, Jonestown and Marsh Creek. The church grew spiritually and financially for many years, fostering many local preachers. Dedicated leaders of the Sunday School, choir, usher board, and trustee boards, as well as many other counterparts of the church, revealed many successes. On Easter Monday in 1962, Mt. Pleasant M. E. Church was destroyed by fire.