The town of Bovina was organized in the early 20th century in the heart of the XIT Ranch on the Pecos Valley Railway, and soon afterward a Methodist church was founded with nine charter members. The Rev. V. H. Trammell, pastor from 1905 until 1908, helped organize the congregation and held services one Sunday each month. Members first met in a one-room schoolhouse. In 1910, during the pastorate of the Reverend J. A. Sweeney, who died in 1919, the congregation built its first sanctuary across the street from this site, with much of the money raised by cowboys from area ranches. The church hired its first full-time pastor during the 1940s. As the oldest Methodist congregation in Parmer County, it has long provided service and leadership to the community and the surrounding farming and ranching area, and with its emphasis on Christian education, youth ministry, and music, it continues to uphold the ideals and traditions of its founders.