In 1914, Saginaw was a small farming community with a population of 100, and after Baptist and Church of Christ congregations had been organized there in 1911, eight women and two men organized a Methodist church in Saginaw on July 19, 1914. By November 1914, the charter membership had grown to 29 and the church officially became part of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Services were first held in the auditorium of the new brick school on Blue Bonnet Street, on the present site of the Saginaw Elementary School cafeteria, with Reverend C.E. Simpson as the first pastor leading services on the fourth Sunday of every month. After membership increased, the congregation erected a one-room frame building in 1923 at the corner of Blue Bonnet and West Green, and the first service there was held on April 27, 1924. When James Campbell was appointed as a full-time pastor in 1946, the congregation decided to expand the church grounds with a parsonage, education building, Sunday School building, and additional acreage. A new sanctuary and meeting room were added in the 1960s and 1970s, and on April 23, 1968, the church became the Saginaw United Methodist Church. In 2003, it moved to the old First Baptist Church property adjacent to the original location, and since 1914 it has been a cornerstone of Saginaw through worship, emergency relief, youth program sponsorship, and support of local and global community programs.