The Waller Methodist Episcopal Church, South, traces its history to 1888, when it was first mentioned in regional Methodist conference records. Early members included Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown, Lawton M. and Sallie Bouknight, and Simeon P. and Sarah J. White with their daughters, Grace and Carrie. Church trustees John Whitaker and Cary Mason purchased land in anticipation of constructing a Methodist church building, but none was erected there. The congregation met in Waller School at Pine and Cherry streets, and Grace and Carrie White led a Methodist Sunday School in the Baptist church facility. The first church building was completed in 1906 at Farr and Bois d'Arc streets, but a tornado destroyed it two years later. It was rebuilt at the same location in 1909. In 1911, Ella King and three other church women organized a women's society. Another tornado devastated the church building in 1917, and a new building was erected at Smith and Cherry streets in 1920. From 1920 to 1940, the Methodists alternated church services with Waller Baptists, and each congregation was served twice a month by circuit riding ministers. In 1940 each church began holding services every Sunday. The 1920 church building was sold and moved in 1961, and a modern facility was erected that year. Its debt was paid by 1975. First United Methodist Church of Waller continues in the traditions of its founders with programs of worship and service, including the Ministerial Alliance, an ecumenical group dedicated to aiding community members in need.