Founded about 1878 in the Union Chapel community approximately 1/4 mi. southeast of this site, this congregation has existed continuously since that time. Built on land donated by Dr. and Mrs. G.F. Fullerton, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, served as a union church for all denominations in the community, and public school classes met there during the week. Around the turn of the century, a new community grew up at this location and, named Summerfield after the pioneer Summers family, gradually replaced Union Chapel. The church moved to the new town and became known as Summerfield Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The congregation entered a new building in 1919 and remained there until 1931, when a new brick structure was completed. After the town was renamed New Summerfield in 1938, the church's name changed again. Following the 1968 merger of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren denominations, it became New Summerfield United Methodist Church and has continued serving its community as part of Cherokee County history for more than a century.