The Methodist Episcopal Church South in Winnfield was organized between 1859 and 1865. Rev. J.F. Bellany, a Methodist minister, was the chaplain of the Masonic Lodge, and lodge minutes infer that he was also the local pastor. In 1870, Daniel Kelly, a Winnfield lawyer, donated the one-acre block of land on which the church still stands. The first frame church building was erected in 1871 as the first church building in town, and it also served as a schoolhouse and as a meeting place for Baptist worshipers. That original building was torn down and replaced by another frame building in 1900. The second frame church was later torn down, and the foundation for the present building was laid in 1918. The cornerstone of the present building contains a letter written by Rev. John F. Wynn, who served the charge on a circuit as large as the state of Delaware from 1865 to 1870. Winnfield was made a station in 1905, and in 1906 the district conference met there and hosted Bishop Seth Ward for one of his first official acts after his election to the bishopric. Numerous changes have been made to the building since then, and it has hosted other conventions. Over the years, many pastors and members helped it grow and endure, and Winnfield is said to be the exact center of Methodism in Louisiana.