Earliest services of this church were held near here at Bethesda in 1853 by the Rev. J.S. McGee, a circuit rider. In 1876, La Vernia Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was organized with the Rev. John E. Vernor as pastor. By tradition, the Masonic Hall housed services until 1881. Trustees then bought this site and erected a church building, which was destroyed by a storm five years later. The present church was built in 1887. The 85-year-old Post Oak Methodist Church, 9 mi. NE, merged with La Vernia in 1970. This church controlled Post Oak Cemetery, but it no longer maintains the cemetery. This chapel was moved to its present location in 1996.