Mount Pleasant

This Church was the northern-most church in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, established just after the Civil War, hence its nickname “Dixie Church.” Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Field donated the land and the Church was built in 1865. The original Board of Trustees was Thomas Field, James Griffin, William Griffin, Levi Titus, and Morton Johnson. In 1910 a vestibule was added to the Church and in 1949 the basement was completed. This was one of the five Churches that composed the Greene Circuit of the Clarksburg District of the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South that became a part of the Pittsburgh Conference following Methodist Union, in 1940. It has been a part of the Bobtown Circuit since 1946. In 2001 it was on the Mapletown/Greensboro: Mount Pleasant Charge. The membership in 1968 was 104. The membership on January 1, 2001 was 120. In 2016, Dilliner: Mount Pleasant was moved from the Washington District to the Connellsville District. In 2018, Dilliner: Mount Pleasant UMC became one of 14 churches in a newly formed cooperative ministry called South Fayette Cooperative Parish, serving communities in southern Fayette County. The Mount Pleasant congregation is very active in missions and supports over 20 different mission inside and outside the local area. The church loves music and is especially known for its mission dinners.