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First Methodist Church was first established in Pensacola on Spain, a Catholic nation, controlled Florida prior to [[December 71821]], and did not permit open congregations of [[Wikipedia:Protestantism|Protestantism]]. The transfer of Florida to the United States in [[1821]] as opened the door for Protestant churches to establish a mission presence in Pensacola. On [[December 7]] of that year, the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist ConferenceChurch, in session at Washington, Mississippi, with established a mission to Pensacola; the Reverend Dr. [[Alexander Talley]] was appointed as the mission's first pastor. Talley was followed served for about a year before being relieved by Rev. [[Ashley Hewett]] , who in turn was succeeded by Rev. Dr. [[Henry P. Cook]]. Without a permanent home, church services were held in public buildings as well as in a theatre. The March 20, 1824 issue of the ''[[Pensacola Gazette]]'' mentions a service held at the courthouse.
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==History==
===The early church===
Rev. Dr. Cook died of yellow fever in the fall of [[1825]], and was replaced by Rev. Dr. [[John R. Lambuth]], but Rev. Lambuth's tenure did not last long, for the mission was transferred to the South Carolina Methodist Conference in [[1826]]. It was during the service of the next pastor, Rev. [[Charles Hardy]], that the South Carolina conference approved funds for construction of a permanent home for the church.
