As early as 1864, Evangelical families organized prayer meetings in the homes and storefronts of Huron. The mission: to share the word of God to the German-speaking immigrants. These families built the current structure in 1875. Boardwalks bore up the feet of the faithful and those traveling by horse tethered their animals to the hitching posts. In the next 100 years the church facilities were blessed with continued improvements: stained glass windows, organs, parlor annex, an on-site parsonage, and many other memorial gifts. The congregation also changed name twice, the first being with the merger of Evangelical Church with the United Brethren in Christ Church to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church, or E.U.B, in 1946. The educational wing and adjoining fellowship hall were dedicated in 1966 to accommodate a growing congregation…. and just in time! In 1967, our E.U.B. church merged with Aldersgate Methodist Church, to form the current Huron United Methodist Church, possibly the first merger of these two denominations in the nation.

As the church walked across the threshold of a new millennium, it did so with vision and a well-defined mission. In 1999 the Council adopted the mission statement: to make and nurture disciples of Jesus Christ. The church then established a Vision 2000 team whose goals were to assess the needs of our church and make recommendations for well-managed growth in accordance with our mission.