...continued from The St. John's Story

Other Methodist preachers made intermittent visits to Santa Fe later, but a congregation was not organized until 1880, when the Reverend Henry H. Hall, another Methodist Episcopal minister, organized a congregation. He led the congregation in building an adobe church on West San Francisco Street. The building was dedicated in 1881. The congregation moved to another building on Don Gaspar Avenue in 1902. After more growth, the congregation moved to the current site at Cordova and Old Pecos Trail. The new building was completed in 1954 and dedicated in 1963.

The heritage of St. John's includes several persons who have become missionaries and clergy. The laity of the church have served the community through their professional work and volunteer leadership in politics, art, and service clubs. Its large youth group, its children's ministry, its preschool, its hunger and prison ministries, its women's and men's groups, and adult classes all express the congregation's sense of nurture and service.

The addition of new facilities in 2002 grew out of its concern that a place be provided for community groups and church groups alike. As the largest Protestant church in Santa Fe, St. John's has sought to be inclusive in its reach and faithful to the Wesleyan tradition of grace for all.