History:
The Mount Jackson United Methodist Church has a rich heritage dating as far back as 1790 when the Methodist movement in this area began near Red Banks. Through the years, the Methodist people moved their Church many times until the present building was built on Orkney Drive (then Doyle Street) in 1884. The Methodist Episcopal Church South was firmly established. In the 1930s, Rev. Lambert, helped by his members, remodeled the original structure and added the memorial windows. Rev.

Early, in the 1940s, led the members in constructing the basement. In the ensuing years, the Mt. Jackson United Methodist Church has grown in number of members and the size of the Church building. In 1985, the new Educational and Social Wing was added including kitchen and social hall on the main floor and office and church school rooms in the basement. On Christmas Eve, 1988, the newly renovated sanctuary was unveiled. Two years later the renovation of the original basement was completed adding a nursery, large meeting room and storage. The Cross and Flame insignia or logo has been a symbol of Christian Unity since 1974.

It was first used to represent the union of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church to form the United Methodist Church in 1968. Yet, it stands as a sign for some much older Christian Unions, Quicksburg United Methodist Church, founded in 1881 and Mt. Jackson United Methodist Church, founded in 1884. The Empty Cross represents the Risen Lord, Jesus Christ, who rose on Easter and unites us all in love and faith. The flame represents the first Pentecost (fifty days) after Easter when tongues of fire gave rise to Christ's Spirit in the Apostles. Peter preached and it is said. "3000 people united in Jesus Christ and became the first Church."