Pandora United Methodist Church began, as many other churches did, as a group of five families began to meet together for worship in 1834, gathering as a community of faith and visited by a Methodist “Circuit Rider” who would come once a month to baptize people, serve communion, and perform weddings, as well as to preach the Word of God.  The church at that time was called “The Methodist Society”. In 1836 the community built the first church building, a log cabin that was shared by the Methodists and the United Brethren on alternating Sundays. In 1862 the forty members of the (then named) Methodist Episcopal Church built a frame building at the west end of town on the bank of Riley Creek.

As the congregation grew, several changes to the church were made including a vestibule, a tall church spire with a large bell and a primary room for the Sunday School, which had started in January of 1883.  In 1888, to increase seating capacity, a wing was built to the church. In 1903 land was purchased and a new brick building was begun on East Washington Street at the location where the church still stands today.  With the addition of a large foyer (“meet and greet” room) an educational wing, a large fellowship hall and kitchen built in 1968, the church was able to meet the needs of its growing population.

Another addition in 2001 on the south side included a lift and handicapped restrooms making the church accessible to more people.
In 1968 the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Churches throughout the United States joined together forming the United Methodist Church. From 1847 through 2022 there have been 58 pastors and 10 “interim” pastors filling the pulpit at this church.