Churches and Outreach Centers
Mary Helen UMC
Pastor Bob Landis
In 1931, Bother Tuttle and Brother
Root, pastors at Yancey Methodist
Episcopal Church South, crossed the
mountain into Mary Helen Coal Camp.
In 1933, the church was charted and
a house of worship was built. In the
mid-forties, extensive renovations
were completed on the church. A crash in the coal business came in the mid-1960's causing people to retire and to move away. In 1970, Mary Helen was the first church received into the Red Bird Missionary Conference from the Kentucky Conference.
