Corinth Methodist was organized in 1830, as Heard County was being carved from portions of Troup, Carroll, and Coweta Counties. At this time, the Methodist Church was spreading rapidly into western Georgia, and the Georgia Conference had just separated from the South Carolina Conference. In January 1833, the annual Methodist Conference was held in LaGrange, presided over by Bishop James Andrew, a central figure in early Methodist history. By the 1840s, the Methodist Episcopal Church split into Northern and Southern branches over the issue of slavery, with Bishop Andrew deeply involved in that controversy (see Andrew Chapel in Coweta County for more).

The earliest Corinth building is not well documented, but it is believed to have been erected in 1837 about a mile west of the current site. A second sanctuary was constructed in 1857 on land donated by Corinth Academy, a school incorporated by the Georgia legislature in 1832. Mary Thompson later sold the church an additional two and a half acres for $25. Records from the Civil War era note that several members of the congregation were enslavers, and that Rev. William Cone, a Corinth pastor, enlisted as a Confederate chaplain and died in Richmond during the war.

In 1893, the church acquired its present site by purchasing a narrow tract of land from Corinth Baptist Church. By the early 1900s, twenty local families pledged financial support to build a new sanctuary. Construction began in 1903 and was completed in 1904 at a cost of $1,086. The church has been lovingly cared for ever since. Like many rural congregations, Corinth has experienced both seasons of growth and decline, but she still stands today, a proud and enduring reminder of the faith and perseverance of Georgia’s early Methodists.