Winsloe South United Church

The Winsloe South United Church is significant because of its association with the early Bible Christian movement in PEI and due to its rare brick construction. It was constructed in 1880. It replaced a prior church building that had dated from the time of the cemetery in the 1850s. Bible Christian missionaries had first come to Prince Edward Island in 1831. The sect was a branch of the Methodist Church and was founded by William O'Bryan (1778-1868) who had started an evangelistic ministry among the farming and fishing communities of Devon and Cornwall England in 1815. Bible Christians were noted for their regular consultation of the Scriptures for guidance, an evangelical zeal for mission, and their extensive use of female preachers. Bible Christians in Canada were later incorporated back into the Methodist Church and eventually became part of the formation of the United Church of Canada in 1925.

The present church was built by local artisans, Henry and Tommy Ford, bricklayers and carpenters from Glasgow Road. The bricks were Island made at the Rocky Point brickyard across the harbour from Charlottetown. A later addition to the building was the vestry at the back in 1960.