| 1812 | First Sardis Church founded in a log cabin by "squatters" on Creek Indian lands. |
| 1814 | Georgia acquires the Creek Indian lands and subsequently the federal government removes the Indians to beyond the Mississippi. |
| 1825 | Land Lot 97, located in then Henry County's 17th District and the site of Sardis Church and its cemetery, was granted to Joel Neal. |
| 1830 | Oldest known graves in the Sardis Cemetery. |
| 1844 | The Georgia Conference secedes from Methodist Episcopal Church and subsequently [1861] the State of Georgia secedes from the Union. |
| 1847 | City of Atlanta is created from Terminus and Marthasville. |
| 1864 | During the America's Civil War, General Sherman burned Atlanta but spared Sardis Church as noted on his military map. |
| 1867 | The Georgia Conference is split: North Georgia and South Georgia Conferences established. Sardis becomes part of North Georgia. |
| 1870 | State of Georgia readmitted to the Union. |
| 1875 | Second Sardis Church and cemetery severely damaged by a tornado and third Church structure erected with help of Sardis Lodge No. 107 F&AM who used the second floor for meetings. |
| 1879 | Oldest Sardis Church register in our possession. |
| 1888 | Silas Donaldson deeded Sardis Church its current property. |
| 1927 | Present Georgian-style church built; O. J. Southwell, architect. |
| 1939 | North Georgia and other Southern Conferences rejoin the Methodist Episcopal Church. |
| 1941 | Sardis Church burned its mortgage and dedicated stained glass windows. |
| 1947 | Sardis Church acquires a parsonage for its minister. |
| 1957 | State Historical Marker erected at Sardis Church. |
| 1961 | Sardis Church reorganized after forming another church (Saint John’s UMC on Mt. Paran Road). |
| 1964 | Dr. Earl Gladstone Hunt, Jr. becomes first former Sardis pastor elected as bishop. |
| 1979 | Sardis Church chosen for making a TV movie, "The Lord's Day". |
| 1985 | Sardis Church sanctuary redecorated; parsonage sold. |
| 1995 | Sardis Church steeple restored in original Georgian-style; architect J.B. Satterfield |
