The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1973, for its significance in education, military history, and religion.

A building was erected at this time and a tract of land given as a gift of the John Haywood family.

He was assigned to Stafford Township by the "English Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts."

A spirit of tolerance was evident in the early church, as it ministered to people of several Protestant faiths.

In 1770, Captain Thomas Webb is reported to have visited the village, preached at the church, and formed a Baptist Society with nine members.

Several veterans of the Revolution are buried in the cemetery surrounding the church along with local residents and shipwreck victims.

By 1864, weakening walls prompted the appointment of a committee to start remodeling and rebuilding the structure.

In September 1885, Reverend Warren N. Walden was called as pastor and remained in the position until his death in December 1893.

In 1901, the pastoral call was offered to Herman Joorman, who eventually left the church to serve in the mission field.

In 1938, church member Jim Shanklin and Jack Kilbert, a seminary student who had just moved to the area, led worship services.

The practice continued until 1943 when Kilbert was killed by a mortar round that landed near his tent during the Battle of the Bulge.

During the summer of 1949, the first daily vacation bible school was started with eight teachers and thirty-nine pupils.

The building committee chose Bill Shinn, a church member, and a local builder, to oversee the construction, which was completed with volunteer labor.