[7][8] In 1804, Bennet and Jinny Armstrong sold one half-acre lot of land for a place of worship to be built upon, and in 1808, a building for the new Cutherell Meeting House was constructed there.
[3] In 1842, the building was lifted and moved on rollers with the use of mules to the intersection of Kempsville Road and Battlefield Boulevard.
[3] In 1890, Oak Grove was reimbursed by the United States government for damage done to the church and the surrounding trees during the Union Army's occupation of the building in the 1860s.
[1] Members of the church, including a mix of youth and adults, have helped to refurbish an orphanage in Costa Rica.
[3] C.A.S.T., the Chesapeake Area Shelter Team, allows members to donate items, food, or time to the homeless for a set week during the year.
[3][19] The church sends a check to the VA Methodist Annual Conference every year to help fund different projects, missions, and programs.
[10] Heart Havens provides a safe environment for adults with intellectual disabilities to live in, and the church regularly donates and volunteers within the community.
[24] Paint Your Heart Out is an event sponsored by the Chesapeake Rotary Club that Oak Grove regularly participates in.
[3] The church also helps with many other ministries, including Chesapeake Serve the City, communion fund, disaster shelter team, faith works, Gideons, Great Bridge Food closet, House of Blessings Food Pantry, Meals on Wheels, missionary support, N.E.S.T., Park Place Soup Kitchen, Plant a Row, Project Homeless Connect, Providence Mobile Home Park, Red Cross Bloodmobile, and the Samaritan Fund.