The congregation met in a log building until they erected a meeting house on the current site in 1862.
[1] The first recorded ordination within Olive Mennonite Church took place in 1871, when Henry Christophel was made Deacon.
Soon after the opening service in the new facility (Christmas Day 1888), the congregation began to be called Olive Mennonite, so named after the township in which it was located.
[3] Today, Olive Mennonite Church has an average weekly attendance of between 100 and 125 people.
[4] In addition to weekly church services, Olive's ministries include a youth group, Vacation Bible School (begun in 1936[3]), and a ladies daytime sewing[5] (The first sewing circle at Olive began in 1916[3]).