[1] The formation of the Reformed Free Methodist Church is a part of the history of Methodism in the United States; it was founded in 1932 as a result of a schism with the Free Methodist Church spearheaded by Samuel E. West.

[2][3] After its formation, some members of the Reformed Free Methodist Church attended the Interchurch Holiness Convention.

Communicants of the Reformed Free Methodist Church sung hymns in corporate worship a cappella and wore plain dress (with black and white clothing preferred at the liturgy), in keeping with historic Holiness Methodist standards.

[4] The earlier camp meetings of the Reformed Free Methodist Church were held at McClain's Grove in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania.

[7][8] The Reformed Free Methodist Church of Morgantown, West Virginia, with a membership of around two hundred people, was unique in that its architecture resembled a tabernacle.