Baptismal, confirmation and marriage records show that mission work existed prior to 1890, going back to the founding of Germiston in 1886.

The building of 1910 is typical of the Baker style so prevalent in South Africa and the British Empire at the turn of the 20th century.

St Michael's Church in Boksburg, built in 1911, has Baker features too, but most of the design and the build were carried out by his architectural business partner, Frank Fleming.

The church, which is of a stone structure throughout, has typical Norman or Romanesque features, as found in many of Baker's buildings, including some of the most beautiful stained glass windows of the early 20th century.

There is also a crypt chapel underneath the chancel and sanctuary, which is alongside the columbarium which was specifically designed for the interment of ashes, and was consecrated for that use by the Rt Revd Timothy Bavin, the then Bishop of Johannesburg in 1977.

It is considered one of the best English Romantic organs in South Africa, albeit a humble instrument in relation to its cathedral counterparts.

In December 2010, Fr Malcolm Chalmers, who had been Director of Music in the Parish since February 1997, was appointed as an additional self-supporting clergyman.

Special events took place, most especially a thanksgiving service on Sunday 8 August, with choir, brass and organ, where the bishop, David Bannerman, delivered the homily.