The Roath Park Congregational Church began in 1897, when a tin tabernacle was erected to serve the growing population in what had formerly been a largely rural area, but was rapidly urbanising by the early 20th century.

In its early days, the church's finances were often delicate, to the point that it was sometimes difficult to pay the minister's stipend, though the congregation saw considerable growth in the years after the permanent building was finished.

Already struggling, Roath Park was left in pitiful financial grounds after needing to fund major repairs in the 1990s, after which it became a joint pastorate with Minster Road.

In 1999, the building gained Grade II Listed status 'primarily for its well-integrated interior containing handsome ceiling and trusses, supported on two levels of columns with Gothic braces, elegant gallery fronts and original fittings'.

[6] After some years of disagreement in the 1960s regarding the rising trend of ecumenicalism, the congregation seceded from the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church on 1 January 1971 after struggle which involved a sit-in.