The "Disciples of Christ in Jamaica" joined on 13 December 1992, at which time the current name was adopted.
Congregational churches were formed by the assistance of the London Missionary Society from 1834.
Since the United Church was established, it has represented a strong presence of the Reformed faith in Jamaica.
It has a head called a Moderator whose duty is to give pastoral oversight of the ministers within the denomination .
The United Church is divided into 4 Regional Mission Councils, and had approximately 60,000 members in 204 congregations served by 86 pastors in 2006.