Today the congregation boasts over 1000 members[1] and holds regular services each Sunday along with many additional musical and religious events throughout the year.

Dayton, Ohio, was first settled shortly after the 1795 Treaty of Greenville by a small group who travelled ten days from Cincinnati.

[2] In 1799 the congregation was established as the First Presbyterian Church under the Washington Presbytery of the Synod of Kentucky and met in Newcom Tavern, which at the time also served as the settlement's courthouse, jail, post office, and general store.

[5] In 1800 a log cabin was built at the northeast corner of 3rd and Main to house the congregation[5] and named First Presbyterian.

[6] A commenter writing in the Oakland Tribune called the interior exceptional for its "sense of intimacy and sheer eloquent beauty.