In 1921, a group of neighbors in Round Hill, seeing the need for a community church that would welcome and include people of all Christian denominations, formed the Round Hill Community Church. They were thus among the first to embrace the concept of what later came to be known as ecumenical worship.

Services were held at the corner of Round Hill Road and John Street in the then inactive Round Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. The church building was completely renovated and the property down Round Hill Road, on which the present church stands, was acquired. The first two ministers were Harold Wilson and John Prince. Early on, members wrote the Church Creed and Prayer, still being used today. Part of the congregation, wishing to maintain its nondenominational, independent, and unaffiliated status, broke off to form Round Hill Community Church in the early 1970’s.

Services were held in the Community House, which had been built as a community project in 1926. Worshipping in a make-shift sanctuary and working tirelessly to plan for the building of a new church brought everyone closer together. It became a period of deeper spiritual and community renewal.

The Reverend Walter Wagoner was called to be our minister in 1979 and it was under his leadership that Willis N. Mills Jr., of SMS Architects, was commissioned to design the new sanctuary and church school. Construction began in 1982 and through the enormous generosity of church members, an award-winning, debt free structure was completed in time for Christmas Eve Services on December 24, 1983.

Following Dr. Wagoner’s retirement, the Rev. Dr. Ralph E. Ahlberg was chosen to be our minister in September 1987. Upon Dr. Ahlberg’s retirement in 1999, the congregation was fortunate to find Bob Culp, who retired in 2009. After a time with an interim minister, the church hired our current pastor, the Rev. Dr. Edward Horstmann, who has been the Senior Pastor since 2013.