In 1841, St. Matthews Lutheran Church, five miles west, directed Rev. J.P. Margart to begin holding services in the nearby Pine Grove community. On September 27, 1847, congregants formally organized as Pine Grove Lutheran Church. They moved to this site during the pastorate of Rev. W. A. Houck from 1854 to 1869. The first church on this site was a frame building, and its nave contained a rear section for those enslaved to various church members. The church cemetery opened in 1874. The current church was built in the 1890's under the pastorate of Rev. J.D. Bowles after the previous structure was demolished to expand the cemetery.