Cottonwood Baptist Church was organized in 1880 with the Rev. A.M.K. Sowell as its first pastor. Its congregation first held worship services in a log building on land donated for community use by C.L. Tippett and J.W. Swayze, sharing the facility with other area congregations and the Cottonwood School. The church moved with the school when a new structure was completed in 1903. Its present sanctuary, built in 1916, also stands on property deeded by Tippett. Homecoming activities begun in 1936 are held there each June.