Czech immigrants began settling in this area of McLennan County about 1875, including the families of Josef Masek and John Foit. They attended St. Peter's Evangelical Church, founded and attended by German settlers, until the Rev. Henry Juren began conducting services in the Czech Moravian Brethren tradition. At his first service in 1888, the Rev. Mr. Juren baptized infant H.E. Beseda, who later became a minister. The Rev. Adolph Chlumsky formally organized West Brethren Church in June 1892 and traveled from his farm in Brenham by railroad about six times a year to conduct services. A choir and church youth were active from the congregation's early days, and the Krestanske Sestry, or Christian Sisters, was organized in 1893 with 26 members. In 1894, church trustees bought three acres east of town and built a church for one thousand dollars with donated labor, and the building was dedicated in 1896. By the turn of the 20th century, there were about fifty communicants, including families named Adam, Barton, Beseda, Foit, Hegar, Janek, Kudelka, and Svacek. The Mutual Aid Society of the Brethren Church organized in 1905, and Mrs. Anna Urbanovsky donated land for a cemetery in 1908. After the church building was severely damaged in a 1919 windstorm, it was replaced in 1920 and served until July 1956, when a modern brick facility with a 220-seat sanctuary, a large fellowship hall, and ten classrooms took its place. For more than a century, West Brethren Church has remained part of the community and has continued to offer worship and educational programs.