Peniel Baptist Church was established about 1852. Its known pastors have included Middleton Brooks, S. Hargrove, W. A. Cumbie, Ransom C. Deal, Sr., R. Cass Deal, R. B. Arnold, J. W. Phillips, F. M. Shirah, M. A. Smith, A. J. Renfroe, A. M. Glover, B. J. Marshall, J. E. Plant, M. J. Walding, Charles C. Baker, Gary Carter, L. D. Woodham, Sr., Bobby Andrews, A. T. Arnold, W. A. Baker, John Payne, Bruce Cooper, John W. Helton, Jr., Ray Wren, and Timothy McCraney. On June 13, 1854, William A. Stanford deeded land to the Missionary Baptist Church at Peniel through Starkey Stuckey, the deacon authorized to represent the church in the transaction. The original deed set the eastern boundary at a lightwood stake near the graves and recorded the property as one acre and ninety-nine 23/25 hundredths of an acre. The first split-log church was torn down in 1876, and a second church was built at a cost of $50. A third church was built in 1901. M. J. Walding was the pastor when the present church was built in 1954 using lumber and materials salvaged from the 1901 church building.