In the 1800s, this area's rich and fertile farmland attracted settlers from the Carolinas and from East and Middle Tennessee who were pioneering the Great West. Associate Reformed Presbyterians established Salem Church in Tipton County, and in 1856 Salem fostered a mission station in a new community, now known as Rosemark, in Shelby County. Associate Reformed Presbyterian adherents from Lincoln County, Tennessee, soon followed and began worshipping in the home of Robert and Nancy McCalla, located one mile east of this site. On August 16, 1861, fifteen men pledged to build both a church and a schoolhouse here on land donated by Robert McCalla. The covenanting families were Gragg, Hutchison, McCalla, McQuiston, Parkinson, Raymond, Rogers, and Sloan. Delayed by the Civil War, their efforts resumed when Rev. J.H. Strong of Salem Church was called to organize the new congregation. In the fall of 1866, Memphis Presbytery formally recognized Richland ARP Church. The present structure, the third sanctuary, was completed in 1950, and the fellowship hall in 1993. The congregation has remained on this site throughout its history.