Union Springs Missionary Baptist Church was dedicated to the Glory of God on September 19, 1896. Its founders included the Rev. Zack Deese, George Murray, Nathan Jones, Alec Cutchen, George Stokes, Marion Holland, and Jasper Roney. The congregation first met in the Jones Valley School building, which was constructed of logs and stood two miles northeast of the present site. Near the school were several gullies, each with a bubbling spring, and from this union of springs came the name "Union Springs." Members were baptised in a pool of water that formed below these springs.