In October 1853, eleven early settlers of the Prairie Plains community, also known as Red Top, founded the Prairie Plains congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Brother Weyman Adair served as the congregation's first pastor, but he soon became ill and died, and he was buried in the Red Top Cemetery. In 1857, Jesse Bookman formally deeded five acres to the church, including the cemetery, manse, and sanctuary. Because it was the only building of its kind in the area, the church also served local residents as a community center. Owing in part to a national rift within the Presbyterian church, the congregation did not hold regular services between 1899 and 1906. In 1906, like most Cumberland congregations, it became part of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. At the same time, community residents began moving to Shiro, where the Trinity and Brazos Valley Rail Line was located. On January 17, 1909, members voted to move to this site and rename the congregation Shiro Presbyterian Church. As the area's population declined in the middle twentieth century, membership also fell, services were often led by lay and missionary preachers, and for many years worship was held once a month. In 1952, members considered disbanding, but T.J. Staton and Edwin Harman urged them to continue. The congregation then renewed its efforts by recruiting seminary students and others to preach, organizing church lunches and a Women's Circle, and adding Sunday School classes by 1970. In 2003, the congregation celebrated its one hundred fiftieth anniversary.