Local oral tradition holds that Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1876. An early church building had that year inscribed on it, and the congregation celebrated its centennial in 1976. The earliest church files date to 1899, with no record of the organization date or charter members. For several years, the congregation worshiped in a community building that also served as a school, community center, and worship place for area Baptists, Congregational Methodists, and Pentecostals. The Baptist congregation later bought the building and site and constructed a new sanctuary in 1956. In 1958, the church held its first full-time services with its first full-time pastor. Until then, pastors had been missionaries with the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Association and Missionary Baptist Association of Texas or part-time preachers employed by the congregation. During its first several decades, the church was served by several preachers and lay leaders. One important figure was elder Johnny Bean, who died in 1957, a deacon and licensed minister. Known as Uncle Johnny, he led Sunday School classes and singing classes for children and acted as Sunday School superintendent, teacher, song director, and treasurer, and he assisted with baptisms in the spring-fed waters of nearby Trout Creek until a baptistery was built in the late 1960s. The congregation has shown dedication to missionary work, with its Ladies Auxiliary ministering to people in need of food, care, and aid, and its youth programs including Bible studies, camps, field trips, and service activities. It donates heavily to the service programs of its affiliate associations and continues to grow in membership and strength.