Berea Church of Christ was established in 1829 when John Taylor preached the ancient gospel to a large gathering at the nearby home of David Thornton, resulting in the baptism of forty souls. The church met in members’ homes until the early 1840s, when a meeting house was built near Stud Horse Creek, one mile west of this site. That building burned in 1858, and a new building was erected here, but it was destroyed during the Civil War. A third building was built in 1867, and in 1959 the current structure became the church’s fourth home. Berea is one of the oldest Churches of Christ in Alabama. For several years it was the only Church of Christ between Moulton and Montgomery. After the Civil War and during Reconstruction, its influence spread throughout the northwest section of the state. It was the oldest and largest church in the area, many congregations were started by its members, and many of the most prominent preachers in the Restoration Movement filled its pulpit.