This rural congregation built its first church building in 1861 on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. C. Yates. The log building, at the present-day site of Red Bayou Cemetery, also served as a school. In its early years, the church regularly held camp meetings, with families arriving in wagons, buggies, and on horseback to camp together under brush arbors for three to four weeks at a time. Worship services were led by circuit-riding preachers including the Rev. Jester White, the Rev. McDougle, and the Rev. Charles Edgar Lamb. In 1882 the church established a mission church called Tapp Memorial in nearby New Boston. Sometime before 1912, a new frame church building was erected at the original site, and it also served as a schoolhouse until 1922. In 1938 the frame building was moved to its current site because Red Bayou Cemetery expanded. Sunday School classrooms were added in 1948 and again in 1952, and in 1953 the congregation acquired a parsonage and called its first full-time pastor. A fellowship hall was added in 1987, and Red Bayou United Methodist Church continues to serve the community through various outreach programs.