In 1898 or 1899, nine charter members under the Rev. E.J. Thompson, a missionary for the East Fork Baptist Association, organized Lawndale Baptist Church, one mile northeast. After the railroad arrived in 1900, the fellowship moved here and became Mabank Baptist Church. Area residents helped erect a meetinghouse at this location that served Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian congregations and housed the public school. As the membership grew, a new frame meetinghouse was constructed in 1929, and in 1973 it was replaced by a larger brick sanctuary.