Organized in 1848 as Friendship Baptist Church, this congregation first met in a small wooden structure on this site. The people called the Rev. S.F. Wall in 1868, and minutes from the 1875 meeting of the Neches River Baptist Association show that a Sunday School program was operating there by then. The congregation was renamed Grapevine Baptist Church in 1881 and Oak Grove Baptist Church in 1888, and it had 89 members in 1902. Known as Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Christ in 1919, it prospered in the early 20th century, with more than 50 people attending Sunday School each week. By the 1960s times were more difficult, but the congregation persevered, erected a new house of worship in 1977, and continued serving the community while upholding the traditions of its founders.