Who We Are

The first families moved to Taylor, Missouri in March of 1918. Bro. Andrew and Sis. Matilda “Tillie” (Gerst) Yackley and their family moved from Hancock, Minnesota to a farm southeast of Taylor. As other families moved to this area, church services were held once a month at the Willow Bend School in the West Quincy bottoms. Visiting ministers would conduct the worship service. If no minister was available the families would gather to sing hymns, pray and at times read printed sermons.

In February of 1926, Bro. Ed Grimm, a minister at Elgin, Iowa, moved his family to this area. Bro. Ed and Sis. Anna (Burki) Grimm held the services in their home. In May of 1926 the members & friends purchased 20 acres with a small house one-fourth mile north of Taylor, along the west side of U.S. Highway 61. The small four room home was converted to a church building.