History

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.

Bro. Ed Grimm would come early every Sunday morning to start a fire in the furnace; it was during this time while waiting he wrote the words to a cherished song “The Little White Church on the Levee”. The song is sung to the music of “The Church in the Wildwood”. There were 14 members and attendance was between 30-40 people.



As the congregation grew a new church building was built and the first services were held April 16, 1950.

The Taylor congregation continues to grow, with many converts who had no previous association with the Apostolic Christian Church. In 1982 approximately 20% of the membership was from the local community.



In 1987 work began on a new facility, which was completed in 1989.

In 2006 the membership was 103, and average Sunday attendance was 220.