As reported by the Disciples of Christ:A union Sunday School was organized, with popular appeal. The church came into its most prosperous condition. Later, evangelists helped it, such as C. W. Martz, 1885, James Lediard, 1887, A. H. Miller, Hugh McDiarmid, Alanson Wilcox, H. B. Shermon, Andrew Scott and Dr. W. E. Macklin. (Here we have Dr. Macklin as an evangelist about at the beginning of his long career.) Twice Thomas Cooper paid the expenses of an American evangelist brought in. The old church building also was re-conditioned, so that all was looking well.

      Owing to some interior workings a fresh enthusiasm for church building was effective in 1898, when a new red brick church was built through usual co-operative efforts. Volunteer labor and sacrificially devoted materials, money also, were factors accounting for a fine new church edifice. Morgan Miller was chairman of the committee, and Sam. Fess and E. E. Phillips were aids. It reveals a beautiful spirit when a house of worship bears the marks of its user's hands. The Christian Endeavorers brought the whole to a crown in providing the bell. It can scarcely be omitted from this record that the new church was built to sustain the beliefs of a majority of the congregation as to "means" to be employed to sustain a church life. For long, opposite opinions had prevailed as to methods. One class objected to the vote of the congregation upon temporal matters; the other, more democratic, claimed the church had the right to decide upon temporalities and methods of church work. Both agree upon matters of grace and teach the same rules of faith and obedience. That conscience was the guide of both need not be denied; however, conscience is not the supreme guide. The division was not into two but three groups, and anti-organ groups met for years, mornings and afternoons, in another place of worship. What a tragedy that a body claiming to "rightly divide the Word" should in effect only divide the Lord's body over an opinion!  

      Many ministers have worked in this fruitful field since the original pioneers opened the way. Their names are not all available as no records seem to be preserved. But here is a partial list: W. G. Charlton, F. C. Ford, F. M. Field, Thos. W. Bradt, W. R. Macdowell, Angus Butler, Thomas Gray, H. Bruce Stainton (student 1928). The building work of M. B. Ryan, at both Selkirk and Sweet's Corners, has been outstanding. Abram Hurst has for very long served as elder. In 1943 Lloyd Hustler was serving as minister.

There became a recognition with the growth of the congregation that a permanent residence for the minister(s) present and future was going to be needed. Up until this point the church had always shared a minister with other churches in the area. So the church purchased the lot beside the church for a whopping $800.
During this time the congregation had become large enough and stable enough that in 1961 the church hired it's first full time minister, Ben Woodruff.  A fund was started in 1964 to tear down the original parsonage and to build a new one. By1968 the new parsonage was built.
The church was growing.  The 70s saw an active congregation.  There was a thriving Sunday school with approximately 120 in attendance weekly from young to old. Christian Women's Fellowship, youth groups, bible studies and many other ministries were all in need of classroom space. The church planned a small addition 1971. A new basement was dug, and balcony was placed in the main sanctuary. The church also added several offices and class rooms. The church continued to flourish during this time.  By 1977 the church came to the realization that they were going to need to build a brand new sanctuary and fellowship hall to accommodate the growing congregation.