History:

There was one serious minded man, John Judefind was his name, carpenter by trade. He heard of the second coming of Jesus and the seventh-day Sabbath while traveling through Takoma Park on a trip that carried him south to Florida, seeking good farm land, only to settle down in the Garden Spot of the World, the property behind the Rock Hall Church. He recalled the things he had heard in Takoma Park. Through correspondence with his cousin , Leah Victor in Indiana, who had recently accepted the truth, and upon learning of his interest, she sent a check for one hundred dollars to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists at Battle Creek, Michigan to pay the expenses of sending a preacher to Rock Hall, MD. Pastors R.D. Hottle and E.E Frank were sent from the Atlantic Conference.

After some advertising, evangelistic meetings began December 10, 1891 in Downey's Hall in the middle of town, near the intersection of Sharp and Main Streets.

Sabbath, May 21, 1892 at 10:00 a.m., a meeting was called for the purpose of organizing an SDA Church. Elder H.E. Robinson, President of the Atlantic Conference, was present and occupied the chair. After reading the following covenant, the persons whose names appear below presented themselves for examination and church fellowship.