The Vine Grove Baptist Church started as a Mission of the Forks of Otter Creek Church.


In February, 1891, a group of Baptist in and around Vine Grove met to consider organizing a Baptist Church. Sufficient reasons for the church were given and about 46 names obtained who would join. Bro. B. F. Hagan, who helped in the organization, became the first pastor.



The lot on which the first church was built was donated by the Forks of the Otter Creek Church. On June 20, 1918, the church met in a new building and became a part of the Salem Association.In 1929, the Forks of the Otter Creek Church disbanded and all the property was transferred to Vine Grove Baptist Church and members joined the later church.In 1934, the church was granted a letter of dismissal from the Salem Association and joined the Severns Valley Association.In 1941, with our nation at war and the Vine Grove community a part of a transient military community, The Moral Training School was organized to help reach parents and children who requested weekly one hour classes in cooperation with regular community schools' schedules and in cooperation with other churches. At one time, Moral Training had an enrollment of 558, including both high school and elementary students. It was discontinued in the late 1980s.During the pre-dawn hours of March 7, 1943, the Vine Grove Baptist Church, with all its contents, burned to the ground. With little insurance ($4000) members began planning for a new building. The basement was completed and dedicated on July 29, 1945. It was used for Moral Training and church services until the completion of the church.