History:
The earliest recorded date we have for the existence of the Church in Horse Cave, KY is September 15, 1868. Members banded together to draw up a covenant “to keep house for the Lord.” The Church of Christ shared a two-story building with the Methodist, Presbyterians and Baptist. The Union building was located on Church Street. Much to their dismay, the Christians at that time were often called “Campbellites” by the people in the community. The town of Horse Cave was previously known as Caverna as records in 1870 so indicate.

The meeting that was held Sept. 15, 1868 was noted as follows: “Church of Christ meeting at Horse Cave, Ky.” The purpose of the meeting was to form a covenant for this young Christian community. The covenant read as follows: “We whose names are hereunto subscribed do covenant together to keep house for the Lord and do adopt as the mover of our covenant and the rule of our action, the writings of the Old and New Testaments to the exclusion of all human productions as bonds of aversion and commensuration regarding them as usurpations tending only to the perpetuating of evil".