Plans for the establishment of a Lutheran church in Hopkinsville were initiated in 1958 when the Committee on Missions and Church Extension of the Western District called the Rev. Harold Tessmann to develop a mission program in the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area.

A number of Lutherans from Hopkinsville took an active part in organizing Grace Lutheran Church in Clarksville in 1959. Several families from Hopkinsville made the weekly trip to Grace Lutheran Church in Clarksville for several years, while the next step of organizing a Lutheran church in Hopkinsville was being planned.