On May 17, 1908, Black Mountain Presbyterian was organized with 13 charter members,  holding their services in the Methodist Church building.  Six years later, in April, 1914, the first service was held in a new building on Montreat Road. In 1919 a small kitchen and Sunday School rooms were added to the clapboard church.  In 1948, with 222 members, an additional educational wing was added.  In 1958 the sanctuary as we know it today was built on property adjacent to the first building.

More property was gradually added in the 'sixties and 'seventies, and in 1984 a new education wing and fellowship hall was completed.  Further remodeling in 1993 expanded the narthex and added new administrative offices.  Now in our first  year after our Centennial the membership is 630, and the church is blessed with almost 40 retired pastors and an equal number of retired missionaries and Christian Educators, all of whom contribute their talents to our congregation. 

In the course of our first hundred years we had a total of sixteen pastors, one of whom, Richard Shelor, had a tenure of 22 years.  He was named Pastor Emeritus and is living at Highland Farms Retirement Center.  The pastor who was here in 1948 when the addition to the original educational wing was made, Walter Styles, is also back with us in retirement and still active in the church at age 92.

In our Centennial Year of 2008 we researched, wrote,  and published a 235-page Pictorial History of Black Mountain Presbyterian  Church, copies of which are available in the church office.  In addition, a historical cookbook, The Kitchen Window, was compiled, edited, and published by part of the Nurture Committee, containing recipes from both current and past members and including a brief historical section featuring each of the 16 former pastors of the church.   This too is available in the church office.