By 1905, Branson had three general merchandise stores, a meat market, two hotels, a barber shop, a photography gallery, two doctors, a drug store, a lumberyard, a livery stable, a blacksmith shop, a newspaper, and a school.  But Branson still lacked a church.   One of the doctors, Elizabeth McIntyre, circulated a petition requesting permission to hold Sunday school in the new school that was being built.  Nearly everyone in town signed it.  May 1906 it was reported in the Branson Echo that the classes had out grown the size of the school.

It was at this time the townspeople received help from a committee that had come to town to locate a Presbyterian school in Forsyth.  This school was later known as the School of the Ozarks.  The committee helped promote the church while the locals held fundraisers.  Ice cream socials, pie suppers, taffy pulling and literary programs were held to raise $800, half of the necessary funds to erect a church building.  The Presbyterian Church matched the amount and designed the church to be used by citizens of any denomination.  The architect who designed the church is believed to be T. C. Link of St. Louis, who also planned Mitchell Hall at the School of the Ozarks. 

On Easter Sunday in 1907, a Presbyterian Church Society was formed.  By January, 1908, Rev. W.E. Beatie was installed as the first pastor of the Branson Presbyterian Church.  By April of 1911, the church was dedicated.  It was the town’s first stone building.

In the late 1920’s volunteer laborers had dug a basement under the sanctuary.  During the 1940’s Sunday school rooms and the pastor’s living quarters were added on the original building.

In June 1966, the congregation moved into a newly dedicated church sanctuary that had offices, a fellowship hall, a kitchen and a library.  The Christian Education building, which included new offices and the Fireside room, was constructed in 1984 and dedicated March 24, 1985. 

The original building, now called the “Old Stone Church”, has served the community as a meeting place for the Tri-Lakes Adult Community Center.  It has also been the home for Young Life, Ozark Christian Counseling, Inc., Christian Action Ministries (CAM), Hope Unlimited, Women’s Crisis Center, and Mountain Country Habitat for Humanity.

Reconstruction of the Old Stone Church was completed in 1999 and restored its use to the glory of God.