A little mission Sunday School, organized in 1911, grew to become a church called Melrose Presbyterian Church by 1916. It later outgrew its location and built a new church building on Peters Creek Road in 1958, changing its name to Westminster Presbyterian Church. The year 1974 marked a major turning point for the congregation as it left the mainline Southern Presbyterian Church and joined the newly formed Presbyterian Church in America, which better represented its conservative Reformed and evangelical views.
Westminster Presbyterian Church originated as a mission Sunday School in 1911, evolving into Melrose Presbyterian Church by 1916 before adopting its current name in 1958 with the construction of a new building on Peters Creek Road. A significant turning point occurred in 1974 when the congregation left the mainline Southern Presbyterian Church to join the newly formed Presbyterian Church in America, aligning with its conservative Reformed and evangelical views. By 2005, Westminster Presbyterian Church responded to shifting population growth in Roanoke County by planting a new congregation, Christ the King Presbyterian Church, on the rapidly growing south side of the city.
By 2005, the population growth in the city had shifted and most of the new members resided in the rapidly growing south side of Roanoke County. Rather than leave a neighborhood which needed its ministry or the founding members who had served it so long, the congregation decided to plant a new church on the south side of Roanoke, thus giving birth to Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Southwest Roanoke.
Today, Westminster Presbyterian Church remains committed to staying true to the gospel of grace, teaching the full counsel of God, exalting the name of the Lord Jesus, taking the gospel across the street and around the world, and demonstrating biblical love through service to our members and neighbors.