In 1877, Rev. Obed Long and Rev. J. M. Johnston were appointed to serve the Colo and Iowa Center, Iowa, circuits. According to the records of Rev. B. H. Nieble, it was decided that a meeting should be held in the Wickham school house in our community. The meeting was a success. Because of the success of the first meeting, Rev. Obed Long continued to hold meetings at the Wickham school house.
In the spring of 1880, Rev. A. T. Wilkins took charge of the Colo circuit. In September of 1880, a church was organized at the Wickham school. (See postscript). It was a union church serving pioneers of all creeds.
There were fifty-two charter members of the new church. Whereever possible I have listed the charter members first names, also the maiden and married names.
| John Adams | John Latham |
| Florence Adams | Nan Mead |
| Henry Bunker | George W. Phillips |
| Eliza Wickham Bunker | Anna Price |
| Amelia Bunker Holcomb | Mary Young Schuler |
| Alice Burgess | Alonso Stebbins |
| Squire Bull | Jane Greer Stebbins |
| Sarah Beard Bull | Lorenzo Stebbins |
| Nathaniel R. Clift | Henry Stebbins |
| Fidelia Edgett Clift | Albert Stebbins |
| Thomas Cloud | Mary Stebbins |
| Mrs. Thomas Cloud | Eugene Stebbins |
| A. P. Curnes | Sarah Greer Stebbins |
| Soloman W. Dakins | Nancy Torrence |
| Kate Cahill Dakins | Albert West |
| Gilbert Edgett | Harriet Wickham Abbott |
| Dillie Edgett | Henrietta Wickham Jessup |
| William Gilmore | Minerva B. Wickham |
| James Gilmore | Charles Williams |
| William Hazlett | Susan Williams |
| Jennie Hazlett | Otis Williams |
| Agnes Hazlett | Augusta Maronda Young |
| Homer Holcomb | Thomas Thatcher |
| Ellen Foster Holcomb | Elizabeth Simons Thatcher |
| Henry Holcomb | Charles N. Thatcher |
| William Holcomb | Ana McDowell Thatcher |