The congregation now known as Mars Hill Church of Christ began meeting in Stoney Point in the 1860s.  However, during the Civil War, Union soldiers captured the road between the Mars Hill and Stoney Point communities and harassed those traveling to worship. Travel conditions became so dangerous that the families of the Mars Hill community decided to meet in one part of an old foundry used to make cannonballs for the South. Brother T.B. Larimore began preaching for the congregation. He also traveled and preached at other meetings.  But, he was essential to the survival of the congregation during its early years.  The congregation continued meeting in the foundry until they out grew it.  In 1903, Brother Larimore and others in the congregation helped to buy the land for a new building. The congregation then built a new church building (the old building on the current Mars Hill Church campus) which was ready for use in 1904.  The church would continue to worship there until 1969, when the current building was completed.