It was early in 1953 or late 1952 when a number of Missouri Synod Lutherans living in the Wheat Ridge vicinity decided there was a need for a congregation to be located in that area. A meeting for those interested was held in the auditorium of the Wheat Ridge Lutheran Sanitarium and the mission church was formed.

The property at 38th and Dudley was bought by the church, with the help of the Mission Board of the Colorado District. Sunday School was started in July and Vacation Bible School was held in August of 1953, in the chicken coop that was on the property along with a big white frame house, two rental units and some other outbuildings.