This church is appropriately named from its two prominent tenets of faith; seventh-day meaning the Sabbath, which they observe as a day of rest, Adventist, meaning a belief in the speedy coming a second time, of Christ.

The earliest mention of of this denomination came July 25, 1878 when the Winterset Madisonian commented "The Seventh Day Adventists are still holding forth in their tent, four blocks east of the square. And from the number in attendance we would suppose the people are very much interested. They have withal a very respectable appearing audience. Some of the best people in Winterset attend regularly. Meetings will continue for at least one more week

The church building where they worship was erected in 1882. They have no stated pastor but have regular services at which some one of the members officiates. The late Abram. J. Stiffler was, for many years, one of the most prominent members. He moved to Oregon a few years ago, where he has since died.

In 1888, Rev. W. H. Wakeham, of the Winterset Seventh Day Adventist Church, was chosen president of the State Sabbath School Association of his denomination.

In 1899, The Reporter said "This sect has quite a large membership in Winterset, and own a very neat frame church edifice in the north part of the city. Preaching and Sabbath school are held every Sabbath (Saturday), and a strong enthusiastic organization is maintained.

Construction of a new church building started in October, 1929 and was dedicated on February 22, 1930. It was located on East Filmore Street on the same property where the old church had been torn down. The church continued services at the Filmore church until September 23, 1990, when a group from Marantha Volunteers, International arrived in Winterset and along with volunteers from the local congregation, they built a new church on West Summit street, the building in the photo above. At that time, the church had 30 members and was served by Pastor Keith Noll..

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