Christ Church Brownsville is one of the most historic congregations in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. Anglicans began worshiping in the town of Brownsville as early as 1759, as British troops headed from Cumberland to Fort Pitt and stopped at Redstone Creek to build a fort. From the late 1700’s to the 1820’s, Anglicans worshiped privately and quietly in log churches along the national road as “the forms and ceremonies of the English were met with great prejudice.” The present grounds of the church were purchased with the intent of building an Episcopal parish in 1796, and the first church building was completed on the property in 1823. Its current stone building was completed in 1857 and consecrated in 1859, and has been in continual use for over 150 years. Alongside the church is a graveyard where many of the town's founders and church's founders are buried. The property once included a parish house, originally built in 1842. Episcopalians continued to worship at Christ Church throughout the 1900’s. Although the church has suffered through the economic struggles of the region, it retained effective ministry throughout the 1970's and 1980's. In 2009, Christ Church joined the majority of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh and voted to sever ties with the Episcopal Church over issues of biblical authority. In recent years, it’s clergy and lay leadership have continued to be an active part of the ministerial, and the community often requests use of the building for choir performances and historic tours.