Cushing, Okla.--Rev. C. D. Bates took charge of this pastorate about two months ago. At that time the prospects were most inspiring. The church was organized a year ago, and the membership has steadily grown from a few to fifty-five, and sixty-five in the Sunday school. There is a good board of elders and deacons, and the entrie membership are such as to make any minister feel proud that he is their pastor. In less than a year from the time the church was organized the devotion and sacrifice of members took material form in a beautiful building arranged with separate primary room, oak pews, carpet and piano, and all debts more than accounted for. The building was erected with astonishing rapidity, and nearly all the funds came from the members. The building and furnishings are such as to give the members a just pride and appreciation. Much of the honor is due to Mr. D. A. McLoury, who has been preaching in and around Cushing for many years, saving and training the material for future service. Rev. R. L. Phelps, the superintendent of missions in the synod, gathered the material and directed the forces until the church was finished and put in running order. The Ladies' Aid Society has been active from the first, and has done much toward the success of the work. They meet from week to week in regular session, raising funds and stimulating all the women to become interested in church work. At one time they went in a body into the cottonfields and worked to make money for their church. Two new departments have been instituted--the cradle roll and the Junior Endeavor Society. The town has a population of nearly 2,000, is situated in a good country, with fair prospects of oil and gas. It is believed by many that there is a great future for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The country, located midway between north and south, has a medium climate, and so located, it becomes the gateway from the north and east to southwest. Being a new country, it has the element of progress and push. Some interest is manifested in religious, moral and intellectual progress; but the fields are white to harvest, and there is great opportunity for men of energy, business and religion.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 23, 1905, page 375]

1904
Name of Church: Cushing Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: G. L. McLaury, Cushing, Okla.
Minister Now In Charge: None listed
Total Number of Members: 14
Oklahoma Presbytery - Indianola Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1904, page 92a]

1905
Name of Church: Cushing Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: G. L. McLaury, Cushing, Okla.
Minister Now In Charge: C. D. Bates
Total Number of Members: 51
Oklahoma Presbytery - Indianola Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1905, page 73a]

Church Houses Erected in 1904
Place: Cushing, Okla.
Name of Church: Cushing
Presbytery: Oklahoma
Built or Bought: Built
Paid on Same: 2000
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1905, page 151a]

1906
Name of Church: Cushing Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: G. L. McLaury, Cushing, Okla.
Minister Now In Charge: C. D. Bates
Total Number of Members: 93
Oklahoma Presbytery - Indianola Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1906, page 64a]

1907
Went into the partial union with the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. and became First Presbyterian Church of Cushing.