St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church Collection

First Presbyterian Church was established in 1817. A spiritual revival in 1858 led to the establishment of the Second Presbyterian Church, which was moved in 1888 to a new location, purchased with help of the Sprunt family. The Sprunts were charter members of the Second Presbyterian Church and founders of Sprunt and Son, a cotton exporting business in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Church changed its name at this time to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. The previous building was sold to an African American congregation. Reverend Mclure served as pastor from 1891 until his death in 1920.

In 1906, an organ built by Henry Pilcher was installed, and in 1910 an addition was added to the church with financial help from the Sprunt family. The Church of the Covenant was established in 1918 to provide a church for Presbyterians who lived further away from the downtown area, much of the financial backing coming from the Sprunt family, who also donated money for a manse to be built for the church minister. An initial donation in 1920 by Mrs. Jessie Kenan Wise allowed the church to add a Sunday School building, which was expanded in 1928. The Church of the Covenant and St. Andrews Presbyterian Church existed separately until 1944, when they merged to form St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian Church at the previous site of the Church of the Covenant.