Owing to the growing population in the western portion of Medway, the West Medway Precinct was incorporated in 1748. Planning for the Second Church of Christ in Medway began shortly after with construction on a meeting house beginning on April 6, 1749. The Second Church of Christ was formally gathered on October 4, 1750. The church’s first minister, David Thurston, was called on April 24, 1752. Due to health concerns, he asked for his dismissal from the church in 1769. The church remained without a minister until 1773 when David Sanford accepted the church’s call. He continued to serve as the minister until his death in 1810.

Construction on a new church building atop “Rabbit Hill” began in 1813 and the building was dedicated on June 23, 1814. Jacob Ide was ordained and installed as the third minister of the Second Church on November 2, 1814. A Parish House was built between 1816 and 1817 and a Sunday school was established in 1819. In 1838, 31 members of the church were dismissed to form a sister church, the Village Church in Medway. The church building underwent a significant renovation in 1846. The church purchased a nearby home for use as a parsonage in 1872.

The Second Church experienced a significant controversy, beginning in 1881, which ultimately resulted in a split within the church and the formation of the Third Church in Medway. In 1881, Charles H. Deans, a prominent Republican political figure and trial justice, was accused of using his office to issue an arrest warrant for Nathan A. Williams out of personal spite, among other accusations of abuse of power, especially concerning the selective issuance of arrest warrants. His case was brought before the Governor’s Executive Council and Deans was acquitted. However, the church council at the Second Church, found Deans guilty and subsequently excommunicated him. A group of church members disagreed with the excommunication and were also, subsequently, expelled. These expelled members went on to form the Third Church in Medway. They began meeting in 1884, though the church wasn’t formally gathered until 1886. The Mendon Conference of Congregational Churches called an ecclesiastical council to intervene on behalf of those expelled, but the Second Church refused to admit any wrongdoing, or even to let the council use the meeting house for the ecclesiastical conference. The Second and Third Churches remained split until 1902 when the Second Church passed a resolution admitting to “unchristian” actions towards the members of the Third Church.

In 1901, the Second Church of Christ in Medway formally changed its name to the Second Congregational Church. The 1938 New England Hurricane destroyed the Baptist Church in Medway. The Second Church invited the Baptists to meet at their church building and in 1940, the two congregations formed a new federated church, The Community Church. Following the formation of the United Church of Christ in 1957, The Community Church decided to join the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. An addition to the church building to house Sunday school classes was completed in 1970. The church building underwent a major renovation between 1980 and 1986.

In 1995, the Congregational, Baptist, and Community church bodies voted to formally unite as the Community Church of West Medway, also called the Medway Community Church. Also, in 1995, the church joined the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference. The church steeple was destroyed by fire in 2009 after being struck by lightning. A restoration of the building was completed in 2011. The church continues to serve the Medway community today.