The facility on Idlewild Road in Matthews was completed in the spring of 1990 and the congregation became known as the Matthews Seventh-day Adventist Church. The church planned to eventually build a Phase 2 structure that would become the worship center, but the plan was never realized. After growing to a membership of around 100, the church began to decline as several core families moved away and others transferred to newer churches starting up in Rock Hill, York, and Monroe.