Reverend J. J. DeWall established a Mission in the Red Bird Mountains. He built several churches and mission homes in the area for people to live in. In 1922, Myra Bowman and Emeline Walsh moved to the mission and started Red Bird Christian School after learning that there were a lot of students in the mountains who didn’t have access to education. Then, in 1928, Red Bird clinic was built after Dr. Harlan Heim and Miss Lydia Rice, R. N. had been treating patients at the mission over the years.

Red Bird Christian School and the Red Bird Dormitories burnt to the ground on the Beverly campus.

Red Bird Mission and Christian School recently fought through the Covid-19 pandemic. As of 2021, all services are back up and running at Red Bird. The school is blazing a new path forward in the mountains, looking to bring the S.T.E.A.M. Program to students who may not know all of their options after high school. We are developing Christ centered leaders in the Cumberland Valley and beyond.