The Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church is an historic Long Island church that was founded in 1670 by Calvinists, who at first held religious meetings in the homes of settlers of Sagg and Mecox, rather than walking 10 miles to Southampton for services on Sunday.

By 1686, the settlements erected their first “meeting house” on Bridge Lane in Bridgehampton. Then in 1695, Rev. Ebenezer White was ordained and installed as the first minister of the Church of Christ in Bridge Hampton. He graduated from Harvard, began his ministry at the age of 23, and after 53 years of leading the Bridge Hampton congregation, he retired and lived in Sagaponack until his death at the age of 84. Prior to his retirement, in 1717, Rev. White helped to form the first Presbyterian Synod in the Colonies.

A second church, built in 1737, was located on Sagaponack Road in Bridge Hampton, where Rev. White also preached.

The church that stands today on Montauk Highway is the third church built by the congregation in 1842. The architecture of the wood framed building, including additions, is Greek Revivalist. There is a five level steeple located above the narthex of the church and centered on the gable ridge of the roof. Each level of the steeple becomes progressively smaller in size and proportion toward the top. A working clock is located on the third level and at the top of the fifth level, there is metal weather vane. On Sunday mornings , the original church steeple bell rings out at 10:15 am, with the help of church school children and their parents.

Since Rev. White, there have been 17 ministers leading the Bridgehampton congregation until 2007. Currently, Dr. M. Elaine Rhodes is the Interim Pastor of the church. She came to us from Mooresville, NC, where she was Interim Pastor for the Cornelius Presbyterian Church. She has special interest, training and experience in interim ministry and spiritual guidance.