Memorial Bible Church began in 1954 in the heart of an insurance man who had been saved by the grace of God out of alcoholism, John Wakefield, who also served as pastor of Grace Baptist Church in north Tulsa. Hand-written notes by Wakefield reveal, "For some time I have had on my heart a desire to establish another independent church in Tulsa... We feel a strong conviction about an independent gospel work and believe that the Lord is leading out." Thus, in March of 1954, he and his wife Yvonne and a small handful of people met in the Wakefield home at 15th and Harvard to begin what was first called Grace Bible Church. Later that year, John Wakefield personally financed the purchase of a Memorial Drive site at 4th and Memorial, and they moved into the facilities in October. Officially separated from Grace Baptist Church, it was incorporated with the state of Oklahoma in February 1955 under the name of Memorial Drive Community Church.

In 1961 the name was changed to Memorial Bible Church, and the church itself was able to purchase the property from John Wakefield. Pastor Wakefield served the church for 15 years until, in 1969, Richard Evans was called to come from Tonkawa Bible Church to serve as full-time pastor. He served for four years, and then Ben Bailey came in July of 1974. During his time there, the mortgage on the property was finally paid off. In November 1978 Gary Dangerfield came from Markoma Academy in Tahlequah to serve as interim pastor and subsequently became the fourth minister to serve Memorial Bible Church. Gary and his family served for three years until September of 1981. On March 1, 1982, John H. Conner brought his family to Tulsa, having come from Dallas Seminary via a 20-month stop-off in Denver, Colorado as an associate pastor.

In January of 1992 the Memorial Drive facility was sold. The church family met for some time at 3232 S. Garnett Road and then at 6363 S. Trenton in Metro Christian Academy until July of 1993. At that time, Mingo Valley Christian Church decided to dissolve and asked Memorial Bible Church to receive the, their school and their assets under Memorial membership. This was agreed upon by all, and the church family and school resided at, 9123 E. 22nd Place, in Tulsa.

On February 29, 2004 we moved into the facility at 8720 E. 61st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma where the school and church reside.