April 20, 1920: A group of nine men met at the Wichita Club and after discussing the establishment of a new Episcopal Church, addressed a petition to Bishop Wise. Prior to that meeting, in the latter part of March 1920, Mrs. E.E. Bleckley and Mrs. Frances Keck Ross had called on several men, asking if they would be interested in such a proposal.

June 4, 1920, at a meeting held at the Wichita Club, the following Articles of Association were adopted and signed by the individuals named. This constituted the formal organization of St. James Church. The Rev. Otis E. Gray was invited the same date to become Rector of the new St. James Church.

October 12, 1920: The first service was held in the frame church building, formerly St. Stephen's, which had been moved to its new location at Yale and Douglas. Legend has it that the City of Wichita was dragging its feet and would not allow the original church building to be moved. So, during the midnight hours on a September 1920 night, church members moved the church themselves.

May 10, 1921: Application was made to the Diocese of Kansas for admission into union with the convention.

April 1923: The Vestry authorized the building committee to employ architects for a new church building.

March 22, 1925: The parish as a whole approved the building of a new church and the financing of the same.

July 15, 1925: The ground was broken for the new church.

November 1, 1925: The cornerstone was laid.

May 30, 1926: The church was dedicated.

January 15, 1930: The death of The Rev. Otis Gray.

May 1, 1930: The first service held by The Rev. Samuel E. West as rector.

January 8, 1939: Consecration of St. James Church by Bishop Wise, made possible by the final payment of the amount due on the indebtedness of the church proper.