Moose Jaw Minto Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, from what had previously been the Presbyterian Moose Jaw Minto Pastoral Charge.

Tuxford Pastoral Charge was formed as a self-sustaining United Church field in 1925, part of Moose Jaw Presbytery, with appointments at Tuxford, Buffalo Lake, Pioneer and Huron. Prior to this, it had been a Presbyterian pastoral charge. By 1932, the charge consisted of Tuxford, [Lake] Huron and Marquis preaching points. Tuxford Pastoral Charge was no longer listed by 1958 and, as of 1962, the Tuxford preaching point had joined Marquis and Keeler as part of Marquis Pastoral Charge.

John MacLean was a Methodist minister and missionary to Indigenous communities, serving in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Manitoba. He edited The Wesleyan for 1902-1906, served as Archivist of the Methodist Church and Librarian of Wesley College, Winnipeg, 1918-1928. He also studied native culture, and wrote numerous books and pamphlets on the history of Methodism, Western Canada, and native peoples.

The residential school was preceded by a small day school, opened by J.C. Richardson in 1884 on the Little Black Bear Reserve and closed soon afterwards. In 1886, R. Toms reopened the day school and it operated until 1889, when the Woman's Missionary Society with the support of the Foreign Mission Committee of The Presbyterian Church in Canada and the Department of Indian Affairs built a new school just outside of the reserve’s boundaries. This was operated by The Presbyterian Church until 1924 when its operation was transferred to the United Church of Canada who managed it until its closure in 1949.