Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church was first organized on September 29, 1894 by Rev. A.L. Dutch, Deacon Arthur Bell, and the entire membership of Shialo Baptist Church from Stage Pond, Florida. Over the next 116 years, the congregation was led by 16 different reverends, with the most recent term being that of Rev. Leroy Ed Jones from 1994 to the beginning of 2010. The present sanctuary was erected under the leadership of Rev. L.T. Thompson, who served for 25 years between 1913 and 1938. Greater was added to the church name on September 3, 1938. On September 29, 1996, the church celebrated its 102nd anniversary, marking the years from 1894 to 1996, and it was in the process of celebrating its 116th anniversary at that time.