This African-American church was organized circa 1865 when four men left Sandy Level Baptist Church, founded before the Revolution with both white and black members, to form their own congregation. They elected Rev. Joe Taylor as their first pastor and held early services in a brush arbor nearby. The first permanent church here, a log building, was replaced by a frame church from 1907 to 1922 during the pastorate of Rev. T. H. McNeal. It was covered in brick veneer in 1941, then extensively renovated from 1964 to 1978 during the pastorate of Rev. A.J. Grove, Sr. The historic church cemetery dates to the 1880s.