Pine Level Baptist Church was organized on January 6, 1872, with Rev. M.H. Shuman as its first minister. The congregation held services in members' homes until a sanctuary was built on this site between 1876 and 1881. A second sanctuary, built in 1906, served the congregation until a new sanctuary was built .4 mi. north in 1995. The longest-serving ministers were Revs. J.J. Nix, from 1900 to 1929, and Frank Fisher, from 1945 to 1966. Charter members were Mary Cleland, Rebecca Dewitt, Oscar Ellis, J.J. Gooding, Rosa C. Grimes, Rachel Mew, Mary Phillips, Alexander Smith, Cecelia R. Smith, Deliah W. Smith, George H. Smith, James R. Smith, Lucreita Smith, Mary Smith, Harriet Tindal, W.F. Wheeler, and Sarah J. Wheeler.