| May 27, 1830 | Mt Gilead Baptist Church is organized by a council of brethren from the following churches: Blue River, Union, and Shelbyville. Lacking a church building, services are held at the homes of members. |
| 1833 | A log meeting house measuring twenty-four feet square is built on land donated by John McCrea one mile west of Smithland. McCrea also donates one-hundred dollars to help with the construction of the building.
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| 1848 | A frame church is built on land donated by Levi Liniger. The building is located in a grove of beech and wild cherry trees just south of Miller Cemetery. |
| July 4, 1855 | Mt Gilead holds a celebration on McCrea Hill (Present location of our Easter Sunrise Service). |
| 1872 | Worship services are moved to the Smithland School House after the church building is deemed unsafe. In June, a meeting is held with members deciding to build a new frame church in Smithland on land purchased from Walter Scott for fifty dollars (Present church location). |
| January 1873 | The first sermon is held in the new Smithland church building.
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| June 7, 1919 | Lightning strikes the church and the building is lost. Church services are held in the Smithland School House and parsonage. |
| November 27, 1920 | After problems acquiring building materials because of the war, the cornerstone of the new church is put in place by the Flat Rock Association, and the foundation is poured. |
| January 22, 1922 | The dedication ceremony for the new church building is held.
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| August 1922 | The Flat Rock Association holds their Centennial meeting at Mt. Gilead with thirty-two churches attending. |
| September 30- October 5, 1930 |
Mt. Gilead celebrates its Centennial Anniversary. |
| March 12, 1939 | A rededication is celebrated after extensive redecoration. |
| October 6, 1940 | Mt. Gilead celebrates its 110th. Anniversary. |
| 1952 | The trustees purchase a house in Shelbyville to be used as the church parsonage. |
| 1955 | A house and lot just north of the church property are purchased from Horace Harrell to be used as an additional building and to increase parking. |
| May 12-29, 1955 | Mt. Gilead celebrates its 125th Anniversary. |
| May 12, 1968 | After feeling the need for an educational facility, and several years of saving, the church members vote to build an addition to the building. |
| September 16, 1968 | A ground breaking ceremony is held for the new addition. |
| March 28, 1971 | The dedication ceremony for the new educational addition is held.
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| 1973 | The old parsonage is sold and a new parsonage is built on the property north of the church.
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| June 3, 1990 | Mt. Gilead celebrates its 160th. Anniversary. |
| June 11-12, 2005 | Mt. Gilead celebrates its 175th. Anniversary. |
