As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2003
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
            --------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 New Jersey                             22-2545165
        ----------------------------              ----------------------
      (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

                               55 Union Boulevard
                            Totowa, New Jersey 07512
                 -----------------------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                            GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
                2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
                 -----------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                              Anthony M. Bruno, Jr.
                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                            Greater Community Bancorp
                               55 Union Boulevard
                            Totowa, New Jersey 07512
                                 --------------
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (973) 942-1111
                              --------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                     -------
                                 With a Copy to:
                         William S. Robertson, III, Esq.
                     Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C.
                                  P.O. Box 995
                          Wayne, New Jersey 07474-0995
                                 (973) 694-0800
<PAGE>
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

----------------------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------------------- -------------------
                                           Proposed maximum        Proposed maximum
Title of securities     Amount to be       offering price per      aggregate offering price   Amount of
to be registered        registered (1)     share                   (2)                        registration fee
----------------------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------------------- -------------------
<S>                     <C>                <C>                     <C>                        <C>
Common stock $0.50
per share               54,695             $8.85                   $484,051                   $100.00
----------------------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------------------- -------------------
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(1) This Registration Statement also covers, in addition to the number of shares
of Common Stock stated above, such indeterminable number of shares of Common
Stock as may become subject to the Plan as a result of the anti-dilution
provisions thereof.

(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) solely for purposes of
calculating the registration fee. Represents the aggregate option exercise price
of presently outstanding options multiplied by the number of shares issuable
upon exercise of such options.

                                     Part I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1 Plan Information

          Not  filed with this Registration Statement.

ITEM 2 Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information

          Not  filed with this Registration Statement.


                                     Part II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3 Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The following documents filed by Greater Community Bancorp (the "Company")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:

     1    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
          31, 2002.

     2    The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
          March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003 and September 30, 2003.

     3    The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
          March 25, April 17, June 19, July 16, August 1, September 19 and
          October 28, 2003.

     4    The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company pursuant to
          Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any amendment
          or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

<PAGE>


     In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after the date of
this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are hereby incorporated herein
by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

ITEM 4 Description of Securities

          Not applicable.

ITEM 5 Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     Certain legal matters relating to the issuance of the shares of the
Company's Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by Williams, Caliri,
Miller & Otley, P.C., counsel to the Company. Attorneys in the law firm of
Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C. beneficially own 38,240 shares of the
Company's Common Stock as of October 31, 2003.

     The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2002 appearing in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002, which are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement, have been audited by Grant Thornton LLP,
independent public accountants, whose report is incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.

ITEM 6 Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     INDEMNIFICATION STATUTORY PROVISIONS. The New Jersey Business Corporation
Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a "corporate agent" against his expenses
and liabilities in connection with any proceeding (other than a derivative
lawsuit) involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a
corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate
agent had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. For purposes
of the Act, the term "corporate agent" includes any present or former director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a
"corporate agent" at the request of the corporation for any other enterprise.

     With respect to any derivative action, the corporation is empowered to
indemnify a corporate agent against his expenses (but not his liabilities)
incurred in connection with any proceeding involving the corporate agent by
reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation. However, only the court in which the proceeding
was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against
expenses with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was
adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct.

<PAGE>


     The corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if a
determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of
conduct was met: (i) the Board of Directors, or a committee thereof, acting by a
majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii) by
independent legal counsel, if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors
or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel to make the determination; or
(iii) by the shareholders.

     A corporate agent is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the extent
that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding. If a corporation fails
or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is
permissive or mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant him the
requested indemnification. In advance of the final disposition of a proceeding,
the corporation may pay an agent's expenses if the agent agrees to repay the
expenses unless it is ultimately determined he is entitled to indemnification.

     COMPANY BYLAWS PROVISIONS. In accord with the foregoing provisions of the
New Jersey Business Corporation Act, Article VI of the Company's Bylaws provides
as follows:

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   ----------
                    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
                    -----------------------------------------

               (a)Proceedings by Others. Provided a specific determination has
                  ----------------------
          been made as set forth below, the Corporation shall indemnify any
          person who is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or the
          legal representative of any such Director or officer, against
          reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses, reasonable counsel
          fees, and amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements,
          judgments, fines and penalties, in connection with any proceeding
          involving such Director or officer by reason of his being or having
          been such a Director or officer, other than a proceeding by or in the
          right of the Corporation, if

               (i)such Director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner
          he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
          of the Corporation, and

               (ii) with respect to any criminal proceeding, such Director or
          officer had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
          The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
          conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall
                                       ---------------
          not of itself create a presumption that such Director or officer did
          not meet the applicable standards of conduct set forth in
          subparagraphs (i) and (ii) hereof. No indemnification called for by
          this paragraph shall be made by the Corporation unless authorized in
          the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper
          in the circumstances because the Director or officer met the standard
          of conduct set forth in subparagraph (i) and, if applicable (ii) of
          this paragraph (a). Such determination shall be made


<PAGE>


               (1) by the Board of Directors acting by a quorum of Directors who
          were not parties to the proceeding; or
               (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable
          and a quorum of the disinterested Directors so directs, by independent
          legal counsel in a written opinion; or
               (3) by its Shareholders.

          (b)Proceedings by Corporation. Provided a specific determination has
             ---------------------------
          been made, or court order entered, as set forth below, the Corporation
          shall indemnify any person who is or was a Director or officer of the
          Corporation against his reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel
          fees in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the
          Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves such
          Director or officer by reason of his being or having been such
          Director or officer, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
          reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
          the Corporation. However, in no such proceeding shall indemnification
          be provided in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
          Director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable for
          negligence or misconduct, unless and only to the extent that the court
          in which such proceeding was brought shall determine upon application
          that despite the adjudication of liability, in view of all
          circumstances of the case such Director or officer is fairly and
          reasonably entitled to indemnity for such reasonable costs,
          disbursements and counsel fees as the court shall deem proper. No
          indemnification called for by this paragraph shall be made by the
          Corporation unless ordered by a court, or unless authorized in the
          specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in
          the circumstances because the Director or officer met the standard of
          conduct set forth above in this paragraph (b). Such determination
          shall be made in one of three (3) manners referred to in the last
          sentence of paragraph (a) of this Article.

          (c)Required Indemnification. Notwithstanding the requirements of
             -------------------------
          paragraphs (a) and (b) for a determination that indemnification is
          proper in a specific case, the Corporation shall in all cases
          indemnify any person who is or was a Director or officer of the
          Corporation against reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees
          to the extent that such Director or officer has been successful on the
          merits or otherwise in any proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a)
          and (b) of this Article or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
          therein.

          (d)Advance Payment of Expenses Permitted. Reasonable costs,
            --------------------------------------
          disbursements and counsel fees incurred by a Director or officer of
          the Corporation in connection with a proceeding may be paid by the
          Corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon
          receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director or officer
          to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he
          is entitled to be indemnified as provided in this Article.

<PAGE>


          (e)Proceeding Defined. As used in this Article VI, the term
             ------------------
          "proceeding" means any pending, threatened or completed civil,
          criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding,
          and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could
          lead to such action, suit or proceeding.

          (f)Provisions not Exclusive. The indemnification provided by this
             ------------------------
          Article shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other
          rights to which a Director or officer, or any rights to which an
          employee or agent, of the Corporation may be entitled under the laws
          of the State of New Jersey or under any agreement, vote of
          shareholders, or otherwise.

               EXCULPATION PROVISION IN COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
          Article 7 of the Company's certificate of incorporation provides as
          follows:

          7. A director or officer of the corporation shall not be personally
          liable to the corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach
          of any duty owed to the corporation or its stockholders, except that
          this provision shall not relieve a director or officer from liability
          for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of
          such person's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,
          (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law, or (c)
          resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.
          Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the
          corporation or otherwise shall not adversely affect any right or
          protection of a director or officer of the corporation existing at the
          time of such repeal or modification.

               The New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as it affects
          exculpation, has not been changed since the Company adopted this
          provision.

     ITEM 7 Exemption from Registration Claimed

          Not applicable.

     ITEM 8 Exhibits

               An Exhibit Index has been filed as part of this Registration
          Statement on page E-1. Such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by
          reference.

<PAGE>


     ITEM 9 Undertakings

     1.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
     any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
     previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
     to such information in the Registration Statement.
          (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
     therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
     to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
          (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     2.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
          determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
          filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
          Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
          applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
          pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934) that is
          incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
          deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
          offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
          shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     3.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
          Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
          controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
          provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
          opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
          is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
          unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
          such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
          registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
          proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
          person in connection with the securities being registered, the
          registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
          been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
          appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
          it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
          governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
<PAGE>

                                    SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
          registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
          meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
          this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
          undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Totowa,
          State of New Jersey, on November 17, 2003.

GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP

        /s/  Anthony M. Bruno, Jr.
By: ____________________________________
            Anthony M. Bruno, Jr.,
            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
/s/  Anthony M. Bruno, Jr
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Anthony M. Bruno, Jr., Director

/s/ C. Mark Campbell
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           C. Mark Campbell, Director

/s/ M. A. Bramante
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           M. A. Bramante, Director

/s/ Joseph A. Lobosco
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Joseph A. Lobosco, Director

/s/ Robert C. Soldoveri
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Robert C. Soldoveri, Director

/s/ Charles J. Volpe
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Charles J. Volpe, Director


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit 5.1     Opinion Letter of Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C.
                regarding legality of securities

Exhibit 10.6    Greater Community Bancorp 2001 Stock Option Plan for Nonemployee
                Directors

Exhibit 23.1    Consent of Grant Thornton LLP

Exhibit 23.2    Consent of Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C. (contained in
                the opinion included as Exhibit 5)






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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2003
                                                 Registration No. 333-__________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
            --------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 New Jersey                             22-2545165
        ----------------------------              ----------------------
      (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

                               55 Union Boulevard
                            Totowa, New Jersey 07512
                 -----------------------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                            GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP
                2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
                 -----------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                              Anthony M. Bruno, Jr.
                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                            Greater Community Bancorp
                               55 Union Boulevard
                            Totowa, New Jersey 07512
                                 --------------
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (973) 942-1111
                              --------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                     -------
                                 With a Copy to:
                         William S. Robertson, III, Esq.
                     Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C.
                                  P.O. Box 995
                          Wayne, New Jersey 07474-0995
                                 (973) 694-0800
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

----------------------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------------------- -------------------
                                           Proposed maximum        Proposed maximum
Title of securities     Amount to be       offering price per      aggregate offering price   Amount of
to be registered        registered (1)     share                   (2)                        registration fee
----------------------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------------------- -------------------
Common stock $0.50
per share               54,695             $8.85                   $484,051                   $100.00
----------------------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------------------- -------------------
(1) This Registration Statement also covers, in addition to the number of shares
of Common Stock stated above, such indeterminable number of shares of Common
Stock as may become subject to the Plan as a result of the anti-dilution
provisions thereof.

(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) solely for purposes of
calculating the registration fee. Represents the aggregate option exercise price
of presently outstanding options multiplied by the number of shares issuable
upon exercise of such options.

                                     Part I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1 Plan Information

          Not  filed with this Registration Statement.

ITEM 2 Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information

          Not  filed with this Registration Statement.

                                     Part II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3 Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The following documents filed by Greater Community Bancorp (the "Company")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:

     1    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
          31, 2002.

     2    The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
          March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003 and September 30, 2003.

     3    The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
          March 25, April 17, June 19, July 16, August 1, September 19 and
          October 28, 2003.

     4    The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company pursuant to
          Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any amendment
          or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after the date of
this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are hereby incorporated herein
by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

ITEM 4 Description of Securities

          Not applicable.

ITEM 5 Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     Certain legal matters relating to the issuance of the shares of the
Company's Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by Williams, Caliri,
Miller & Otley, P.C., counsel to the Company. Attorneys in the law firm of
Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C. beneficially own 38,240 shares of the
Company's Common Stock as of October 31, 2003.

     The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2002 appearing in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002, which are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement, have been audited by Grant Thornton LLP,
independent public accountants, whose report is incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.

ITEM 6 Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     INDEMNIFICATION STATUTORY PROVISIONS. The New Jersey Business Corporation
Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a "corporate agent" against his expenses
and liabilities in connection with any proceeding (other than a derivative
lawsuit) involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a
corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate
agent had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. For purposes
of the Act, the term "corporate agent" includes any present or former director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a
"corporate agent" at the request of the corporation for any other enterprise.

     With respect to any derivative action, the corporation is empowered to
indemnify a corporate agent against his expenses (but not his liabilities)
incurred in connection with any proceeding involving the corporate agent by
reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation. However, only the court in which the proceeding
was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against
expenses with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was
adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct.
The corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if a
determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of
conduct was met: (i) the Board of Directors, or a committee thereof, acting by a
majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii) by
independent legal counsel, if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors
or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel to make the determination; or
(iii) by the shareholders.

     A corporate agent is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the extent
that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding. If a corporation fails
or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is
permissive or mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant him the
requested indemnification. In advance of the final disposition of a proceeding,
the corporation may pay an agent's expenses if the agent agrees to repay the
expenses unless it is ultimately determined he is entitled to indemnification.

     COMPANY BYLAWS PROVISIONS. In accord with the foregoing provisions of the
New Jersey Business Corporation Act, Article VI of the Company's Bylaws provides
as follows:

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                   ----------
                    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
                    -----------------------------------------

               (a)Proceedings by Others. Provided a specific determination has
                  ----------------------
          been made as set forth below, the Corporation shall indemnify any
          person who is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or the
          legal representative of any such Director or officer, against
          reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses, reasonable counsel
          fees, and amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements,
          judgments, fines and penalties, in connection with any proceeding
          involving such Director or officer by reason of his being or having
          been such a Director or officer, other than a proceeding by or in the
          right of the Corporation, if

               (i)such Director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner
          he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
          of the Corporation, and

               (ii) with respect to any criminal proceeding, such Director or
          officer had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
          The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
          conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall
                                       ---------------
          not of itself create a presumption that such Director or officer did
          not meet the applicable standards of conduct set forth in
          subparagraphs (i) and (ii) hereof. No indemnification called for by
          this paragraph shall be made by the Corporation unless authorized in
          the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper
          in the circumstances because the Director or officer met the standard
          of conduct set forth in subparagraph (i) and, if applicable (ii) of
          this paragraph (a). Such determination shall be made
(1) by the Board of Directors acting by a quorum of Directors who
          were not parties to the proceeding; or
               (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable
          and a quorum of the disinterested Directors so directs, by independent
          legal counsel in a written opinion; or
               (3) by its Shareholders.

          (b)Proceedings by Corporation. Provided a specific determination has
             ---------------------------
          been made, or court order entered, as set forth below, the Corporation
          shall indemnify any person who is or was a Director or officer of the
          Corporation against his reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel
          fees in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the
          Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves such
          Director or officer by reason of his being or having been such
          Director or officer, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
          reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
          the Corporation. However, in no such proceeding shall indemnification
          be provided in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
          Director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable for
          negligence or misconduct, unless and only to the extent that the court
          in which such proceeding was brought shall determine upon application
          that despite the adjudication of liability, in view of all
          circumstances of the case such Director or officer is fairly and
          reasonably entitled to indemnity for such reasonable costs,
          disbursements and counsel fees as the court shall deem proper. No
          indemnification called for by this paragraph shall be made by the
          Corporation unless ordered by a court, or unless authorized in the
          specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in
          the circumstances because the Director or officer met the standard of
          conduct set forth above in this paragraph (b). Such determination
          shall be made in one of three (3) manners referred to in the last
          sentence of paragraph (a) of this Article.

          (c)Required Indemnification. Notwithstanding the requirements of
             -------------------------
          paragraphs (a) and (b) for a determination that indemnification is
          proper in a specific case, the Corporation shall in all cases
          indemnify any person who is or was a Director or officer of the
          Corporation against reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees
          to the extent that such Director or officer has been successful on the
          merits or otherwise in any proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a)
          and (b) of this Article or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
          therein.

          (d)Advance Payment of Expenses Permitted. Reasonable costs,
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          disbursements and counsel fees incurred by a Director or officer of
          the Corporation in connection with a proceeding may be paid by the
          Corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon
          receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director or officer
          to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he
          is entitled to be indemnified as provided in this Article.
(e)Proceeding Defined. As used in this Article VI, the term
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          "proceeding" means any pending, threatened or completed civil,
          criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding,
          and any appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could
          lead to such action, suit or proceeding.

          (f)Provisions not Exclusive. The indemnification provided by this
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          Article shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other
          rights to which a Director or officer, or any rights to which an
          employee or agent, of the Corporation may be entitled under the laws
          of the State of New Jersey or under any agreement, vote of
          shareholders, or otherwise.

               EXCULPATION PROVISION IN COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
          Article 7 of the Company's certificate of incorporation provides as
          follows:

          7. A director or officer of the corporation shall not be personally
          liable to the corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach
          of any duty owed to the corporation or its stockholders, except that
          this provision shall not relieve a director or officer from liability
          for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of
          such person's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,
          (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law, or (c)
          resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.
          Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the
          corporation or otherwise shall not adversely affect any right or
          protection of a director or officer of the corporation existing at the
          time of such repeal or modification.

               The New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as it affects
          exculpation, has not been changed since the Company adopted this
          provision.

     ITEM 7 Exemption from Registration Claimed

          Not applicable.

     ITEM 8 Exhibits

               An Exhibit Index has been filed as part of this Registration
          Statement on page E-1. Such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by
          reference.
ITEM 9 Undertakings

     1.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

          (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
     made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
     any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
     previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
     to such information in the Registration Statement.
          (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
     Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
     to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
     therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
     to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
          (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
     any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
     termination of the offering.

     2.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
          determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
          filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
          Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
          applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
          pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934) that is
          incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
          deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
          offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
          shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     3.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
          Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
          controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
          provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
          opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
          is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
          unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
          such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
          registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
          proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
          person in connection with the securities being registered, the
          registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
          been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
          appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
          it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
          governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
          registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
          meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
          this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
          undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Totowa,
          State of New Jersey, on November 17, 2003.

GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP

        /s/  Anthony M. Bruno, Jr.
By: ____________________________________
            Anthony M. Bruno, Jr.,
            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
/s/  Anthony M. Bruno, Jr
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Anthony M. Bruno, Jr., Director

/s/ C. Mark Campbell
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           C. Mark Campbell, Director

/s/ M. A. Bramante
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           M. A. Bramante, Director

/s/ Joseph A. Lobosco
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Joseph A. Lobosco, Director

/s/ Robert C. Soldoveri
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Robert C. Soldoveri, Director

/s/ Charles J. Volpe
__________________________        ______________________  November 17, 2003
            [Signature]           Charles J. Volpe, Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit 5.1     Opinion Letter of Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C.
                regarding legality of securities

Exhibit 10.6    Greater Community Bancorp 2001 Stock Option Plan for Nonemployee
                Directors

Exhibit 23.1    Consent of Grant Thornton LLP

Exhibit 23.2    Consent of Williams, Caliri, Miller & Otley, P.C. (contained in
                the opinion included as Exhibit 5)

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