The New Bethlehem First Baptist Church is located on the corner of Broad & Lafayette Street in New Bethlehem PA within the Redbank Valley community.

We welcome you to worship with our family & friends as we continually grow in faith, in love and in our Lord Jesus Christ.

The New Bethlehem First Fellowship Church is located on Penn & Lafayette Street in New Bethlehem PA within the Redbank Valley community.

Methodism in New Bethlehem dates back to 1838 when services were held in the log house of Phillip Hoffman, the location of which is now 341 Broad Street. Smith’s Schoolhouse, about one-half mile out of town, was also used for services until 1848, when a school was built in New Bethlehem and the religious services transferred to it.

The First United Methodist Church was built in New Bethlehem in 1853 and dedicated in February 19, 1854. This church, which was a plain, wooded structure and which served the needs of the congregation for 42 years, stood on the location of the paved parking lot in back of the present church.

Our first ministers were the Rev. George Reeser and the Rev. Ahab Keller who were itinerant ministers out of the Curllsville Charge in 1849. Our church became a station appointment in 1901, except during the years of 1954-1965, when Leasure Run Church was also served by the New Bethlehem pastors.

The church was the place of Worship for the Methodists until 1896, when our present church was completed and dedicated April 19, 1896. An addition to the church was constructed in 1927.

In recent years several changes have been added to the church.

In 1993, the Cross and Flame was added to the Lafayette Street side of the church. The steeple was also added that year.

In 1996, the church celebrated its 100th anniversary. A cabinet was built in the narthex of the church for a membership chain. Each chain link represents a member of the church.

In 1998, the double bulletin board on the side front yard was built and the windows on the outside of the church were covered with new protective glass.

The 65+-year-old organ was renovated over a period of 3 years and completed in 2004. In 2005, a new roof was put on the entire church. The beautiful stain glass restoration project, which was to repair the lead in the windows, was finished in 2007.

In 2009, a project to replaster and paint the sanctuary and narthexes has begun.

In 2015, a new sound system was installed.

The St Charles Catholic Church is located at 201 Washington Street New Bethlehem, PA 16242

A Parish of The Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, PA
Weekend Mass Times: Sat. 5:30 pm & Sun. 10:00 am
Weekday Mass Times: Mon. 9:00 am/ Tue. 9:00 am/ No Mass Wed./ Thur. 9:00 am/ No Mass Friday

The New Bethlehem Presbyterian Church is located at 403 Penn Street New Bethlehem PA 16242

The Oakland Church of God is located at 144 Kohlersburg Road PO Box 40, Distant PA 16225

We are Here for you.
No matter where you may be on your journey in life…or what your past. Our desire is to come alongside and connect with you on your journey. Through our worship services and our various ministry opportunities, we want to encourage you through our biblically-based messages and teaching, to help you grow in your faith and relationship with God. We care about you!!

Family.
Family has always been important here at the Oakland Church of God. Over 100 years ago we began in a storefront with a few families, that desired fellowship, community, and to worship God.

Today we still hold those values. It’s woven into the fabric of our ministries. From Sunday worship, Bible study, Sunday school, Kids Zone, Classes on current topics to our worship and fellowship. We desire to meet the needs of the family, and help grow strong families, as we together discover how God has a purpose for each one of us, and for the church as a whole.

The New Bethlehem First Church of God is located in New Bethlehem PA, within the Redbank Valley community.

The First Church of God in New Bethlehem is a global movement of people seeking to fulfill God’s mission in the world.  We’re committed to studying the Word of God and faithfully living it out. We accept the Bible as the inspired and inerrant Word of God and as the ultimate and absolute authority in matters of faith, doctrine and Christian living.

The First Church of God of New Bethlehem, PA is affiliated with the Church of God in Anderson, Indiana.

The Oakdale Church of the Brethren is located at 1551 State Route 1025 New Bethlehem, PA 16242

In the New Testament, the word “brethren” describes a community of men and women who chose another way of living: the way of Jesus. The Church of the Brethren, begun three centuries ago in Germany, still draws people who want to continue Jesus’ work of faithfulness and loving service.

The Grace Baptist Church is located at 607 E Washington St. New Bethlehem, PA 16242

If you are looking for a place where you will feel welcome and can become part of a family, you’ll find just that here at New Bethlehem Grace Baptist Church.

We endeavor to make the Word of God part of our every day lives. We want to live our lives just like Jesus would if He were us.

The Fairmount City United Methodist Church is located in Fairmount City PA, just outside of New Bethlehem PA in the Redbank Valley community.

Part of the Redbank Valley United Methodist Ministry, Franklin District

The Oak Ridge Community Church is located on Oak Ridge Road, Oak Ridge, Pennsylvania 16245, USA

Methodism began in Oak Ridge with the organization of a small class in 1894 with Mr. George McAninch as the Class Leader. Later that same year, a small child at the time, Mrs. Myrtle Reighard Wohlbaugh turned the first shovel of ground to erect the present church building. The New Bethlehem Vindicator, dated October 19, 1894, stated, “The new ME Church, now being erected at Oak Ridge, is up and partly under roof.” The building was opened and ready for use in 1895.

The church, known as the Methodist Episcopal Church, was part of the Erie Conference. The first pastor to serve was Rev. Francis Marion Small (1895-1897). In 1897, Bishop Fowler as pastor of the New Bethlehem Church appointed Rev. E. N. Askey. This included serving the congregation at Oak Ridge. In 1930, Oak Ridge was placed on the Putneyville Charge and in 1934 the Oak Ridge Church became part of the Summerville Charge. This charge included Summerville, Kingsville and Oak Ridge. The church remained part of the Summerville Charge until 1972, when Oak Ridge was placed with Calvary Church to form the present Hawthorn Charge.

Remodeling of the original church building began and a basement was added in 1954; a parcel of land adjacent to the church was purchased in 1956 for $50.00; pews and carpet were added to sanctuary in 1958; The Evangelical United Brethren and Methodist Churches merged in 1968; The Oak Ridge and Mt. Zion Churches were united with the Hawthorn Calvary Church to form the Hawthorn Charge and a kitchen was added to the basement in 1972; a new piano and organ were purchased in 1974; siding was added to the building in 1982; a well was drilled for an additional source of water in 1985 and a side handicap accessible porch and asphalt parking lot were added in 1991.

In this past century we have moved from horses to automobiles and from outdoor to indoor plumbing; we have witnessed missions to outer space and advances in modern medicine; we have suffered and survived two world wars and several international conflicts. Throughout these varied events of the best and the worst of the human experience, this church has stood as a rock, a refuge, a learning center, and a gathering place. But most importantly, the Oak Ridge Community Church has stood as a link to God for this congregation and this community.

The Kellersburg Evangelical Missionary Church is located at 1400 Madison Road New Bethlehem, PA 16242

The Putneyville United Methodist Church is located at 1034 State Route 1025 New Bethlehem PA, 16242

The history of the church in Putneyville stretches back past 1870, when this present church building was planned. In 1835, a small class began meeting in an old schoolhouse near the Smullin homestead. Later, William Smullin, the first class leader, invited them to meet in his new house (a large Log cabin).The class then built a church near “the Smullin Grave yard.” In 1844, the class was moved to the Associate Reformed or U.P. Church, now the abandoned school building, in order to be closer to a majority of members.During the Civil War, records of the Sabbath School indicate that it sometimes closed and sometimes found attendance quite poor because of the number of members and teachers who had gone to fight the war.

The Putneyville appointment was part of the New Bethlehem circuit and belonged to two other Methodist charges before 1869 when it became the Putneyville Charge of the Erie Conference with Rev. J.L. Mechlin as the First pastor.

The present building, which became known as the Putney Chapel Methodist Church, was built on the land conveyed to the trustees of the church on December 27, 1870, by George S. Putney. A forty-by-sixty-foot building was planned and erected. The building was dedicated in the early part of 1872.

In 1886, the Belfry was erected at a cost of $78.00; 1889, a tin roof was put on the church; 1892, church was painted silver gray with dark lead trim; 1909, church painted pure white; 1917; piano set in for trial; 1932, electric light installed at corner of church.

In 1924, The Ladies’ Aid Society provided spouting for upper side of church; 1925, was given permission to partition off room in basement; 1938, provided a new ceiling for the church. In 1982, a well was dug at side of building; 1896, a chair lift was installed; 1994, side addition allowing ramp for handicap access; 1997, church chimes were purchased to be played over the community; 1998, the parking lot was paved and new siding on church.

The church continues community involvement; such as, telephone prayer chain, promotes use of community resources and participates in community interdenominational activities.

The Hawthorn Calvary United Methodist Church is part of the Redbank Valley United Methodist Ministry, Franklin District

Mailing Address:  234 Penn Street, New Bethlehem PA 16242

The exact date of the building of the church is not known, but an item from the quarterly conference minutes of April 12, 1873, mentions securing lumber; and in the May 2, 1874 quarterly conference minutes, it states that the meeting was held in the Hawthorn Calvary Church. It is agreed that the church was dedicated about December 1, 1873.

The ground on which the church was built was deeded to Daniel Haupt and Jacob Shick for $250.00. Later another lot was deeded to J.C. Mohney and James C. McKelley for $250.00, and it was on this lot that the parsonage was built about 1875.

In 1893, when a division occurred in the Evangelical Association, the conference to which West Millville belonged, joined its forces with the United Evangelical Church. In 1922, the two bodies again merged to form the Evangelical Church.

In 1913, the church was remodeled for the first time at a cost of $2,412.00. The Mission Band raised $102.00 during the year and stood in first place at the W.M.S. Convention.

In 1915, the stained windows were placed in the sanctuary.

In 1916, at the annual conference, Hawthorn was separated from the Oak Ridge and Fairmount City Churches.

In 1925, the church was wired for electricity.

In 1926, the basement was added with a kitchen and heating plant.

In 1939, the church was carpeted for the first time and a garage was built for the parsonage.

The Hawthorn Church of the Nazarene is located on 1142 Chestnut Street Hawthorn, PA 16230

The Kellersburg United Methodist Church is located at 1386 Madison Road Templeton, PA 16259.