Can We Do Urban? Well, We Certainly Have! Ralph RitterOctober 28, 2023 download the paper with photos There is a point along the Schuylkill Expressway where the view eastward is a striking panorama of [...]
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2023
Local Church Histories
As we gather the stories of our local churches and their long-term legacies, we post them here. As you take time to read the history of one church or another, take time to rejoice in God’s work in the countless lives impacted in those congregations.
Listed below are a few sample documents. At the bottom is a link to all our local church histories that have been written.
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Nazareth, PA
Quakertown, PA
All Local Church Histories
08
Jul
2023
The History of Kutztown Bible Fellowship Church
The History Of Kutztown Bible Fellowship Church Elizabeth Studenroth. Eighth grade Through the air, over the rows of sparrows perched on the telephone wires above Kutztown, there rises this Sunday mor [...]
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08
Jul
2023
Reading Notes
Reading Notes [From Verhandlungen (1859 - 1895) Published by the Historical Committee of the Bible Fellowship Church, 1989.] 1882 pg 133 (Resolved): That the circuits be divided as follows: [...]
Read MoreA HISTORY OF GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA In 1882, a traveling preacher was sent by the Mennonite Brethren in Christ to organize a mission station in the city of Reading. His [...]
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08
Jul
2023
“In the Heart of Quakertown”
"In The Heart of Quakertown..." By James Roth "In the heart of Quakertown, for the hearts of Quakertown." For many years, this phrase described the location, and direction, of the body of believers no [...]
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08
Jul
2023
Bayshore BFC
Bayshore Bible Fellowship Church by Vito Paratore Grade 7, age 13 Lakewood, New Jersey Have you ever gone to a church that sang [...]
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08
Jul
2023
Mt Carmel Notes
Mt. Carmel - Pastoral Assignment 1899 H B Musselman 1900 W G Gehman 1902 R L Woodring 1905 J G Shireman 1908 [...]
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08
Jul
2023
Lehighton, Peace in the Valley
Peace in the Valley The Story of Salem Bible Fellowship Church Lehighton, Pennsylvania by William H. Bartron 1996 1893 was a rather unremarkable year historically. It was a year between eras, a histor [...]
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08
Jul
2023
The Mount Carmel Story
The Mount Carmel Story by Alva C. Cassel “The what church? Never heard of it. It used to be on 4th street? Oh, you mean the Mennonites!” Some things take a long time to die. And likely in [...]
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08
Jul
2023
Heralding the Gospel in Lebanon, PA
Heralding the Gospel in Lebanon, PA Judy Althouse It was through the men of the Gospel Herald Society, the Home Missionary arm of the Mennon [...]
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