Church Startings and Closings
The Chronological List of Church Starts and Closings was composed by Dick Taylor. Right now, it is a work in progress. The source information for this list is the pastoral assignment lists which tell when churches were opened and closed by whether assignments were made or not.
If this List interests you, you may also be interested in our list of Pastoral Assignments.
Chronological List
| Year | Started | Closed |
| 1874 [This year’s list shows churches already begun.] | Allentown Bangor Coopersburg Fleetwood Quakertown Zionsville | |
| 1875 | Lancaster | |
| 1876 | Springtown | Allentown |
| 1877 | ||
| 1878 | Lancaster | |
| 1879 | ||
| 1880 | Hatfield | |
| 1881 | ||
| 1882 | Reading Terre Hill | |
| 1883 | Emmaus | |
| 1884 | Blandon Graterford Hereford | |
| 1885 | Bethlehem | |
| 1886 | ||
| 1887 | Remps | |
| 1888 | Norristown | |
| 1889 | Allentown Plainfield Royersford Western PA | Blandon |
| 1890 | Blandon | Fleetwood Norristown |
| 1891 | Blandon | |
| 1892 | Spring City | |
| 1893 | Erwinna Lehighton (Tabernacle meetings) Walnutport (Tabernacle meetings) Northampton | |
| 1894 | Norristown Weissport | |
| 1895 | ||
| 1896 | Plainfield | |
| 1897 | Harleysville New Tripoli | Western PA. |
| 1898 | Nazareth Plainfield | |
| 1899 | Girardville Mt. Carmel Philadelphia (Salem) | Norristown |
| 1900 | Allentown (Salem) Phillipsburg NJ | |
| 1901 | Fleetwood Macungie Norristown | |
| 1902 | ||
| 1903 | Stroudsburg | |
| 1904 | ||
| 1905 | ||
| 1906 | Girardville | |
| 1907 | Shamokin Sunbury | |
| 1908 | ||
| 1909 | Easton Hackettstown NJ Lansdale Stroudsburg E.Washington NJ | Hereford New Tripoli Phillipsburg NJ Remps |
| 1910 | Hackettstown NJ Norristown | |
| 1911 | Lebanon | Lansdale |
| 1912 | ||
| 1913 | Stroudsburg | Athol East Stroudsburg |
| 1914 | York | |
| 1915 | ||
| 1916 | Scranton | |
| 1917 | Hackettstown NJ | |
| 1918 | Philadelphia (West) | Hackettstown NJ |
| 1919 | Lancaster | |
| 1920 | Plainfield Washington NJ | |
| 1921 | ||
| 1922 | Philadelphia – Wissinoming | |
| 1923 | Springtown | |
| 1924 | ||
| 1925 | Chester | |
| 1926 | Lancaster | |
| 1927 | Newark NJ | |
| 1928 | ||
| 1929 | ||
| 1930 | Camden NJ Elizabeth NJ Wilmington DE | |
| 1931 | ||
| 1932 | Wilkes Barre | |
| 1933 | ||
| 1934 | Irvington NJ Norristown Richardson Park DE | Newark NJ Wilmington DE |
| 1935 | Port Richmond NY | |
| 1936 | Norristown | |
| 1937 | Brooklyn NY Philadelphia (Roxboro) Trenton NJ | Richardson Park DE |
| 1938 | ||
| 1939 | Binghamton NY | |
| 1940 | Glendale, Long Island NY | |
| 1941 | ||
| 1942 | ||
| 1943 | ||
| 1944 | Newark NJ Staten Island NY | Camden NJ Irvington NJ Port Richmond NY |
| 1945 | ||
| 1946 | ||
| 1947 | ||
| 1948 | Binghamton NY Weissport Wilkes Barre | |
| 1949 | Elizabeth NJ | |
| 1950 | ||
| 1951 | ||
| 1952 | ||
| 1953 | Paradise | |
| 1954 | ||
| 1955 | Glendale NY | |
| 1956 | ||
| 1957 | Denville NJ Miller Heights | Newark NJ |
| 1958 | ||
| 1959 | ||
| 1960 | Philadelphia (Roxboro) | |
| 1961 | Belvidere NJ Northampton to Catasauqua Chester to Wallingford | Jersey City NJ |
| 1962 | ||
| 1963 | ||
| 1964 | ||
| 1965 | Philadelphia (Salem) to Maple Glen | Binghamton NY Trenton NJ |
| 1966 | Allentown (Cedar Crest) Ephrata | |
| 1967 | ||
| 1968 | Millersville | |
| 1969 | Sinking Spring | Macungie |
| 1970 | Miller Heights | |
| 1971 | ||
| 1972 | Franklin NJ Howell NJ Neptune NJ Freehold NJ Englishtown NJ | |
| 1973 | ||
| 1974 | Poughquag NY | |
| 1975 | ||
| 1976 | Newark DE | Belvidere NJ Franklin NJ |
| 1977 | Camden DE Carmel NY New Fairfield CT | |
| 1978 | Oley | Freehold NJ |
| 1979 | Wappingers Falls NY | Neptune NJ |
| 1980 | Newark NJ | Allentown (Bethel) Carmel NY |
| 1981 | Irvington NJ Kutztown | |
| 1982 | Whaley Lake NY | |
| 1983 | ||
| 1984 | Edison NJ Union County NJ | |
| 1985 | Mt Pocono | Easton |
| 1986 | Mays Landing NJ Somers Point NJ | |
| 1987 | Irvington NJ Mays Landing NJ | |
| 1988 | Bangor Ocean County NJ Spencer MA | |
| 1989 | New Fairfield CT | |
| 1990 | Pleasant Valley | Union County NJ |
| 1991 | Brodheadsville Catasauqua to Whitehall Red Hill Thompson CT Whaley Lake NY to Holmes NY | Bangor |
| 1992 | ||
| 1993 | ||
| 1994 | Aberdeen NJ Gilbertsville | |
| 1995 | Brooklyn NY | |
| 1996 | Beacon NY | Gilbertsville Spencer MA Wappingers Falls |
| 1997 | ||
| 1998 | Allentown (Salem) | |
| 1999 | Allentown (Lighthouse) Chesapeake VA Edison NJ to Piscataway NJ Las Cruces NM | Somers Point NJ |
| 2000 | Staten Island NY | |
| 2001 | Beacon NY | |
| 2002 | Brodheadsville | |
| 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Aberdeen NJ to Cottrells Corner NJ Pleasant Valley NY to Clinton Corners NY Hellertown Long Neck DE | |
| 2005 | New Oxford Cape May NJ | Scranton |
| 2006 | Fellowship Community | |
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Holmes NY to Carmel NY Cottrell’s Corners NJ to Old Bridge NJ Woodbury Heights NJ Reading PA – La Roca Merida, Mexico | Chesapeake VA |
| 2009 | New Hanover PA | |
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | Lower Providence Township PA | |
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | Steelton PA Northern Lehigh PA | Walnutport PA |
| 2014 | Dauphin PA Forks Twp PA | Thompson CT |
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | Townsend DE Chestertown MD Naples FL | Old Bridge NJ Toms River NJ |
| 2017 | Northern Lehigh PA La Roca Reading PA | |
| 2018 | Boyertown PA | |
| 2019 | Orchard Hills PA Milford DE Fellowship Community merges into Whitehall | |
| 2020 | Elverson PA Villa Magna Merida Mexico | |
| 2021 | ||
| 2022 | Topton PA |
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