Church Closing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Donates the Last of Its Money in Christmas Act of Charity BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A church whose congregation has roots going back to the 19th century is ...

Three Bethlehem United Church of Christ congregations formed Trinity in 1972: Zion, Calvary and St. Paul’s Reformed Church, which started in 1888. St. Paul’s bought the church building in 1957.

It’s because of those greatly diminished numbers — and the dire financial circumstances that come with them — that the 130-year-old church will close its doors. The last service is set for ...

The Rev. James Lee, a spokesperson for the Eastern Pennsylvania and Greater New Jersey conferences of the United Methodist Church, confirmed the closing last Wednesday after social media posts in ...

Trinity United Church of Christ in Bethlehem will host its final service Sunday as its members end decades as a parish with Christmas season charitable donations of nearly $400,000, the Morning ...

It's unclear what Kahan's precise plans are for the site, which was deconsecrated in 2017 before the church merged its parish ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A church whose congregation has roots going back to the 19th century is closing and donating hundreds ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A church whose congregation has roots going back to the 19th century is closing and donating hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of its building to charity in a ...

A strip club in Greenville County has now become a church. Right off Interstate 385 near Haywood Road, transformation has been a topic of discussion as Pastor Rich Butler and his team say they ...

But for the congregation, the church won’t see a new year. It will close by the end of this year. The last service will be Sunday. The congregation voted to shutter the church off Layton Road in ...