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Bethel AME Church
Lewistown
PA
17044
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Who we are
Bethel AME Church is an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
We are a fellowship of believers, made in God's image and called as disciples of Christ to share the Good News with everyone through learning, listening, praying and working together actively to reach out to our communities.
We are a place to believe, belong, and become!
We are a fellowship of believers, made in God's image and called as disciples of Christ to share the Good News with everyone through learning, listening, praying and working together actively to reach out to our communities.
We are a place to believe, belong, and become!
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Church Pastor
Rev Bernard Carpenter
Pastor
23 N Juniata St
Lewistown,
PA
17044
United States
Phone: 717-248-3530
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Quote of the Day
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Bethel AME Church Lewistown Service Times
Sunday School 8:45am
Worship Service 9:30am
Wendesday Bible Study 6:30pm
Service Times last updated on the 1st of February, 2024
Worship Service 9:30am
Wendesday Bible Study 6:30pm
Service Times last updated on the 1st of February, 2024
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Bethel AME Church History
With God all things are possible" - Matthew 19:26
The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church of Lewistown, Pa. was built on Juniata Street in 1874 on ground donated by Samuel Moloson, according to historical records.
The original Bethel Church in Lewistown was built in 1833. It was later destroyed. The next church was built at the end of a narrow alley (known today as McClintic Ave.) on Third Street. Mechanics' liens were entered against that building. It was abandoned and it was at this time that a two-story church was erected on Juniata St. on the donated land.
Some time later that structure was razed and a new church to honor God was envisioned by Pastor Bernard Carpenter, a dynamic "born again" Christian, who was preaching to the local A.M.E. Church. With God's confidence and help from the people and businesses of the local community, the current church was built and dedicated August 20, 1989, with Presiding Elder, Rev. Arthur Maura from the 3rd Episcopal District of Allegheny Scranton District officiating.
The heritage of the African Methodist Church began in Philadelphia, Pa. where Richard Allen, a black slave, felt the stigma of slavery and appealed to God for help. He rejoiced for answered prayer and witnessed extensively to others of his spiritual freedom. In a white Methodist Church in that city he and two others were refused a place to sit and while kneeling to pray were forcibly removed. This led Richard Allen to declare the need for a separate church for black Methodists. Bishop Allen did erect a church in Philadelphia, naming it "Bethel".
It was in 1816 that the ill-treated blacks of Philadelphia and also Baltimore areas called a General Conference to form a Connection... taking into consideration major grievances, and in order to secure their privileges and promote union among themselves, it was:
Resolved: "that the people of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and all other places should unite with them, become one body under the name and style of the African Methodist Church."
African was added to the church name to distinguish the black Methodists from the white Methodists.
The African Methodist Church is not a racist or a segregationist church and this local Bethel A.M.E. Church adheres to the same doctrine.
The Bethel A.M.E. Church of Lewistown, Pa. has been dedicated to
God, our Father
Jesus, our Savior
Man, our Mission
"And the truth shall make you free:
-John 8:32
The Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church of Lewistown, Pa. was built on Juniata Street in 1874 on ground donated by Samuel Moloson, according to historical records.
The original Bethel Church in Lewistown was built in 1833. It was later destroyed. The next church was built at the end of a narrow alley (known today as McClintic Ave.) on Third Street. Mechanics' liens were entered against that building. It was abandoned and it was at this time that a two-story church was erected on Juniata St. on the donated land.
Some time later that structure was razed and a new church to honor God was envisioned by Pastor Bernard Carpenter, a dynamic "born again" Christian, who was preaching to the local A.M.E. Church. With God's confidence and help from the people and businesses of the local community, the current church was built and dedicated August 20, 1989, with Presiding Elder, Rev. Arthur Maura from the 3rd Episcopal District of Allegheny Scranton District officiating.
The heritage of the African Methodist Church began in Philadelphia, Pa. where Richard Allen, a black slave, felt the stigma of slavery and appealed to God for help. He rejoiced for answered prayer and witnessed extensively to others of his spiritual freedom. In a white Methodist Church in that city he and two others were refused a place to sit and while kneeling to pray were forcibly removed. This led Richard Allen to declare the need for a separate church for black Methodists. Bishop Allen did erect a church in Philadelphia, naming it "Bethel".
It was in 1816 that the ill-treated blacks of Philadelphia and also Baltimore areas called a General Conference to form a Connection... taking into consideration major grievances, and in order to secure their privileges and promote union among themselves, it was:
Resolved: "that the people of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and all other places should unite with them, become one body under the name and style of the African Methodist Church."
African was added to the church name to distinguish the black Methodists from the white Methodists.
The African Methodist Church is not a racist or a segregationist church and this local Bethel A.M.E. Church adheres to the same doctrine.
The Bethel A.M.E. Church of Lewistown, Pa. has been dedicated to
God, our Father
Jesus, our Savior
Man, our Mission
"And the truth shall make you free:
-John 8:32