Born in the USA! Long, long, long before anyone ever heard of Bruce Springsteen, and his pop song, “Born in the USA”, a new Christian movement was born in this country. Actually, the United Brethren in Christ Church was the very first denomination to be made in the USA. All the others up to that time had been imported from Europe. The church actually had its unofficial beginning when two very different men came together at a worship service being held in a barn in 1767 in Lancaster County. The two men, Martin Boehm, a Mennonite, and Philip William Otterbein, a German Reformed, proclaimed “We are Brethren” . . . and the name stuck! The Salem Church was organized in 1840, the first building built in 1857, the second in 1891, and a significant expansion was to the facility was completed in 1957. As an indicator of progressive thinking, the “Multi-Purpose Building” was completed in 1976, way before such things became popular! |
Yet, a church is not a building. It is a family, a band
of brothers and sisters who come together to know the
Lord Jesus Christ, to seek and do His will, to care for
one another, and to reach out to those who need hope and
healing. This church has been faithful, and has been blessed with health and growth. Come and see what the Lord is doing at Salem!
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