Bethlehem Church [First Marker]

Bethlehem Church [First Marker] is a South Carolina historical marker in Columbia, Richland County, dedicated 1988.

Richland County · dedicated 1988 · 10000 Broad River Rd., Columbia, Columbia

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The organization date of this Lutheran church is unknown. In 1788, however, Bethlehem and fourteen other churches signed the articles of the "Corpus Evangelicum," an early church supervising body. By 1815, Bethlehem's first known building had been built about ca. 5 mi. N. of here. The church moved near Hollinshead Creek, it is said, in 1847, and by 1897 the congregation was located here.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Bethlehem's Bicentennial Committee

Bethlehem Church [First Marker]

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