Bethlehem Church of Christ (1823)

Bethlehem Church of Christ (1823) is a Tennessee historical marker in Lebanon, Wilson County.

6285 Trousdale Ferry Pike, Lebanon, Tennessee

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Barton W. Stone, a key leader in the Reformation Movement of the Christian Church traveled through this area in 1811. He held religious discussions with the like-minded families that lasted several days. They met sporadically from house to house until they organized as Bethlehem Church of Christ in 1823. thought to be one of the oldest Church of Christ congregations in Tennessee, "fire or floods" forced them to rebuild or relocate. Over the past 200 years Bethlehem Church of Christ occupied five individual structures on three different sites.

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1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1812 · Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Kentucky (Mathew Carey, 1814) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Kentucky (Carey, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Bethlehem Church of Christ (1823)

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