The Bethlehem Church, though inactive since 1953, is still a part of the Rich Valley Charge. Its history has roots which can be traced to the year 1865 as a part of Dryden’s Chapel, which was located between the present Bethlehem Church and the present Shiloh Church.

In 1890 land was granted by Mrs. Manurva E. Muse for the purpose of building the present Bethlehem Church. In 1894 the church was dedicated. At present there are still twenty-seven members whose membership is still at Bethlehem. There have been two ministers who have come from Bethlehem, Thomas F. Harrison and James Douglas Harrison.

Charles Thaxton, Pastor