The organization date of Bethlehem Church is unknown. In 1788, 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.