Bethel Church of Morristown
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From our humble beginnings, Bethel has strived to remain true to God's calling for our church. We've sought to be willing to step out in visionary faith and take risks for God, and He has blessed us for that. In looking back at Bethel's history, we can clearly see God at work. This gives us hope for the future and inspires us to continue to seek to impact Morris County and beyond with the love of Jesus Christ.In 1841, several families left the Presbyterian Church of Morristown under the leadership of Mother Frances Freeman Ray to form the Bethel Mite Society, which was later incorporated as the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Morristown in 1843. Bethel's first Pastor was Bishop Willis Nazery, who was born a slave in 1803 in Isle of Wight County in Virginia. For eight years the congregation met in each other's homes until funds were raised to construct the Carpenter Gothic church on Spring Street in 1849. Bethel's first building was dedicated with Bishop Paul Quinn officiating, assisted by Pastor Thomas Oliver.Bethel served as the only school for Colored and Native American children in Morris County and needed to expand its facilities. In 1874, a new lot on Spring Street was purchased from John R. and Cornelia Piper for the sum of $2,000. A new church was constructed at an estimated cost of $3,000. Gifts from Mrs. Mary Anne Cobb (wife of George T. Cobb, first Mayor of Morristown) of pews, doors and windows from the old Methodist Church [on the Morristown Green] helped in this great work. The existing house on the lot was moved next door and used as a parsonage. The church remained in that building for nearly 100 years.Under leadership of Pastor A. Lewis Williams, groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new church on August 12, 1967. The congregation worshipped in the Lafayette School auditorium for two and one half years until the construction of the church was completed in 1970.
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