Terre Hill Bible Fellowship Church (formerly known as Berean Bible Fellowship) desires to be a friendly, growing group of God’s people who are committed to studying, teaching, and living out His Word in our lives. Our goal is to reach our world and our community through local evangelism and discipleship, and a commitment to world missions. We invite you to take part in the life and ministry of our church.

Affiliation

We belong to the Bible Fellowship Church denomination. The Bible Fellowship Church is made up of 60+ churches that have united together under the Lordship of Christ and the authority of His Word. We currently have churches in: Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Visit the denomination website www.bfc.org

Our Message

We believe:

• The Bible is the inspired Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16)
• Jesus Christ is God in the flesh (Colossians 1:15-17, Hebrews 1:3)
• Jesus Christ died, was buried and bodily resurrected (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)
• Man’s salvation (deliverance from sin) is only through faith in Jesus Christ alone (John 1:12, 14:6, Acts 4:12, Ephesians 2:8-9)
• Every child of God should develop Christ-likeness through obeying God’s Word, yielding to the Holy Spirit, and submitting to God’s people (Romans 12:1-5; Ephesians 5:15-21)
• Having a relationship with Christ is as easy as A-B-C
  • A – Admit you have sinned
  • B -Believe that Christ died to take away your sin
  • C – Call on him to be the Lord and Savior of your life

For more information check-out www.needhim.org or call Pastor Kevin at 445-4401

The History of Berean

A church built on prayer:

About 1858, a small group of believers from the Old Order Mennonite Church met in homes for weekly prayer meetings. Frowned upon by that church, this group separated from the Old Order and became known as Evangelical Mennonites. By 1879, these believers had changed their name to Evangelical United Mennonites and were meeting in a converted stable across the street from the present church. Abner Clime was their first preacher. While preaching in Mount Joy, he met William Gehman, the founder of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. Their friendship and oneness in Christ opened the way for William Gehman to preach in Terre Hill.

Prayerfully seeking the guidance of the Lord, this body of believers joined the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church in 1882. The original portion of our present church was built in 1882 at a cost of $3,000, which was fully pledged by the members on a rainy Sunday in 1882.

For many years, Terre Hill shared a pastor with several other churches. In 1947, after 53 years on the circuit and after much prayer and holding on to God, the believers in Terre Hill asked the Annual Conference to have a full-time pastor. Robert C. Reichenbach was assigned to Terre Hill, and the present parsonage was built. During the 1950s, the church was remodeled twice as God answered prayer and added new members to the church.

In 1966, a group of 42 members from the Ephrata area had the vision of starting a new outreach there. God blessed this new sister church in Ephrata, which continues to this day.

On November 7, 1971, the Terre Hill congregation voted to purchase an acre on the west side of the church to expand the parking lot. On January 17, 1973, plans for the new building were discussed and approved. The new sanctuary of the church was dedicated on March 31, 1974.

The church saw many children and teens ministered to as its summer day camp and teen week continued to expand and become a main thrust of the church’s community focused ministries through the decades and it continues to this day. In October of 2000, former missionary, Kevin Kirkpatrick became pastor of Berean Bible Fellowship church. The name was updated to Terre Hill Bible Fellowship Church in 2016.