Английская Википедия:Bethel Presbyterian Church (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania)
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Bethel Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. It operates under the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. denomination under the Synod of the Trinity and the Pittsburgh Presbytery.[1] The adjacent cemetery holds the remains of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers from the area.[2] The municipality of Bethel Park was named after the church.[2][3]
The church was founded by Rev. John McMillan, the first Presbyterian missionary west of the Allegheny Mountains, during his third missionary trip.[3][4] The origins of the Bethel Presbyterian Church date to November 5, 1776, when McMillan preached and baptized 5 children at Peter's Creek.[3] Early services were held at a log house owned by Oliver Miller.[3] The Peter's Creek congregation grew and later split into an Eastern Division and the Western Division.[3] In 1785 or 1786, the Eastern Division was renamed Lebanon and the Western Division was renamed Bethel.[3] In 1808, Oliver Miller's son James added a stone section to the right of his father's log house and in 1830 he and his son Oliver replaced the log house with a new stone section , now known as the Oliver Miller Homestead.[3]
A number of members of Bethel Presbyterian Church played roles in the Whiskey Rebellion.[5] On July 15, 1794, shots were fired as federal officers served a warrant on William Miller, a Bethel church member and the last man that day in Allegheny County to receive a warrant for failure to register his still, the first violent event of the Whiskey Rebellion.[5] After that incident, a crowd gathered. Reverend Clark, McMillan's successor, tried to dissuade the band:
Clark's pleas was ultimately unsuccessful, and the group advanced upon General John Neville's house, burning it to the ground, a confrontation known as Battle of Bower Hill.[5]
The modern incarnation of the church was officially incorporated on March 11, 1907.[6] The current building was completed May 1910.[6]
In 1951, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission erected a historical marker, noting its connection to Rev. John McMillan and its historic importance.[2]
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