Bethlehem Steltz Reformed Church (EPC)

Bethlehem Steltz Reformed Church (EPC) The Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks.

As members of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, we agree upon the Westminster Confession of Faith and hold each other accountable to the "Essentials of our Faith". Worship: 10:00 am

Adult Sunday School: 9:00am


The Essentials of Our Faith

All Scripture is self-attesting and being Truth, requires our unreserved submission in all areas of life. The infallible Word of God, the sixty-six books o

f the Old and New Testaments, is a complete and unified witness to God’s redemptive acts culminating in the incarnation of the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. On this sure foundation we affirm these additional essentials of our faith.

1. We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To Him be all honor, glory and praise forever!

2. Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.

3. The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior, indwelling our hearts. He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.

4. Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God’s free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.

5. The true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church finds her visible yet imperfect, expression in local congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the sacraments are administered in their integrity, where scriptural discipline is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained. For her perfecting she awaits the return of her Lord.

6. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth personally, visibly, and bodily—to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” (Rev.22:20)

7. The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to“ Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.” He calls us to a life of self-denying love and service. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”(Eph. 2:10)The Essentials are set forth in greater detail in the Westminster Confession of Faith. In Essentials …Unity/ In Non-Essentials … Liberty/ In All Things … Charity

09/05/2026

In a world of AI chatbots and Amazon same-day delivery, “instant gratification belittles tedious practices, slow growth, and long-term development. We want what we want, and we want it now,” writes Kelly Kapic.⁠
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“This mindset has reshaped how we understand God and the Christian life. ⁠
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In a culture that elevates efficiency, productivity, and convenience, values like human flourishing and relational depth are crowded out by increasingly unrealistic expectations, isolation, exhaustion, and discontentment in an effort to achieve more and be more. ⁠
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In all this, we operate under an unspoken assumption that we were meant to do it all.⁠
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But God often opts for slower routes.
https://chrst.today/3HWQCw4

08/28/2026

Why Small Churches Will Shine in the AI Era

Everybody’s bracing for AI to hollow out the church. I think it’s about to do the opposite.

AI can write you a sermon outline. It can generate content, plan your service, and answer a theology question in four seconds.

What it cannot do is sit across from you and know your name, your marriage, your mother’s diagnosis, and your doubt, all at the same time.

In a world flooded with content, intimacy becomes the rarest thing on earth. And intimacy was never a big church’s game to win.

Here’s what I mean. For years we told small churches their size was the problem. Get bigger. Add a service. Build a platform. Scale.

I think size is about to become a superpower.

Sixty people is not a limitation in an AI-driven world. It’s the exact number where real discipleship is even possible. Where a pastor can actually know who’s struggling before they say it out loud. Where nobody is a face in a crowd.

And this is where it gets specific. Discipleship has run on one template for decades. Same class, same curriculum, same pace, for everybody, regardless of where they actually are.

That era is ending. The future is personalized. A journey built around where this person actually is, not where the curriculum assumes they should be. And that requires knowing people, not processing them.

Big platforms will keep producing content at scale. Small churches will be the place where the content becomes transformation, because somebody is actually there to walk it with you.

The church that wins the next twenty years won’t be the one with the most reach. It’ll be the one with the most presence.

- Henry Tolbert

08/17/2026
“Now here this! Now hear this! All men of Bethlehem Steltz Reformed Church are ordered to muster at the Fellowship Hall ...
08/14/2026

“Now here this! Now hear this! All men of Bethlehem Steltz Reformed Church are ordered to muster at the Fellowship Hall on Saturday, Sept 19th @ 8am for the first monthly Ready Room Breakfast. That is all. Carry on!”

08/13/2026

Did you know 98% of churches have less than 250 people?

Let’s be clear: we won’t demonize large churches. Many are doing incredible, faithful work.

But if you lead or attend a smaller church, you need to hear this too — Jesus never made “size” His measuring stick for importance. He picked a small team of ordinary people — and changed the world.

Every church — no matter the size — plays an important role in God’s kingdom.
We all have the same assignment:
✅ Faithfulness to Jesus and His mission.
✅ Stewarding the people/resources He has entrusted to you.

Live boldly. Preach faithfully. Give generously. Pray desperately.
Trust God with the results.

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5890 Steltz Road
Glen Rock, PA
17327

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