New Britain Baptist Church is a place of worship which encourages an open door policy, where old, new and prospective members and guests are celebrated and welcomed. This history of the New Britain Baptist Church spans many generations from the time our forebears arrived from Wales, in 1700, and settled in Bucks and Montgomery Counties. Our "mother church" was the Montgomery Baptist Church, which
was founded in 1719. As the years passed, and as the area became more settled, the congregation became increasingly scattered. The New Britain people found it difficult to make the arduous and lengthy journey to Montgomery, so they began to hold services in their homes when the roads were impassable. In 1744 the people of New Britain resolved to build a new meeting house (the Society Meeting House) for themselves, and in 1754 the New Britain Baptist Church was officially chartered. Shortly thereafter they became the 9th Baptist Church in the Philadelphia Baptist Association. The present sanctuary was built in 1815. Many improvements and enlargements have been made over the years, including the addition of a separate Fellowship Hall in 1884, and the addition of the Education Wing in 1965. In 1975, a major renovation was completed on the exteriors of the sanctuary and Fellowship Hall to remove the old stucco, and to re-point the original stonework. In 1995, the inside of Fellowship Hall was restored to its original style. The New Britain Baptist Church was placed on the Bucks County Registry of Historic Sites in 1980. The adjoining Cemetery is the resting place for soldiers of the Colonial Wars, the Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, the Civil War, and World Wars I and II. Legend has it that there are also some Indian graves scattered throughout the cemetery. The oldest readable marker in the cemetery is dated August 14, 1748. As a member of the Central Union Association and ABCOPAD since 2014, the New Britain Baptist Church has been affiliated over the years with Philadelphia Baptist Association (1754), the Northern Baptist Convention (1905), the American Baptist Convention (1952), and the American Baptist Churches of the USA (1972). Through the years the New Britain Baptist Church has welcomed many new people into this great family history. We invite you to come to visit the church, and to share in worship with us. New history is being made every day, and we welcome you to be a part of it.
