Emmanuel is the oldest Methodist church in the borough, dating back to 1834, when preaching services were started in Helms’ Cove School, which was a one-room country school. The first Methodist class in the borough was formed in 1836 by John Boqua, known as the Father...

The history of the First Baptist Church of Pedricktown begins in 1857, when German members of the Pedricktown community formed what became known as “The German Mission.” The first preacher was Caspar Schlag, a German cobbler. At first, members gathered in residents’...

In 1860, Joseph Guest and a number of others withdrew from the Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Church and decided to organize a society of the Methodist Protestant Church. Much of their decision to begin this new church was to minister to the mariners who were working...

The First Baptist Church of Penns Grove was organized on June 10, 1892, with nine members. The first place of meeting was in the business establishment of Thomas J. White on Main Street, and later the meeting place was changed to Turner’s Hall on West Harmony Street....

The Carneys Point Wesleyan Church was birthed through the seed-faith efforts of Mrs. Mary Kemp, who began a Sunday School in the living room of her home on Jefferson Street on August 25, 1917. That same year, the Rev. Henry W. Hawkins moved to Penns Grove. He began to...