Welcome in the Name of our
Risen and Living Savior, Jesus Christ!

We invite you to visit and worship with us at our church home in Warrensburg, Missouri. We are located one half mile south of U.S. Highway 50 on Business Route 13. Regular worship services are held on Sunday morning beginning at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday evening beginning at 5:30 p.m. We warmly welcome all visitors and hope that you will join us in worship and fellowship soon! Our website has the latest information about our active congregation, our beliefs and goals, and the many opportunities for worship and fellowship as well as spiritual and personal growth such as yoga and Tai Chi classes, Bittersweet Place, Quilting Circle, Choir, clubs, and youth groups. There is something for everyone at Bethlehem, especially YOU!

Bethlehem means "house of bread" in Hebrew. It first appears in Scripture as Jacob and Rachel travel to a new destination (Genesis 35:16-21 ). Next it is found in the account of a young man seeking his place in life (Judges 17:7 ). Known as a bakery town for its fields of grain, Bethlehem is the place where Ruth and her mother-in-law went during a time of famine (Ruth 1 ). Because Ruth stayed, Bethlehem became the birthplace of David, the esteemed king who gave us the great prayer-book of the Bible known as the Psalms (I Samuel 17:12). Much later, because a census was being taken that required Mary’s husband Joseph to register in his hometown, Jesus was born in that crowded town; not in a palace but a stable (Luke 2:1-7 ).

Because Jesus came as our God and Savior in that Bethlehem, we gather at this Bethlehem to, quoting the portico inscription, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ." Wherever we come from and whatever the circumstances that lead us here, we exist to be a house of bread: A place of believing, belonging, and being fed through  Jesus who spoke of himself as the very Bread of Life (John 6:35 ) and was known to His disciples by His blessing and sharing of bread (Luke 24:30- 31a).

We gather at this place to grow in faith toward our Lord and to show love to each person in body, soul, and spirit. We welcome you to join us as we gather around Jesus in worship and prayer, study and service, here and in daily life, so that all can come to know the One who meets us in our places of hunger and feeds us so that we hunger no more (John 6:57-58 ).