Our History

In the early 1970s, the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania experienced a move of the Holy Spirit, bringing renewal and refreshment to many people from many denominations. Home fellowships began emerging as a result. By the late 1970s, several individuals felt the need to provide a more formalized church structure, and New Covenant Christian Community Church (NC4) evolved and was formed in April of 1980.

To accommodate growth, we moved from homes into facilities rented for Sunday services. First was the former Kurtz Training Center in the summer of 1980, and in 1983 to what was then the Bethlehem YWCA at New & Market Streets. From December 1991 to August 1998, NC4 leased a building on Linden Street. And in 1997, we did something we’d never done before — we bought and renovated a large building. It’s been our current (though we suspect not our final) home since August of 1998, located at 21 East Broad Street.

We’ve not only grown our own local church family over the years — we highly value the outside relationships we’ve developed. Most important is our relationship with Grace Network (http://cnva.org/grace_network.htm) based out of Harrisonburg, VA. As a member of GN, we have accountability outside our local church, we share resources and participate in Network conferences for training, equipping and development.

Out of Grace Network, we have strong ties with two international network organizations, made up of churches that are of like faith and practice. These network relationships serve the purpose of sharing gifts and resources on a global basis. These networks are:

Ground Level Network, (http://www.groundlevel.org.uk/churches.htm) based in the UK.
Harvest Network, (http://www.hatfield.co.za/) based in Pretoria, South Africa.