Brethren Church (German Baptist Church), Hopewell
Hopewell church of the Brethren or German Baptists was organized in 1850 with four members. The congregation now numbers two hundred and seven members and has three meeting-houses. The church officers are: Bishop, J. Steel; ministers, Henry Clapper, David Clapper, John S. Rush, Samuel Ritchey.
The Brethren church on Yellow creek was erected about 1858. Its size is about 40x65 feet. It was built for the church by Jacob Steel, and cost one thousand dollars. Isaac Ritchey was the first preacher in this neighborhood. Jacob Steel has been an elder many years.
(Source: The History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pa., Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, pp. 350.)
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