Bethany Church

Bethany Church, established in 1726 and based in Greenland, N.H., offers more than 70 ministries for men, women, youth, children and seniors. These include the adult, caring and children s ministries, worship arts, prayer, student, spiritual development and young adult ministry. More than 1500 people attend Bethany s Sunday morning worship on its 25-acre campus. The church offers a range of community-based outreach programs such as handing out light bulbs in apartment buildings, washing cars in the Wal-Mart parking lot, feeding sandwiches to the homeless and working with local homeless shelters and soup kitchens. It also offers a number of annual outreach events that include passion road, rye-by-the-sea duathlon and summer celebration.