Bethel Reformed Church
Bethel Reformed Church is a Presbyterian church at 230 E 23rd St, IL, 61081 in Sterling, IL 61081. It is one of 39 churches in Sterling, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Our mission is to follow and obey Jesus Christ. We carry out that mission by loving God and our neighbor, making disciples, and telling the good news of Jesus Christ.
Bethel Reformed Church was established in 1936 when families from nearby Morrison moved to the Sterling area to find work in the thriving steel industry.
Serving since 1936
230 E 23rd St, IL, 61081, Sterling, IL, 61081Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30am
Phone: (815) 718-5633 · Website: https://www.bethelreformed.org/
Bethel Reformed Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 473 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Illinois — 11,641 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
Ministries at Bethel Reformed Church
- Food Pantry
- Red Cross Blood Drive
- Operation Christmas Child
- Youth Ministry
- Coffee Break
- Dinner Church
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Latest from Bethel Reformed Church's YouTube channel: "Covenant Faithfulness" 11-01-2026 (all videos).
The community around Bethel Reformed Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 31.9%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Sterling city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 505 residents.
Churches near Bethel Reformed Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Open Door Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Abiding Word Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Life Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- 16th Ave Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- First Presbyterian Church — 1.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 11.2 mi away in Dixon, IL
- First Presbyterian Church — 14 mi away in Morrison, IL
- First Presbyterian Church — 20.6 mi away in Franklin Grove, IL
- Forreston Grove Church — 21.5 mi away in Forreston, IL