THE BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH (GREATER BETHLEHEM) WAS ORGANIZED IN 1928 BY THE LATE REV. CHARLES GIVENS ON BIDDLE STREET IN ST. LOUIS, MO. REV. GIVENS WAS ASSISTED BY THE REV JAMES CHANDLER. REV. CHANDLER DIED IN 1950. REV CHANDLER WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE MOTHER JOHNNIE MAE CHANDLER, A LONG TIME MEMBER OF GREATER BETHLEHEM WHO DIED IN 1993. THE CHURCH BRIEFLY MOVED TO OFALLON STREET FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS.  REV GIVENS PASTORED THE CHURCH UNTIL 1948. REV. DANIEL JONES BECAME PASTOR AND PASTURED THE CHURCH UNTIL 1955. REV. GAINES FOLLOWED REV. JONES FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR. THE CHURCH MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE 4005 WASHINGTON BOULAVARD IN 1950.

REV. CLEOPHUS ROBINSON WAS OFFICIALLY ELECTED PASTOR OF THE BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH (GREATER BETHLEHEM) ON FEBRUARY 20, 1957. REV. ROBINSON HAD VISITED THE CHURCH IN LATE 1956 AT THE REQUEST OF THE MEMBERS.