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See LCPC History and Data at LibertyCorner.org.
1837 Organized with 22 members
1838 1st building  (land $4, bricks $197) *
1839 89 members
1845 116 members
1854 A survey and map divided lot into plots for family burying grounds. 
1869 Present sanctuary built on foundation of old building adding 30'
      in length - capacity 300 (350 max.)- cost $8,000 - 100 members
1872 135 members
1930 202 members
1957 Land to rear of cemetery purchased for $8,000
1958 Christian Ed. Building/Douglas Hall - 290 members
1969 30' addition to front of church for choir loft - $259,000
1974 560 members
1990 Originally shown as 523 members.
      revised down to 303 members in 1999.
1993 Christian Ed. expansion - $1.1M - 737 members
2000 1066 members
2001 1073 members **
2002 1023 members
2003 Spring Phase I complete est.  $6.3M †
     (10 classrooms, 21,700 sf. multipurpose room [seating for 400],
      11 offices, parking)
2005 1192 members
2007-8 Phase II 600 person sanctuary $5.2M

* From some church records it states  "The land was bought for $4 from
  the Ayers family, and Wm. Annin made and sold them the bricks for $197."
  Alice Lare's church history states "William Annin gave the ground".
  The Generation to Generation literature states the land was bought by the 
  Basking Ridge Presbyterian church.  21 of the 22 original members came from
  the Basking Ridge church.

**  Total congregation includes about 1,700 which counts additional family members
   (non-confirmed youth and non-member spouses).  In addition there are about 300
    people we minister to on a regular basis who are not members.
  
† Phase I includes $400,000 for other projects; organ, manse, missions ...)
Sources:
"Liberty Corner PAST AND PRESENT", 1929, Rev. W. D. Amos
On the occasion of the ninety-second anniversary of the Liberty Corner Church

"Liberty Corner and it's Church - A History of the Community and the United Presbyterian Church", 1969, Alice Lare
Written for the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Sanctuary

"The Presbyterian Church of Liberty Corner", 1987, Katherine S. Allen and Carl H. Allen

Membership

LCPC membership growth

Note: Short term growth rates vary depending on how recently inactive members were perged from the rolls. For example 2001 to 2003 showed a 3.2% decline and 2003 to 2005 showed a 7.9% gain. The numbers above have been averaged over 4-6 year timeframes.
Sources:
  • "Liberty Corner and It's Church: A History of the community and the United Presbyterian Church" by Alice Lare, 1969
  • Annual Reports (Statistical Report of the Clerk)
  • Membership Data (Link to Presbyterian Church (USA) website)
  • In the 1999 annual report, new membership numbers were published which showed lower membership in the years 1990 - 1995 than previous records. The 1990 membership was revised down from 523 to 303; resulting in no growth from 1960 to 1990 and 18% growth from 1990 - 1995.

People

Samuel Sutphin 1746-1841

Database Project

We are in the progress of building a database with an index to historical information.

Sources:
"Liberty Corner PAST AND PRESENT", 1929, Rev. W. D. Amos
On the occasion of the ninety-second anniversary of the Liberty Corner Church

"Liberty Corner and it's Church - A History of the Community and the United Presbyterian Church", 1969, Alice Lare
Written for the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Sanctuary

"The Presbyterian Church of Liberty Corner", 1987, Katherine S. Allen and Carl H. Allen

"Annual Reports"


last updated 14 Nov 2006