Greater Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Faith Church

Greater Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Faith Church, formerly known as Asbury Temple Methodist Church, is a historic church in Durham, North Carolina.

The building originally housed a Methodist congregation but now houses a Holiness Pentecostal congregation.

The Commonwealth Methodist Episcopal Church was established in the 1880s and later changed their name to Branson Methodist Church in 1904,[1] renaming the congregation in honor of William H. Branson,[2] the director of the Durham Cotton Manufacturing Company and the Pearl Cotton Mills.

[1] In 1957, the church's pastor Douglas E. Moore, organized the Royal Ice Cream sit-in to protest racial segregation in Durham.

[5] In the 1970s, Gregory V. Palmer served as pastor at the church.