With records dating back to 1794, Bethesda is one of the oldest congregations of the ELCIC and one of the earliest churches established in York Region. The current church building is located at the corner of Euclid St. and Union St., just one block west of Main Street in beautiful Historic Unionville. Along with those who live in and near Markham / Unionville, members travel from the large uban city of Toronto to the south, and from smaller rural and farming communities to the north to worship together.
Bethesda is an Eastern Synod congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). The ELCIC is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations. It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Canadian Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches.