A Baptist chapel in Caerphilly county dating back to 1710 is set to re-open after being closed for over 20 years. Kath Miller who was associate minister at Ebenezer Chapel in nearby Pengam will become the minister of Hengoed Chapel (Hen Dy Cwrdd) in Cefn Hengoed. Work has already started on the chapel and local youngsters are helping to clean and tidy the building and land. An open weekend will be held from Friday 24 to Monday 27 September to celebrate its reopening. Baptists have been meeting in the local area since the 1600s. However they suffered persecution during the...
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