The roots of the New Church reach back to the 1700s when a Swedish nobleman and scientist began writing and publishing many books of theology. His claim was astounding: The Lord Jesus Christ had opened the eyes of his spirit so that he could learn the nature of heaven, hell, and the inner meaning of the Bible, and publish what he had learned. Emanuel Swedenborg said that this opening of the spiritual contents of the Word of God was what Jesus was describing in parable form when He predicted His second coming. Although Swedenborg never attempted to organize a new religion, let alone gather any kind of personal following, readers of his books soon realized their value. Convinced that what Swedenborg wrote could not be anything less than a revelation from the Lord, as he claimed, churches formed in England, America, and elsewhere after Swedenborg’s death. By the early 1900's the General Church of the New Jerusalem, represented on three continents, emerged as a leading proponent of the realization that what the Lord had revealed through His servant, Swedenborg, must be the Lord’s Word.

In 1958 members of the General Church of the New Jerusalem organized themselves into a congregation of the General Church in Miami, becoming incorporated the following year. By the mid-1980s the congregation found that its members were living further and further to the north, and began looking for a place to relocate. Boynton Beach offered the right mix of available housing, vibrant economy, accessibility to commuters and other amenities and a property was purchased to serve as the site of a future church building. By 1988 the congregation officially became the New Church at Boynton Beach. Worship services were held in the livingroom of the manse until a church could be built. The beautiful building in which we worship in today was officially opened on June 24th 1990 and dedicated to the worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. The congregation has thrived in its new location, more than doubling its size and adding an addition to the social room to accommodate the gatherings after church.