Bethel Church (Yale, South Dakota)

Bethel Church is a Mennonite Brethren Church in rural Yale, South Dakota, a member of the Central District of the Mennonite Brethren Church. Their mission statement is "Working together for growing God's family, a place where integrity is honored, training is valued, compassion is expected, and outreach is emphasized."

History

Bethel church was founded in 1904. In 1920, they built a new building and incorporating the original church building In 1953, Bethel donated a building to James Valley Christian School to start out on. Bethel is one church near Lake Byron. In 2005 the congregation built the present building at a cost of $1,000,000 and paid off the building note a few years later.

Pastors

*1902-1910: John Z. Kleinsasser
*1908-1948: John Tschetter
*1912-1941: Jacob M. Tschetter
*1919-1929: Rev. Jacob P. Glanzer
*1911-1915: Rev. Samuel J. R. Hofer
*1935-1944: Rev. Samuel J. R. Hofer
*1944-1947: Rev. A. K. Wiens
*1947: Rev. Eli L. Hofer
*1947-1952: Rev. John H. Kleinsasser
*1952-1953: Rev. Paul Bartel
*1953-1960: Rev. George Classen
*1962-1965: Rev. Laverne Hofer
*1965-1966: Rev. Menno Pullman
*1966-1969: Rev. John B. Guenter
*1969-1977: Rev. Ron Seibel
*1978-1995: Rev. Elton Berg
*1995-1999: Gary Janzen
*2000-2004: Rev. Tom Cartney
*2004-2005: Vacant, weekly speaker
*2005-2007: Rev. Ernie Lambright
*2007-2008: Interim Pastor: Ray Shepard
*2008–2012: Jeremiah Betron
*2012–Present: Coalt Robinson

References

* A history of Bethel Mennonite Brethren Church (1902–1979)
* Bethel Church's Centennial book (1979–2004)

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Churches in Beadle County, South Dakota
German-Russian culture in South Dakota
Mennonitism in South Dakota
Russian Mennonite diaspora in the United States