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Everyone has a story to tell. For most of us in Bethel, our favourite stories are the ones that remind us that God knows us, loves us and changes us for the better. Here are some of those stories. (You might also enjoy some of the stories of our friends, too.)

“Working and drinking — that was my life”

Brian

“I’m not perfect but I know I can ask God for forgiveness and he helps me.”

Mary

“I realised that I had been born a sinner, and going to church did not make you a Christian”

Jack

“I realised God loved me and wanted me back”

Debra

“I did not think submitting my life to God would be the most exciting thing in the world. But now it feels like I’m finally alive and nothing else compares.”

Esther

“I wasn't wholly committed to Christ. I only gave part of my heart and I kept part for myself.”

John

“I started to attend Bethel church and really felt that God was drawing me back to himself. I started to feel happy again.”

Marlene

“If Jesus has done all that for me, I will follow him”

Hubert

“So many times I thought, ‘That sermon was just for me’”

Lorna

“I wanted forgiveness and heaven, but I thought doing what God wanted would make me unhappy”

Anna

“Unlike alcohol, success or sport, turning to Jesus has brought me true and lasting happiness”

Colin

“I started to see I wasn't the nice guy I thought I was”

Keith

“Life was going the way I wanted it to. I had plenty of money and was very philosophical. I thought if everyone just smoked dope, then the world would be a happier place.”

Nigel

“Something better than this life can ever offer”

Siân

“I couldn't believe that I’d gone to chapel all my life but I wasn't a Christian”

Eleanor

“I knew that if I didn't get right with God, I wasn't going to heaven”

Stuart & Jan


Friends of Bethel

“God has kept me and given me strength through some very difficult times”

Kath Hamm

“Suddenly a masked man smashed through the driver’s window with an iron bar and began beating Dad to death. There was nothing Dad could do — he was trapped in his own seat, receiving blow after blow. And it was there he died, suffocating on his own blood.”

Tamar Pollard

“'Pan-Am Flight 103 has exploded'… the unthinkable slowly expanded, filling not only our minds but every nerve and cell of our bodies… That’s Helga’s flight.”

John Mosey

“Our Christian faith has helped us every single day – if we hadn’t known that God is with us even in the most difficult times, we would probably never have been able to cope. ”

Alison and Kevin

“I felt that God was calling me to speak out against Robert Mugabe ”

Henry Olonga

“He tried to kill me — but when I met him, I liked him”

Billy Burns

“We set our standards, but when you get there, it doesn't fulfil what you think it will.”

Garin Jenkins

“I opened a Bible and the words “the truth will set you free” just stared at me. The next eighteen months were the best in my life.”

Alison Stewart

Billy Burns’s story

“He tried to kill me — but when I met him, I liked him”

The bullet hit me just under the lip, sheared off my teeth, went through my tongue into my throat. It physically lifted me clean off the ground and knocked me unconscious… In our Christian faith we believe in forgiveness and letting go, not holding grudges. I was very grateful to be still alive. So I sent my attackers a Christmas card…
Read more of Billy Burns’s story
Oasis
Oasis is a weekly meeting for bible-study and fellowship. It takes place on most Tuesday afternoons between 2:00 and 3:30 (with breaks for school holidays). Each week a different guest speaker brings a word from the Bible, and there's plenty of time for fellowship over a cup of tea and a cake.
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Recent sermons

  • Heirs of the Kingdom on January 13, 2021.
  • Mark - a useful failure on January 10, 2021.
  • The Gospel of Jesus Christ on January 6, 2021.
  • Thy Kingdom Come on December 30, 2020.
  • The blood of Jesus on December 27, 2020.

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