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Bethel Church (Yale, South Dakota)

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Country
  
United States

Weekly attendance
  
130

Opened
  
2006

Construction cost
  
1.001 million USD

Membership
  
200

Address
  
Yale, SD 57386, USA

Phone
  
+1 605-352-7424

Groundbreaking
  
2005

Bethel Church (Yale, South Dakota)

Location
  
19453 408 Avenue Yale, South Dakota

Denomination
  
U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches

Website
  
http://www.bethelmbchurch.org/

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."

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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

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