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

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."

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

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