When God wants to do something, he usually begins with an individual.
Two hundred years ago, God gave a dream, a seed, a vision to John Clopper.
Clopper and others had probably heard the preaching of George Adam Getting.
The message was, “You must be born again,” and live a life of personal commitment or devotion to Jesus. (John 3:1-8)
A group of believers had probably met at Clopper’s home, then most likely in the barn. Eventually they erected a house of worship.
It was known as “John Clopper’s Meeting House.”
It has been said that “mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”
From John Clopper’s kitchen to 2021 the torch has been passed from generation to generation.
In “seedtime and harvest,” in the cold of winter and the heat of summer, people have come to Bethel, “the house of God, the Gate of Heaven.” (Genesis 28)
From the cradle to the grave, people have found that “God is our refuge and a very present help in time of trouble.”
Two hundred years ago, God gave a dream, a seed, a vision to John Clopper.
Clopper and others had probably heard the preaching of George Adam Getting.
The message was, “You must be born again,” and live a life of personal commitment or devotion to Jesus. (John 3:1-8)
A group of believers had probably met at Clopper’s home, then most likely in the barn. Eventually they erected a house of worship.
It was known as “John Clopper’s Meeting House.”
It has been said that “mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”
From John Clopper’s kitchen to 2021 the torch has been passed from generation to generation.
In “seedtime and harvest,” in the cold of winter and the heat of summer, people have come to Bethel, “the house of God, the Gate of Heaven.” (Genesis 28)
From the cradle to the grave, people have found that “God is our refuge and a very present help in time of trouble.”
There have been baptisms, personal encounters with Jesus, weddings, and funerals.
The congregation has laughed and wept together, sang, prayed, and shared.
In Leviticus 8:35, we read you shall abide, “stay at the door of the tabernacle and keep the charge of the Lord.”
Charles Wesley took these verses and wrote, “A Charge to Keep I Have.”
The hymn notes three important challenges: A) Commitment to the eternal. B) A God to glorify, C) A never dying soul to save, D) Service to the present age.
God alone knows the impact of Bethel upon the community and the area for Him.
Bethel has been “a company of the committed,” an outpost for the Lord.
Let us continue to love God, to follow Christ, be filled with the spirit, and serve others.
May our prayer be, Lord revive your church beginning with me.
The congregation has laughed and wept together, sang, prayed, and shared.
In Leviticus 8:35, we read you shall abide, “stay at the door of the tabernacle and keep the charge of the Lord.”
Charles Wesley took these verses and wrote, “A Charge to Keep I Have.”
The hymn notes three important challenges: A) Commitment to the eternal. B) A God to glorify, C) A never dying soul to save, D) Service to the present age.
God alone knows the impact of Bethel upon the community and the area for Him.
Bethel has been “a company of the committed,” an outpost for the Lord.
Let us continue to love God, to follow Christ, be filled with the spirit, and serve others.
May our prayer be, Lord revive your church beginning with me.