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Bethel Life
Commited to Church
Bethel Life is a one-time, two-hour get together offered three to four times a year to introduce folks to Bethel's unique purpose, vision, faith, values, strategy, and membership. It's a chance to meet with Bill & Eric Johnson, learn about Bethel, and begin to be trained for ministry. "Bethel Life" is a launching pad into "Deeper Life."
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Deeper Life
Committed to Maturity & Membership
Deeper Life is a twelve-week course, taught four times a year, on Sundays or Wednesdays that gives you the basics of the faith & our culture. By the time you're done, you'll have learned a whole lot of God's Word and how to live by the Spirit.
All are welcome to Deeper Life. You may wish to complete the Bethel Steps & move into ministry but not become a member. However, we really value membership & invite you to make a commitment to this Body. You're not joining an institution, but becoming a committed, vital part of a living body (Rm. 12:4-5). God has entrusted us with a great responsibility, and we're asking you to shoulder it with us. We use "membership" in a sense that we covenant with one another: we are in this together for what we can give to one another, not what we can get. Most of us don't mind making a great commitment if there is a great purpose behind it.
Candidates for membership must purchase & finish the "Firm Foundation" workbook, get involved in a ministry and submit a membership covenant.
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Servant Life
Committed to Ministry
Once you've completed "Bethel Life" & "Deeper Life", we gather for a one-time meeting and teach the principles you'll need to serve the body of Christ. Ideally, many of our leaders will then join us for a fun "meet & greet" to talk about the various ministry opportunities at Bethel.
We are blessed to be a blessing. When we gain maturity in Christ, it's not only for our own benefit, but for others as well. Jesus washed the feet of the disciples and said, "You also should wash one another's feet. I have set an example that you should do as I have done for you" (John 13:14).