Welcome to the Bethel History page. You are invited to scroll through these pages, and learn more about the historic First African Methodist Episcopal Church: Bethel. Our history has been a true faith walk, which has often been rocky, but through it all we have persevered. We start our journey, by looking at the many valiant, spirit-filled servants of God who have led us since our founding in 1819.
First Name | Last Name | Years as Pastor |
William | Lambert | 1819 |
Henry | Hardin | 1820 |
Richard | Robinson | 1843-45 |
John | Boggs | 1845-46 |
Richard | Robinson | 1846-48 |
Eli | Hall | 1848-50 |
Levin | Tillman | 1850-52 |
Jabez P. | Campbell | 1852-53 |
Israel | Scott | 1853-54 |
John R. | Morgan | 1854-56 |
William | Moore | 1856-58 |
Deaton | Dorell | 1858-60 |
George | Meir | 1860-61 |
James D. S. | Hall | 1861-63 |
Richard C. | Gibbs | 1863-65 |
Henry | Davis | 1865-68 |
Leonard | Patterson | 1868-69 |
Nelson H. | Turoin | 1869-72 |
Deaton | Dorell | 1872-73 |
Henry J. | Young | 1873-74 |
James S. | Williams | 1874-77 |
William | Dickerson | 1877-80 |
T. McCants | Stewart | 1880-83 |
William H. | Griffith | 1883-88 |
Robert T. | Hurley | 1888-90 |
Theodore | Gould | 1890-92 |
John | Stansbury | 1892-94 |
J.M. | Henderson | 1894-98 |
William D. | Cook | 1898-02 |
Thomas W. | Henderson | 1902-07 |
Reverdy C. | Ransom | 1907-12 |
Benjamin W. | Arnette | 1912-17 |
A. R. | Cooper | 1917-20 |
M.W. | Thornton | 1920-25 |
H.K. | Spearman | 1925-28 |
A.C. | Sanders | 1928-29 |
F. A. | Clark | 1929-34 |
H. P. | Anderson | 1934-38 |
J.A. | Portlock | 1938-46 |
H.B. | Thompson | 1946-47 |
C. E. | Stewart | 1947-50 |
Richard A. | Hildebrand | 1950-65 |
Henderson R. | Hughes | 1965-80 |
O'Neil | Mackey, Sr. | 1980-01 |
Henry A. | Belin III | 2001- |