Chester-Bethel United Methodist Church Veterans Memorial

In memory of

those who served

in the Armed Forces

Marker is at the intersection of Foulk Road (Delaware Route 261) and Kimbrough Drive, on the left when traveling north on Foulk Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bethel Methodist Church

Bethel

Methodist Church

lot donated by

Thomas Bennett

A.D. 1795

Church dedicated 1798

Moved across street

for use of colored

people and present

church dedicated

Aug. 7, 1853

Parsonage once

occupied by

Bishop Francis Asbury

1st M. Church in city

Bethel United Methodist Church

(Front)

Established in 1856 by French Huguenot families with the consolidation of Lodebar, Rembert, Clark, and Sardis Methodist Churches, all dating from the early settlement of Sumter District. The first minister was Rev. Bond English; trustees were James W. Rembert, ...

Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church

During the spring of 1779, Methodist pioneer Freeborn Garrettson visited this area to bring the message of his faith to the people. Garrettson’s efforts were favorably received, and a number of local Methodist “societies” were organized. Among these was the ...

Bethel United Methodist Church

Old Bethel Church was first organized by Alligator area settlers as early as the 1820s. The original church was a small log structure located some two miles northeast of this site. In 1855, this building was erected to accommodate a ...

Bethel Methodist Church

This church was organized in 1835 in what was then rural Richland District. The first sanctuary here, built soon afterwards, burned in a forest fire in 1867; the cemetery dates from as early as 1862. The second sanctuary, built in ...

Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church

Mother of 5 Churches

[Front]:

1768 Bethel Methodist Society

Org. at Indian Springs by

Rev. Geo. Whitefield and families of

Arnold, Giraud, Taylor, Sullivan

Mitchell, Box, Wood

1825 Rec'd. Meth. Cone Rev. Barnett Smith

1842 Sunday School Org.

G.L. Riley, Elisha South, J.M. Eppes

Rev. John Humbert, Judge T.J. Sullivan

1854-1884 ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

In 1839 a group of black Detroit citizens formed the Colored Methodist Society, which became the core of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The group held meetings in a hall which was donated by the Detroit Common Council. The ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

It is believed that parishioners of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church were worshiping in a private residence on North Street by 1859. The church eventually moved to a site on Church Street to accommodate the growing congregation. On March 2, ...

1827 Bethel United Methodist Church

(Brick Church)

In 1792 Bishop Francis Asbury on his yearly visit to Methodist Societies and Churches in Georgia held services while staying with the Lovetts, owners of Burton Ferry Landing, Savannah River. In 1811 Bishop Asbury stopped with “David Lovett, Scriven ...