Bethany Baptist Church Rhiwbina

05/10/2026

16/09/2026

Every Thursday we look forward to seeing friends from Bethany and the community as we share this short time together, why not come and join us?

16/09/2026

Bethany Toddlers meets every Wednesday from 1.30pm.
If you are looking after young children, Bethany Toddlers is ideal to keep them entertained for an afternoon.
Llanishen Fach Primary school - is just a few minutes away so why not pop into the Main Hall of Bethany ( entrance from Heol Uchaf) and let the younger ones play while waiting to collect your older ones ?
Look forward to seeing you.

14/09/2026

Evergreens illustrated talk tomorrow September is all about WORMS ! Not the wriggly brown garden ones but the beautiful ones that live under the seasThe talk will be given by Dr Kate Mortimer-Jones Senior Curator: Marine Invertebrates at Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales. Everybody welcome to come along at 2pm. £3.00 to include refreshments

07/09/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BETHANY.
The first English Baptist Church in Cardiff and Cardiff’s first Sunday School.
Over 220 years of faith and fellowship – and the story continues!

On 7 September 1806, Bethany Baptist Church was born when Edmund Ward, Thomas Hopkins and Keziah Viner were baptised in the River Taff near the old Cardiff Bridge.
That evening they met together with three from Caerphilly - George Brown, Thomas Lewis, and Sarah Lewis - and formed Bethany Church, in a rented room at the King’s Head Hotel in St Mary Street.
After just four months, the small congregation were asked to leave the hotel due to their enthustastic worship!. They purchased stables with a loft and large garden in St Mary Street and the building opened for worship in 1807.

In 1809 Thomas Lewis, a tallow chandler from Caerphilly,and one of the founders, was called to be the first minister of Bethany. Still living and carrying on his business in Caerphilly, he travelled over mountain in all weathers to preach, riding on horseback with his wife on the pillion behind and a baby in front.

As the church grew, the building was rebuilt and enlarged. In 1865, Bethany moved into a magnificent new chapel in St Mary Street,with seating around 950 people.

By the 1950s, however, the church was surrounded by Howell’s department store and the congregation was declining. It was eventually sold, and the money helped fund the building of a new BethanyBaptist Church in Rhiwbina in 1964.

From three baptised believers beside the River Taff in 1806 to the Bethany we know today, our story is one of faith, change and God's continuing work.

29/07/2026

You are invited to come along tomorrow at 10.30 to hear Dr Mary Self tell of her inspirational journey from Medicine to Healing through the power of prayer.

15/07/2026

ONLY 3 DAYS TO GO..