Bethel Temple was founded from a radio ministry in Dallas Tx. and as a result there were 12 churches established throughout Texas including a Bethel Temple Dallas. Reverend Charles R. Jones received an invitation to come to Ft. Worth to establish a church like Bethel Temple Dallas. There were tent revivals in the spring of 1941 on
Weatherford St. Worth with the ministry
leadership of Charles R. Jo
nes and his father-in-law
Albert Ott. This was just the beginning of an amazing
adventure for Bethel because on May 5, 1941 with 135
charter members and 177 in attendance the tent revival
came to be called Bethel Temple Ft. Worth. On July 13, 1941 a building was purchased for the use of the church and remained there until 1970 with Charles R. Jones as the senior pastor. After much time and continued growth Bethel moved one more time to the east side of Ft. Worth on August 2, 1970 and its doors are still open to this day. Bethel has had many great pastors, teachers and evangelist come through its doors over the years. Charles R. Jones, founding pastor of Bethel, 1941-1975, Charles A. Jones 1975-1977, John Wilkerson 1977-1994, Charles Snow 1994-2002, David Applegate 2002-2009, Dr. Dan Langston 2009-2015 and today the pastor of Bethel is Rich Van Proyen. Some have served decades and some have served for only a few months but none the less the amount of time people have spent ministering at Bethel contributes to the success of this church through the years.
