Bethel Baptist Church is an evangelical church in North Wilmington, Delaware. The congregation, founded in 1952, has historically held to traditional Baptist beliefs, and lists among its distinctives a passion about the power and absolute authority of the Word of God in all its ministries. Pastor-teacher Clay Miller earned his Masters of Divinity from The Master's Seminary and is a member of the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals. The word evangelicalism usually refers to religious practices and traditions which are found in conservative, almost always Protestant, Christianity. ... Flag Seal Motto: A Place To Be Somebody Location Coordinates , Government County New Castle County incorporated 1739 Mayor James M. Baker (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 44. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Baptist is a member of a Baptist church or any follower of Jesus Christ who believes that baptism is administered by the full immersion of a confessing Christian. ... Main article: Minister of religion A pastor is the head minister or priest of a Christian church. ... ... The Masters College is a comprehensive inter-denominational Christian College in the liberal arts tradition situated among the oak-studded hills of Newhall, California. ... The Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (F.I.R.E.) is a fellowship of baptistic and Reformed churches and individuals. ...
Miller broadcasts a weekly sermon program on Greater Philadelphia radio station WVCH. Although the church has followed a congregational form of church government, it is moving more toward a model of elder leadership. The following is a list of Radio stations that broadcast in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market, the 6th-largest radio market in the United States as determined by the Arbitron Corporation. ... Congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of church governance in which every local congregation is independent. ... A religious elder (in Greek, ÏÏεÏÎ²Ï ÏεÏÎ¿Ï [presbyteros]) is valued for his or her wisdom, in part for their age, on the grounds that the older one is then the more one is likely to know. ...