Community Development

BUILDING UP GOD’S BELOVED COMMUNITY!

Bethel Chapel collaborates with other churches and organizations in order
to grow a flourishing community together.

Social Development
Bethel serves as the lead agency for the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Community Coaltion of Lebanon, OH https://www.mlklebanon.org and
The Pleasant Square Community Center https://pscc311nc.org.
We are working toward the Beloved Community as Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. described it. A society within which justice, equal opportunity, and love
of one's fellow human beings becomes the norm.

Spiritual Development
We pray as Jesus taught us to pray, “thy Kingdom come on earth as it is in
heaven.” God’s Beloved Community is our neighborhood in God’s
Kingdom. A community where the overarching principles to be applied in
our daily lives are grounded in Kingdom Principles as summed up in Jesus
instruction during his Sermon on The Mount (Matthew 5-7).
As we engage in local, connectional and ecumenical ministries, we are
intentional about supporting one another, and making individual
commitments to spiritual growth. We focus on spiritual development
through worship, serving, praying, studying scripture, encouraging
one another, loving God and each other, using our spiritual gifts in
community, putting on spiritual armor, resisting evil, being faithful in
stewardship and sharing the gospel.

Physical Development
Our physical development applies to our devotion to self-care through daily
habits likely to improve our physical and mental health. We also focus on
creating and maintaining physical spaces that support spiritual, social and
physical well-being.