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We want to love and serve our community by offering clubs, events, activities and services. Mondays 2-4pm Bethany Baptist Church hosts a 'Forget Me Not' Dementia Day Club on Mondays at 2-4pm in our building. The club welcomes people with dementia and their carers from the community to come and meet in a social environment, to enjoy friendship together. The club enjoys games, bingo, quizzes, arts and crafts as well as days out together. For more information please visit www.forgetmenotclubs.com . Thursdays 10am-12pm We run a coffee morning on Thursdays at 10am-12pm in our building. This event is totally free and we would love to welcome anyone from the community to come along, meet others, enjoy a hot drink and a chat in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Listen to sermons from the letter of 3 John 3 John

Listen to sermons from the book of Deuteronomy Deuteronomy

Bethany Baptist Church partners with other local churches to run a branch of Christians Against Poverty in Swansea. Swansea This CAP Debt Help Centre is run in partnership with: Bethany, Waterfront and Gendros Churches. To take your first step out of debt, call our friendly New Enquiries team who will arrange your first appointment with your local Debt Coach. Phone Call 0800 328 0006 Lines are open: Monday to Thursday 9:30am to 5pm Friday 9:30am to 3:30pm Calls are free from landlines and mobiles in the UK. Christians Against Poverty (CAP) provides free debt help and local community groups across the UK. CAP's free services, run with local churches, provide practical and emotional support and show people that there is always hope. For more information, or to get help visit capuk.org

Listen to sermons from Peter's 1st letter 1 Peter

Read about the history of Bethany Baptist Church, Swansea Our History Bethany Baptist Church, or 'Bethany Particular Baptist Chapel' as it was known then, was founded in 1851 when it was planted out of local Siloam Baptist Church in Killay. John Pugh (1796-1864) was the founding pastor and was said to be and outstanding preacher and a man of great zeal and spiritual fervour. The church today owes a debt of gratitude to God for raising up John Pugh, as we continue to gather on the site that he negotiated land for and built upon. In 1867, the then original building became our 'Schoolroom' as the present church building was built to hold the growing numbers of people attending services. By 1893 the church had grown to 62 members which, by God's grace, increased under the ministry of Thomas Davies to 110 members by 1905. It was during this time that the work of the Sunday School among children thrived, teaching as many children as members at some points. Sadly, the church began to decline in the years leading up to the First World War. In 1920, William Ham became pastor of Bethany and served for 25 years. During this time God converted many and the church knew a time of consolidation and growth. Further times of trouble came for the church over the years including the tragic death of the godly pastor, Luther Morgan in 1956 after just 4 years of ministry here. In the years that followed, God continued to be gracious to the church, the gospel continued to be proclaimed, the bible taught and the church continued to grow under the leadership of men like F.S. Copleston and Samuel Lewis in the 60's and 70's. The 80's and 90's saw Owen Milton, Andrew Bowden and Michael Leaves take the pastorate at Bethany as God continued to be faithful to the church. In the last 25 years the church has seen and experienced many changes, not least the global Covid-19 pandemic that gripped the UK in 2020. It was at this time, in God's providence, that the church was to search for and call Bethany's 18th pastor, James Scott from Kent, England who was inducted into the pastorate in September 2021. As a church, we rejoice and praise God for his faithfulness to his people over a long and rich history here in Bethany. We pray that God would continue to sustain us for years to come to proclaim the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, bringing sinners to repentance and new life in him. To God be the glory, great things He has done!

Listen to sermons from the book of Revelation Revelation

Bethany Lane, West Cross SA3 5TL Swansea Find Us Bethany Baptist Church Bethany Lane West Cross Swansea SA3 5TL Location 01792 983721 Phone Mail bethanybaptistswansea@gmail.com Facebook Like

Listen to sermons from Paul's 1st letter to Timothy 1 Timothy

Find out a bit about our leaders. Leadership The bible shows us that the Church belongs to Jesus as our chief shepherd. He gives biblically qualified men to be leaders of the local church. The bible calls these men elders / overseers / pastors, interchangeably. They are called to be the servant-leaders of the church. James Scott Pastor James is our full-time pastor. He is from England and moved from Kent to Wales in 2021. He was converted as a young teenager and has served in pastoral and bible teaching roles over the years. James had an 18 year career in the construction industry before being called to full-time pastoral ministry here at Bethany. James loves music, Indian foo d and Arsenal F.C. James is married to Celina and they have 3 children. Robert Barnes Elder Robert is an elder in the church and also serves as church secretary. He was converted in Bethany and has served as a church officer since 1967. He has retired from a career in University administration and has served as lay-pastor of Trinity Chapel, Penclawdd for over 30 years. His interests include local history, railway history as well as classic cars. Robert is married to Joan and they have 2 adult daughters and 7 grandchildren. Anthony Gwyther-Jones Elder Anthony is an elder in the church. He came to Bethany as a boy and was converted here before being called into full-time pastoral ministry. He served as a pastor in Somerset for 7 years followed by 23 years as pastor of Paraclete Congregational Church, Newton, Swansea before returning to Bethany later in life. Anthony is married to Joan and they have 3 adult children, 7 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Deacons The bible shows us that the church sets aside specific members of the church called 'deacons' to be the leading-servants in the church. Deacons enable elders to concentrate on prayer and the ministry of God's word among the church. Bethany is faithfully served by deacons who take care of the financial and physical needs of the church.