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Bethel Baptist Church
1196 North Academy Street
Galesburg, IL 61401

Phone: 309-342-3166 
E-mail: info@mybethel.com

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST Monday through Friday

 

Pastor Lee Johnson

Pastor Lee has been Senior Pastor at Bethel since 1988.  He graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Wenham, MA with an emphasis in New Testament studies, and is fascinated by Biblical history.  Lee and his wife Joyce are the parents of three daughters and a son, all adults now.  He and his wife recently returned from the Philippines where they taught and ministered to local church pastors and a large prison ministry.  Lee enjoys woodworking, motorcycle riding, reading, and traveling.  He has been to the Holy Land six times, his last trip in 2006.

johnson@mybethel.com                                                                                    

Pastor Kirk Kendall

Pastor Kirk worked with Pastor Lee in North Dakota and joined Bethel as Associate Pastor shortly after  Lee came.  Kirk graduated from Jamestown College, then from Covington Theological Seminary with a Masters degree in Ministry.  Kirk and his wife Linda have a grown daughter and a grown son and are very proud grandparents.  Kirk enjoys archery hunting, woodworking, bicycling, and is quite the fisherman—at least to hear him tell it!

kendall@mybethel.com

Weston Oxley

Weston joined Bethel in September 2007.  He has his undergraduate degree in Christian Ministries from Azusa Pacific University and a Masters in Christian Education from Talbot Seminary.  He’s been in youth ministry for over 12 years and enjoys teaching through the Scriptures and playing crazy games.  He and his wife Amy of 9 years have 4 boys preschool and under including a set of twins, so he doesn’t really have any hobbies or interests at the moment.

oxley@mybethel.com

Rick Darling

Rick started at Bethel in August 2007.  He attended Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, IA focusing on Christian Education and Bible.  Rick graduated from Northeastern Illinois University in 1987 with a B.A. in secondary education.  He was a missionary for Awana Clubs International for 10 years, serving in Colorado for a short time, then in Northern Illinois.  Rick and his wife Paula have a daughter and son, both in High School, and a cat.  His interests include his family, sports, weird toys and kids.

darling@mybethel.com 

Laura Ray

Laura joined the Bethel staff in 2004 as the Director of Women’s Ministries.  With a background in technology and service, and a passion for women’s ministries, Laura considers herself blessed to be in the midst of all that’s happening at Bethel.  She and her husband James fill their free time restoring their home, caring for their dogs, and eating Indian food wherever they can find it—a holdover from their time of missions work in India.

ray@mybethel.com

David Wells has been the Director of Worship and Music since April, 2008.  He was born and raised in New Jersey but has lived in Florida, Illinois and Washington State.  He is married to Marcia and they have 2 sons: Reagan and Brian.  David enjoys reading, biking, music (of course) and movies.

wells@mybethel.com

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Mary Hevland

Secretary hevland@mybethel.com

 

Gwen Carr

Conselor  carrs@grics.net

Bob Betts

Janitor