BETHEL UNITED AFRICAN CHURCH STATEMENT

Bethel United African Church Inc, is a community-based ministry, whose sole purpose is to glorify God, minister to our members and the community with love and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We have a burden to reach Africans to reach Africans, African- Americans, Caucasians, Hispanics, Asians and other nationalities seeking to promote unity and Christ among them. We are a striving church whose roots transcend and established in the world of God, molded by our African culture. We solicit well-wishers to support our courses in helping to build a Church and community development center, where we can minister to our people, to reach African culture, provide after school programs and other social services to our young teenagers, mothers, to educate and assimilate them into the American society. We also provide drug and sex education for our young members. With this mission in mind and Christ as our head, we are certain everything is possible and we will have unprecedented breakthrough.
Bethel is dedicated to excellence in the provision of human services while valuing the traditions of the communities it serves.
Bethel is committed to provide and promote efficient, effective and accessible community services
Bethel is dedicated to provide advocacy and support for all immigrants of African descent. It proposes to refer or service all other immigrants who request information and assistance. Bethel is committed to provide services in order to empower, educate, inform, and help its members and community to become productive individuals.
Bethel proposes to respect and honor the cultural differences of its members while supporting and enhancing the values of the community.
Worship is the central act of the people of God and the cornerstone of our core values. At Bethel United African Church, the written and preacher word of God is paramount to our worship services. Reading scriptures and the presentation of the spoken word are poignantly complemented by prayer and praise music.
Worship is the adoration of God through lifestyles through reading and hearing the word of God, singing in praise of God and talking and listening to God through prayer.
The church currently renting a space at the First Presbyterian Church on Bayard Street every Sunday from 12:30pm-2:30pm. Our Mid-week bible services every Wednesday online from 8pm-9pm. The prayer services held every Friday at a rented school space, and monthly all night prayer services. Communion services are held on the first Sunday of each.

History:
Bethel United African Church’s humble beginning without a doubt a testament to Matthew 18:20, which states “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I will be in the midst of them”
God has truly been in the midst of every avenue the establishment of Bethel United African Church. From the few members who decided to leave in the midst of confusion and chaos in 1993, started a house meeting until we outgrew the space, and started renting at one of the Rutgers University classrooms and later registered in 1994 as a church.
A growing segment of the church membership is non-African-American, many people of Europeans and Mexico heritage will join in an increasing number once a Sanctuary is called home.
The diversity will provide the church with the opportunity to build upon the Black church tradition while also expanding into communities that are well beyond the traditional constituency of the Black church.
Community outreach and neighborhood impact is an important role of the church in the faith-based community development movement, the church hope to be a leader spiritually in the community.
Bethel has long been a church that is active in the community and continues to serve the neighborhood in areas of housing, immigration, employment, youth development and economic development. The focus of Bethel is to provide a three dimensional ministry that nurtures spiritual growth; support academic excellence, and promotion economic empowerment.
In our church-life, all members are equal. Although some members may shoulder special responsibilities, it in no way detracts from the priesthood of every behavior. We believe that every member brings unique gift, which, if any new member never joined us, we would be surely lacking.
The church envisaged a building that will accommodate the following outreach ministries, Christian Education, Teen Pregnancy, Immigration Assimilation of new immigrants, and Adult Education.

Sunday Services: 12:30pm- 2:30pm
Address: 46 Welshs Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873
Outreach ministry: Mark 11:24, call 732-485-8384
The members are the clergy team for spiritual, and emotional issues: Bishop Patrick Manages, Rev. Dr. Victor H. Fakondo Sr, Minsiter Orielly Manages . Associates Clergy: Pastor Eddie Boima, and Prophetess Rose Brefor.