About Us

Who We Are

We are a pentecostal church in the community area of Melyn, Neath.

Leadership Team

Ian Anderson

Minister

Clive Ball

Elder

Jillian Anderson

X Stream Leader, Deacon, Together We Are Leader

Adrian Davies

Deacon

Our Vision

Safeguarding

If you wish to raise a concern regarding safeguarding within the Elim organisation, the following form can be used to notify the National Safeguarding Coordinator. A copy of the form will also be emailed to the person completing the information.

Refer a safeguarding concern

BETHEL CHURCH IS COMMITTED TO CREATING HEALTHY CHURCHES AND SAFE SPACES FOR ALL.

We recognise the ways in which children and adults can be at risk of harm or abuse, so work to create a culture to minimise opportunities for abuse to occur. Children rely on adults to keep them safe therefore, all our churches working with children, either directly or indirectly, are committed to safeguarding children in their care.

We seek to do this by providing a safe, stable, and nurturing environment where children can reach their full potential. Similarly, within our churches there are adults in need of protection, care and support due to vulnerability, whether that is a permanent or temporary state.

We are aware too that within our churches there are relationships of trust, that grows best within healthy churches and environments, where there is openness, transparency and accountability.

We firmly believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and all involved in the life of our churches and activities have a role to play in keeping children, young people and adults safe.

CLICK BELOW TO VIEW BETHEL’S SAFEGUARDING POLICY

Safeguarding Policy Version 2022

Safeguarding coordinator: Marie Richards – click here to contact
Deputy Safeguarding Coordinator: TBC

Elim Statement of commitment to safeguarding

Elim is committed to creating healthy churches and safe spaces for all. We recognise the ways in which children and adults can be at risk of harm or abuse, so endeavour to create a culture to minimise opportunities for abuse to occur. Children rely on adults to keep them safe, therefore all our churches working with children, either directly or indirectly, are committed to safeguarding children in their care. We seek to do this by providing a safe, stable, and nurturing environment where children can reach their full potential. Similarly, within our churches there are adults in need of protection, care and support due to vulnerability, whether that is a permanent or temporary state. We are aware too that within our churches there are relationships of trust, which flourish best within healthy churches and environments, where there is openness, transparency and accountability.
We firmly believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, and all involved in the life of our churches and activities have a role to play in keeping children, young people and adults safe.

Mark Pugh – General Superintendent

National Elim referral form

• The online referral form has been developed to support local churches and Elim’s national safeguarding team to ensure robust record keeping for all safeguarding matters. Anyone is able to raise a safeguarding concern via this form. Copies of the form are automatically sent to the national safeguarding team and the referrer. The national safeguarding team follow up any referrals received. If you, as a church leader or safeguarding coordinator receive information that needs to be passed on to the national safeguarding team, or you wish to seek advice on a safeguarding concern, please complete this online form to enable the team to have the information needed.

What We Believe

The Bible We believe the Bible, as originally given, is without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and applicable and relevant to our everyday lives.

The Trinity We believe in one eternal God who is the creator of all things. He exists in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – and that these three are one God. He is sovereign in creation, guidance and rescuing us from the effects of our sinful natures..

The Saviour We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in Him taking the punishment for our wrongdoings by willingly offering His life, through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His return to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second return to claim His Church.

The Holy Spirit We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.

Mankind We believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, making man subject to God’s just wrath and condemnation.

Salvation We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and the ‘new birth’ promised, we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and submit to His will for our lives. In doing this we are pardoned and accepted as righteous in God’s sight. This justification is passed on to us by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.

The Church We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these make up the universal Church, the Body of Christ.

The Ministry We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.

The Ordinances We believe in the baptism of believers in water in obedience to the command of Christ and the commemoration of Christ’s death by the observance of the Lord’s Supper until His return.

The Commission We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the Gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.

The Coming King We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ as promised, to reign in power and glory.

Our Future State We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world, in our eternal conscious destination of either Heaven or Hell determined by our response to the Lord Jesus Christ in life.