Bethel

Joshua Bassett, one of the stars of Disney’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” got baptized at Bethel Church in Redding, California, on the evening of Sunday, Feb. 12. Bassett posted a clip of his declaration of faith in Jesus at the church on his TikTok, Twitter and Instagram accounts. 

Catchy songs stay in your head as well as your heart. False teachings can join them. Church leaders observed this as long ago as the fourth century.

On July 11, Rolling Stone Magazine published an article claiming musician, author, and activist Sean Feucht has taken advantage of conservative Christians, profiting millions of dollars in donations from them.

The “Declarations Clicker,” which resembles a baseball pitch counter, is meant to help Christians keep track of their daily prayer declarations, with Bethel encouraging users to make at least 100 declarations a day. 

A woman who was a pastor at Bethel Church and a student at the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry has addressed a number of the controversies surrounding Bethel, including accusations that the church practices “grave sucking” and rejects modern medicine.

Recording artist and worship leader Mackenzie Morgan says she can no longer “stay silent” about the “false teachings” in some popular Christian music.

About a year ago, I sent Bethel an email asking them to clarify a lot of the things that are being said about them. They finally began that process.

A recent COVID-19 spike in Northern California’s Shasta County has been partly attributed to the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, a school operated by the Pentecostal megachurch Bethel in the city of Redding.