Bethel Baptist Church is an evangelical church in North Wilmington, Delaware. The congregation, founded in 1952, has historically held to traditional Baptist beliefs, and lists among its distinctives a passion about the power and absolute authority of the Word of God in all its ministries.

Pastor-teacher Clay Miller, who earned his Masters of Divinity from The Master's Seminary, had been a pastor at Grace Community Church in California prior to joining the staff in 2003. Miller is a member of the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals, and an outspoken critic of the "Church Growth" movement, having been quoted in a newspaper interview that its methods create "Church for the unbeliever"<ref> </ref>. He had also addressed this issue in a seminar titled Church Growth Gone Mad at the annual Shepherd's Conference.

Although the church once followed a congregational form of church government, it now follows an elder led model. The church gained media attention when the leaders sought to discipline several elderly parishioners - some founding members - for creating strife within the church over their discontent with this transition<ref> </ref>. Miller broadcast a weekly podcast and sermon program on Greater Philadelphia radio station WVCH, but it was discontinued in July 2006.

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Bethel Baptist Church website

Living Truth Radio former sermon broadcast ministry