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Charlie Bethel grew up in a brand of Christianity that taught that salvation is a
result of one’s conduct. He met the Lord in St. Louis at Wayne and Carolyn’s Tuesday
night Bible study and left for Canada the next day. When he discovered that he could
be certain of his going to heaven because of the finished work of Jesus, he was elated!
He could have “heaven” in the Canadian wilderness and assurance of eternal life too!
After long, cold days and nights soaking up God’s word, Charlie realized that God had something for him to do that would require him to interact with people. He came back to St. Louis, becoming one of CCC’s first Sunday school teachers. When inner city kids began to populate the Thursday night Kibbutz meeting, Charlie helped bring order to the chaos and became the leader of that ministry. He was ordained as a deacon, then a pastor, and has done the inner city ministry faithfully for over 30 years. He is a carpenter–like Jesus–and speaks in parables (he likes riddles). Charlie has a wife, Dorothy, and two sons, Ben and Nate.
