While minister Russell Bean provided the encouragement, Delma Monfort served as the contractor, and retired bridge-builder Wm Bennett acted as overseer and brought in much of the skilled labor, the entire congregation (and many “friends of Bethel”) had a part in the actual construction work. From the digging of the foundations, to the shingling of the roof, the men, women, youth and children of the church all took part.

The date on the front corner of the porch is 12/23/80, but the "pay as you go” project (from funds collected in a concrete block placed in the narthex by Rev. Bean) took more than 2 years to complete, beginning in 1980. The dedication took place on April 17, 1983, with acting Bishop Earl G. Hunt presiding. District Superintendent Thomas G. Mitchell was there also, as was his son, T. Glenn Mitchell, who was Bethel’s minister at the time.