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Siskiyoubethelwatch.org is an online library for community members, researchers, and information-seekers interested in Bethel Church of Redding and its affiliates.
This website is not affiliated with Bethel Church of Redding or any other organization.
This website contains links to external articles contributed by hundreds of diverse community members of all faiths and walks of life who live, work, and worship in Siskiyou and Shasta Counties.
This is a Wiki-project; the outcome of ten years of observing Bethel's gentrification of Redding and three years of intensive research and information-sharing.
All articles, links, and images are contributed by the community and are from external sources. The site owners are not responsible for their content.
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Below are select publications that provide context for why Bethel is controversial and why the megachurch is a concern for many residents of Shasta and Siskiyou Counties.
Please be sure to visit all of the pages on this site for a more comprehensive understanding.
How a miracle-obsessed megachurch conquered a California city (sfgate.com)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/14/election-shasta-california-extremism
https://shastascout.org/how-bethel-church-leverages-the-power-of-prophecy/
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/calif-mayor-says-megachurch-picked-his-replacement-18552460.php
https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2024-05-24/michael-dacquisto-retiring-from-redding-city-council-with-two-years-left-in-term
https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2023-12-08/redding-city-council-flouts-convention-in-choice-of-new-mayor
https://anewscafe.com/2019/05/13/redding/the-really-big-business-of-bethel-church-part-1-show-us-the-money/18170873.php
https://anewscafe.com/2019/07/11/redding/the-really-big-business-of-bethel-part-2-whos-in-charge/
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2019/06/bethel-church-redding-california-modern-christian-culture/
https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/2017/12/05/city-council-weighs-bethel-campus-appeals/919989001/
