Hey Nicole S. Go get a life! You really put his kind of "he said she said" stuff on the internet in a review? Sounds like your child needs more parenting in her life: "she had a tendency to be argumentative and disrespectful"... REALLY? Whose fault is that? Did you know if you had a dog and it bit someone else, YOU would be held responsible. But you have a preteen who is acting up and acting out and you blame the whole church and the Pastor? That is pathetic! Grow up and then your child will have a good chance of doing the same! Thank God for a Church who has something for youth and who probably pays for the cost of the camp. Hey ALL YOU PARENTS OUT THERE... take responsibility for your own kid, and your own dog! Robert D.

My children and I attended this church for a period of almost four years. This church (the pastor specifically) almost destroyed my daughter. She has had a rough life growing up (as have both of my children). Her morals are beyond reproach, but she had a tendency to be argumentative and disrespectful. She was 12 at the time. Most 12 year old girls go through the same thing. Several adults within the church, including the youth leader and his wife, treated my daughter poorly. The youth group was middle school age and high school age combined. The older boys that comprised the youth group would call her names and not include her in activities. Instead of trying to help her incorporate into the youth group, the adults encouraged this and even took part in it. After attending a youth retreat with youth groups from all over the country my daughter was asked to leave the youth group and not to participate in church except she could attend Sunday service. At the youth retreat, she was (once again) ostracized and was sitting alone at a table crying. One of the other youth groups came over and asked her what was wrong. She told them that she was not being included in our youth group events. Their youth leader went to our youth leader to try to help. After that, our youth leader and his wife told my daughter that she was not welcome to participate in our Bible study anymore. They said that she had "betrayed her church". It was directly after this trip that the church told a 12 year old that she could not be an active part of the church anymore. It took a lot of counseling and a new church to get her through this. She has changed leaps and bounds thanks to our new church. Of course, when I mentioned how well she was doing to the pastor at Bethel, he took full credit for her change stating that if he would have not kicked her out then she would have never changed. This is just one of the MANY reasons not to attend this church. Sadly, my daughter is not the only child that has been treated in this manner. This church is mostly bullies and hypocrites. And, unfortunately for Christians everywhere, the pastor has a "God complex" and creates an environment within the church of "holier than thou Christians" that spend their time looking down on others and judging people who have been through things in life. I was treated well there and so was my son, but my husband and my daughter were not. It is very sad that "Christians" like the ones at Bethel give true Christians a bad name and lead so many away from Christ. It is not our place to judge...read the Bible.