*Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas was organized  in 1869 by Pappy W.T. Love and Father Wilhite. Bethel was the first church of color in the city of Dallas. This organization or society was founded in a small box house on what was then known as the Dallas branch in North Dallas. Bethel A.M.E. Church has served under thirty-six Pastors, twenty-four Presiding Elders and twenty Bishops. The first brick church in Dallas was erected by Bethel’s membership in 1884.