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They founded Bethel Church (which means âGodâs Houseâ), with the purpose of allowing people to study the Bible for themselves and to experience the Power of God without being restricted by unnecessary religious formality. Over the past ninety years many thousands of people have attended the church.
About Bethel. Originally a Yup'ik settlement called Mumtrekhlogamute, meaning âsmokehouse people,â Bethel was named for the nearby fish smokehouse. A trading post arrived in the 1870s followed by the Moravian Church mission in 1884, and the town grew up around the mission and trading post. Bethel is 68 percent Alaska Native or part Alaska Native. Traditional Yupâik Eskimo practices and language remain predominant in the area, as do subsistence activities such as the gathering of salmon, game birds and berries.