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Beni Johnson, co-senior pastor of Redding-based megachurch Bethel Church and wife of Pastor Bill Johnson, died on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 67 years old. In a post made on ...

Is this heaven, or Redding? The North State city of 91,000 is home to a church, Bethel, with 11,000 members and a commitment to community so intense it’s almost supernatural. No institution in our ...

Is this heaven, or Redding? Bethel Church, with 11,000-plus members, has an almost supernatural commitment to making the North State city of 91,000 more like a heaven. It’s not there yet, but no ...