Our Pastor

+BISHOP DEXTER E. EDMUND

Bishop Dexter Edmund serves as the Senior Pastor of Bethel United Church, 2 Gibson Rd, Birmingham and Bethel Church in Bristol, England. The legacy of ministry extends deep within his family, both his maternal grandparents were preachers; and his father Bishop Gerald and his mother, Evangelist Sweedie Edmund (both deceased) were both former Pastors in Bethel. A graduate of both Morgan State University (BA Political Science) and Southeastern University (MA Ministerial Leadership) Bishop Edmund served as the Lead Pastor of the New Dimensions Church in Lanham, Maryland for 23 years. Bishop’s faithful obedience to return to the United Kingdom to serve Bethel the church in which he traces his spiritual roots and heritage is testament to his vision of apostolic succession in the 21st century and beyond.  During the 2021 Holy Convocation, Bishop was appointed as the Presiding Bishop of the Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic) U.K. & Europe, and now also serves as the District Bishop for Bethel District 1. Married to Lady Yolanda, for 34 years a graduate of Howard University, they are the parents of 3 amazing adult children, Dejay, Daniel, and DeAnn, from whom they have learned authenticity, transparency, and generosity respectively, and two grandsons, Ky and Rafi.

Bishop Edmund will forever honour the memory and ministries of Bishop Sydney A. Dunn and Bishop Monroe R. Saunders as the apostolic fathers that helped to shape his life and ministry. He asks always for the prayers of the saints because prayer accomplishes MUCH!!