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Bethel was founded as a Bible utopian colony in 1844 by Dr William Keil (1811–1877), a Prussian-born preacher. [5] He and his followers, who were almost exclusively German immigrants to America, believed that the Book of Acts required that Christians hold all property and means of production in common and they organized their Colony accordingly.
Bethel Historic District is roughly bounded by Liberty, King, 1st, and 4th Sts. in Bethel, Missouri. Construction of the town, which was for over thirty years a successful experiment in communal living, began in 1844. The leader of the community was a German emigrant, charismatic autocrat Dr. William Keil.
Elim, also known as the Dr. William Keil House, is a historic home located near Bethel, Shelby County, Missouri.It was built in the late-1840s, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, brick and stone dwelling over a full basement.
It was built about 1852, and is a two-story, brick and wood-frame building sheathed with clapboard. It has a medium pitched gable roof. It is a remaining building in one of four support areas associated with the Bethel German Conmunal Colony which lasted from 1844 to 1879, and founded by Dr. William Keil (1812-1877). [2]: 2
Bethel Church (also known as New Bethel Church or Bethel Methodist Church) is a historic Methodist church located on Missouri Highway T near Labadie, Missouri. The church was built in 1868 to replace a log building constructed in 1840 for Franklin County's first Methodist congregation. The red brick building has an unornamented Greek Revival ...
William Keil (March 6, 1812 – December 30, 1877) was the founder of 19th-century communal religious societies in Bethel, Missouri, and Aurora Colony in Oregon. Influenced by German Lutheranism , pietism , and revival Methodism , Keil's theology was based on the principle of the Golden Rule as well as the view that people should try to share ...
This cemetery belonged to Bethel Baptist Church, now gone. It was the first church and cemetery in Boone County and is the oldest Baptist church in the state of Missouri. The land was once owned by a son of Daniel Boone. Founded in 1817, it is also known as "Old Bethel". [8] Bethel Cemetery Columbia
Bethel Township is an inactive township in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] Bethel Township was erected in the 1840s, and named after the community of Bethel, Missouri .