Pastoral Staff

Dr. Michael Boys

Michael holds a Doctor of Ministry degree with an emphasis in preaching from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a Master of Divinity from The Master's Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science in Pastoral Ministries from Baptist Bible College. He served as Senior Pastor of Bear Valley Church in Tehachapi, California from 1989 to 2002. He and his wife, Christy, joined Bethel Church in September of 2002. Michael and Christy have two grown sons: Ryan, married to Lindsay, and Blake married to Bekah.

Seth Thornton

Seth holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Texas. He has served at Bethel Church since May 2002 and is Pastor of Student Ministries. Seth is married to Melanie and they have a son, William, and a daughter, Claire.

Micah Caswell

Micah holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies (MABS) and a Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE) from Dallas Theological Seminary as well as a Master in Divinity (MDiv) from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently pursuing a Master in Theology (ThM) from Toronto Baptist Theological Seminary in the area of Historical Theology. He has been at Bethel Church since February 2009. Prior to serving at Bethel Church, Micah was church planting in Austin, TX for three years. Micah is married to Kristen and they have two children, Mason and Kenlee.

Kenneth Neumann

Ken is currently attending the College of Biblical Studies for a bachelors in Christian Leadership, and will afterwards go on to seminary studies at the DTS extension in Houston. Ken has been with Bethel Church since January 2007 as the Middle School Director. Ken is married to Christina.

The Session

The leadership of Bethel is vested in the Session, the elders presently designated to lead the congregation. The Session includes the Senior Pastor and oversees all aspects of the church ministry in accordance with biblical principles. The current Session consists of: Michael Boys (Senior Pastor), Alex Chae (Moderator), Cedric Burgher, Bill Fry, Mark Gillespie, Mark Mixon, Ron Pruet (Treasurer), George Schalles, Scott Schroer and Don Brunson.


Staff and Session